What are the most common mistakes to avoid when making a comic?

Personally, something I notice a lot of comics overlooking is how important lettering and speech bubbles are! They can add a lot to a comic, and can really make or break a scene. I'd recommend checking out @badinkstudios on Youtube, as they're super helpful with providing different examples of how you might use speech bubbles and fonts to add to your work!
Another thing is backgrounds (And also, looping into that topic, camera zooming)
Often some people will neglect to draw the backgrounds and just focus on the characters, and while this isn't really something necessary for more quick, humor-based comics, in something more story-based, it can be incredibly helpful to show rather than tell! And as for that camera zooming I mentioned, it really does help make scenes look more dramatic whenever you utilize the environment around say, a battle, or maybe some big discovery, to bring focus to something (For example, zooming out and having the characters seem small in comparison to whatever the focus of that scene is, whether it be the main villain sitting up on a throne, or maybe a big ol' gateway or portal your characters encounter), it really helps make an impact to show these things rather than being zoomed in on the main characters!)
Hope this helps !! ദ്ദി(｡•̀ ,<)~✩‧₊

Hi! I've taken a graphic novel class last semester  and am taking a graphic illustration class this semester.

One of the most overlooked things for comics and webtoons I've noticed is actually planning out your story. Take time to go through the steps of making your story - trust everything that comes after will be so much easier. Here are some steps I did in class!

Step 1: Outline. A comic is just like a book in this way! Figure out your settings, characters. Plan out your acts, et cetera, utilizing narrative structure. Create character outlines and designs. Pull together references and design inspiration if that helps!

Step 2: Script! Write out your dialogue, include the setting, describe as much in detail as you think you'll need so that when you move onto step 3 drawing isn't so difficult! I made a short comic called Skaterpup that I am working on redrawing so the art isn't rushed, and here is an example of the script! Of course, I didn't put as much detail (a bit to my detriment.)

Step 3: Storyboard. Basically, make thumbnails, start planning out how many pages or where things will go, where speech bubbles will go, how they will look, et cetera! Drawing things out might change the length of your story - how many pages you have, how many panels you have, etc!

Step 4: Draw!  Self explanatory! Sketching, lining, coloring, rendering, all the works ^_^

Step 5: Publish!  Also self-explanatory ^_^ Publish or post, whichever medium you choose to do!

I hope this helps guide you a bit!