How to make a web comic

[modernwizard]

 Option: 1:6 dolls and backdrops

Pros:
I know how to do it.
Reasonable photography skills
Instant manipulation
Instant control over light and setting
Portable
Inexpensive
Computer needed only in after work

Cons:
I'm burned out on that medium.
Pasting them into photoed backgrounds takes time.
No diversity of body shapes
Takes so much time
Low-res results

Option 2: Software like iClone

Pros:
Diversity of body shapes
Import faces of existing characters
Avatars look plasticky
Easy pasting in photoed backgrounds
Photography and composition skills applicable here
High-res results
Outlay equal to that of 1:6
Mega-zoom

Cons:
Program's learning curve
All time at computer
Less fluid, more stereotyped posing [fetal position, head in hands, handshake, eating, having sex poses available?]
Large initial outlay
How many characters per scene?

Option 3: Photos to line drawings

Pros:
Simplification of messy photos
Just like original LHF

Cons:
Just as much work as original LHF
Loss of significant, affecting detail
No showcase for photoed backgrounds

Option 4: Get a drawing partner

Pros:
More time to concentrate on story

Cons:
Lack of complete god-like creative control
Necessity of compromise
Infiltration of someone else into my ideas

Option 5: Draw a simple sketch comic

Pros:
Simple
Characters easily caricatured

Cons:
Lose subtleties of light, shade and expression
Can't draw dynamic poses and backgrounds well

Option 6: Draw a detailed realistic full-body comic

Pros:
Complete control
Limited by imagination, rather than doll shapes and clothes or software limitations

Cons:
Lack of drawing skills

Option 7: BJDs and backdrops

Pros:
High detail
Showcase for photography
Even moodier

Cons:
Heavy
Bank-breakingly expensive
Space hog

Option 8: Export from something like Sims

Pros:
Highly customizable avatars
Shot control

Cons:
Not compatible with photoed backgrounds
Existing faces not importable
Pathetic scenery
Too flat-looking, not plasticky enough

Comments

[sailorzeo.livejournal.com]

As for sims skins not looking plasticky enough....have you looked at modthesims2.com? Or Insiminator.com? Both of those are modding communities, and a lot of creators take requests. Since the release of Nightlife and Seasons, the scenery's expanded (if you're talking outdoor scenery. Nightlife intro'd neighborhood view from the lot, and Seasons gave us weather and a lot more trees and stuff). But then, I've been a Sims addict for three years. :)