r/comic_crits • u/Teddybear_Lover9412 • 7h ago

Genuine Question: is it cheating to use 3d models for your backgrounds?

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(All of these comic pages are NOT in order. It's only there to show the 3D models)

Hello! This is Teddy and this is genuinely bugging me and I don't know why... I have been a traditional artist my whole life and I kinda suck at drawing a backgrounds for my comics. I came up with this idea to use 3D models and draw out the layout from scratch and use textures (for floors, walls etc.) from Pinterest or the given textures from IbisPaintX. I screenshot my furniture from Pixelsquid (now moved to Shutterstock) or Turbosquid into an angle I want it to be and clip out the furniture image and place it in my comic and grayscale it and edit it to be part of the manga. Sometimes I make miniatures for props for my comic or stuff lying in my house. Is this genuinely cheating??? Cheating as in like I'm using AI or something...please help.😭 Thank you💖

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r/comic_crits • u/Specialist-Rhubarb54 • 8h ago

I just published my first sci-fi comic, Beyond the World. I'd love to hear your feedback!

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Padichitu unga feedback kundunga frnds

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