I agree, doing the shorter project and really breaking the projects into smaller pieces is the only way forward imo. Collabing with people helps alot too, at least for me i know having another person makes me move slowly, rather than at a snail's pace like when im alone :P
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Thanks for the encouragement! I guess getting an outside perspective was all that I needed, since I've already started working on the comic I fully planned out. I'm trying not to worry too much about it being "perfect" and focusing on having fun with it, because I really care about the character/story. So far it's going well!
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Perhaps you could start with whichever of the comics you think would be the shortest. I feel like smaller projects are good to get your creative momentum up. Having a project that is too big and ambitious can be a real drag because it takes so long to get to the point where you have something to present. But with a smaller project that goal is closer in reach, and once you've done it, then you get the satisfaction of having put something into the world. That will help build your motivation to tackle larger projects.
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This is very true, and I actually applied some form of this advice to my creative process. Before I used to make up these loooong, epic stories that would develop over several arcs (my main inspiration being various manga) which - let's be honest - had no chance of ever being finished. Since then I've deliberately scaled back that ambition and got into the habit of drafting shorter, more manageable stories. Two of my three comic ideas are divided into chapters (and the third one could be easily be chopped up as well), so I guess it's a matter of picking one where the chapters will be the shortest.
Thank you very much for this reply, it was very helpful!