HouseCatStuck... Insecurity about my art

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Thursday, August 7th, 2025, 5:06 AM27 days ago

I'm the writer of HouseCatStuck, and one of two "artists" on it.

I'm having some... insecurity about it all. Like, I know my dialog is good, and my characters all interact cleanly enough... but my art. All I do is sprite manipulation. I have one (1) other artist <SHOUTOUT TO UNTILLE> that does complicated scenes that I'm incapable of doing, but man... my panels feel so bland.

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House Cat
Thursday, August 7th, 2025, 7:26 AM27 days ago

If you've got good writing, don't overthink the visual components too much, imo. Rather than try to make them perfect, just focus on trying to do new and different things with each panel. You can do so many unique things with simple sprite manips, image editing, and other techniques. Also, the lessons about spacing and scaling and composition that come from spriting and staging scenes will prove beneficial if you choose to try drawing in a more traditional sense later on down the line.

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Magic Mirror
Thursday, August 7th, 2025, 8:18 AM27 days ago

^ second !

You should also look at other comics! what caught your eye? what makes those panels so interesting? i believe in you !

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lovey
Friday, August 8th, 2025, 5:14 PM26 days ago

OH MY GOD NO WAY I FOUND U HERE HELLO EVERYONE I AM AN ARTIST FOR HOUSECAT STUCK HI HOUSECAT

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