Too slow production??

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mapletaffy · #1 Post by **mapletaffy** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 11:04 pm

Hello. i'm making my first visual novel. . . however, I notice that I usually spend almost a day in finishing 1 CG event. . Is that normal? Or I am too slow? My tablet is not working fine sometimes. Maybe that's one of the reason. Do you have any suggestions to speed up production time????

Thanx~

Snowflower · #2 Post by **Snowflower** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 11:07 pm

I don't know about anyone else, but to me, taking a day to do a CG sounds reasonable enough.

mapletaffy · #3 Post by **mapletaffy** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 11:14 pm

If it's reasonable, then That's a relief for me~ (n_n)

LVUER · #4 Post by **LVUER** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 11:26 pm

Yup, drawing could take all day, especially if it's a complex CG. It could vary from person to person, but don't expect to finish a single CG under 4 hours... unless you don't mind with a low quality CG.

I myself need about 8 hours to make the lineart alone. That's without any BG. It's safe to say I need at least 20 hours to create a single decent CG (with BG) or 12 hours (without BG).

mapletaffy · #5 Post by **mapletaffy** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 11:34 pm

That's great~ I know now what to say to my brother everytime he tells me that I draw really slow~

Snowflower · #6 Post by **Snowflower** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 11:35 pm

Don't listen to anyone else. If you're satisfied with your produced work at any given time, that is enough.

LVUER · #7 Post by **LVUER** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 11:49 pm

Yeah, just draw by your own standard. Like I say, it varies from person to person. A skilled artist could draws really fast... but that because they draw everyday. Don't care how much time you spent, just concentrate on creating the quality you want.

Though if you strive for professional, speed is quite an essence so practicing drawing faster is not a bad idea.

OtomeWeekend · #8 Post by **OtomeWeekend** » Sun May 01, 2011 5:09 am

I haven't done any cgs nor sprite on the VN I'm working on, but if I didn't care with lineart that much and color it fastly, it usually took just 30 mins. but when i tried making CGs, just doing the proper anatomy and sketch took me 2-3 hours(+other designing besides BG)

Alera · #9 Post by **Alera** » Sun May 01, 2011 6:32 am

A CG- can take even ages. =_= Depends on the details, techniques, skills and everything else.

So don't worry about it. ^^ Just don't rush.

Camille · #10 Post by **Camille** » Sun May 01, 2011 1:14 pm

Since you're making your first visual novel for yourself (mostly?) and you're not working for a company that has deadlines for you and such, it's best to take your time, I think, especially with art. There's really no such thing as "slow" in this case, and I think everyone would rather have something that takes longer but is of quality than something that's obviously been rushed.

curry nochi rice · #11 Post by **curry nochi rice** » Sun May 01, 2011 1:18 pm

everyhting takes time, and for a non-company setting (like mine's) we do at least three tasks per week... sooo slow... some even months...

Glasskitten · #12 Post by **Glasskitten** » Thu May 05, 2011 2:52 pm

Ack, it's SUPPOSED to take all day to create a piece of art? No wonder I have insanely low output...

jack_norton · #13 Post by **jack_norton** » Thu May 05, 2011 2:57 pm

Artist speed (and quality!) varies a lot but I'd say that if you consider 1 day=8h of work (as it should probably be if you work in a office as employee) I'd say that 1 CG should be possible in that amount of time. Of course also depends on how many characters, detailed/simple background, and so on.

MaiMai · #14 Post by **MaiMai** » Thu May 05, 2011 5:05 pm

LVUER wrote:Yup, drawing could take all day, especially if it's a complex CG. It could vary from person to person, but don't expect to finish a single CG under 4 hours... unless you don't mind with a low quality CG.

I myself need about 8 hours to make the lineart alone. That's without any BG. It's safe to say I need at least 20 hours to create a single decent CG (with BG) or 12 hours (without BG).

8 Hours for a lineart? Really? OAO

Then again I'm using SAI, so it usually takes me half that time...

Alera · #15 Post by **Alera** » Thu May 05, 2011 6:13 pm

MaiMai wrote:
8 Hours for a lineart? Really? OAO

Then again I'm using SAI, so it usually takes me half that time...

This depends on the details and how complicated your sketch is. In my case it's just- how sketchy the sketch is. XD I need to spend lots of time thinking and redrawing when I lineart because sometimes- I can't even figure what I meant when I sketched something-lol. Which results in lots of-lots of hours linearting. =A= I love linearting just when I have a cleaner sketch- which happens so rarely in my cases.

I also use SAI btw. <3

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