I think the artist should put the comic on hiatus or spread out the releases and focus on improving their art. Now hear me out. The reason I say this is because a lot of the artists I have encountered online are hobbyists, and pursuing webcomics seem to be on the rise. Many saw how popular webcomics are and are jumping to get in on the action. Webcomics tend to be weekly, so that means less effort on the art in order to submit work before the deadline. There's little time to go back and correct any issues because aside from the actual drawing, the artist needs to consider the story plot points, panel flow, appropriate angles and framing, and more. In addition to this, many artists started off by incorporating the anime style, so there's not much foundation. By foundation, I mean, learning the anatomy of the face and body, studying color theory in order to choose the right colors for mood, time of day, etc. Bascially, studying from life or references and drawing from them. Now this does not mean tracing.
I did compare the first and latest chapter, and there is improvement, but the characters fail to appeal to me as a reader. The major improvement I noticed was actually environment! They are drawn pretty well. However, the characters still look... wrong, for a lack of a better word. It still spells "amateur."
I do find it quite admirable that this artist draws a lot. Comics take time to create. In their Patreon, apparently the comic updates almost daily? But just based on this information, it kind of proves my point that there's so little time in between chapters to focus on the essentials of art. The artist's goal seems to be churning out a lot of chapters. My advice is that if the artist is serious about art, then they need to take a break and practice the foundations. And THEN from those foundations, you can start to stylize to your liking. A lot of cartoonists started off drawing realistic. For example, Rebecca Sugar, who is the creator of "Steven Universe" has done realistic figure drawings ( https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CTU_ZWPUYAArRJ3.jpg) So different from the her cartoon style. But starting from anime and staying anime is not the way to go.
I think the artist should put the comic on hiatus or spread out the releases and focus on improving their art. Now hear me out. The reason I say this is because a lot of the artists I have encountered online are hobbyists, and pursuing webcomics seem to be on the rise. Many saw how popular webcomics are and are jumping to get in on the action. Webcomics tend to be weekly, so that means less effort on the art in order to submit work before the deadline. There's little time to go back and correct any issues because aside from the actual drawing, the artist needs to consider the story plot points, panel flow, appropriate angles and framing, and more. In addition to this, many artists started off by incorporating the anime style, so there's not much foundation. By foundation, I mean, learning the anatomy of the face and body, studying color theory in order to choose the right colors for mood, time of day, etc. Bascially, studying from life or references and drawing from them. Now this does not mean tracing.
I did compare the first and latest chapter, and there is improvement, but the characters fail to appeal to me as a reader. The major improvement I noticed was actually environment! They are drawn pretty well. However, the characters still look... wrong, for a lack of a better word. It still spells "amateur."
I do find it quite admirable that this artist draws a lot. Comics take time to create. In their Patreon, apparently the comic updates almost daily? But just based on this information, it kind of proves my point that there's so little time in between chapters to focus on the essentials of art. The artist's goal seems to be churning out a lot of chapters. My advice is that if the artist is serious about art, then they need to take a break and practice the foundations. And THEN from those foundations, you can start to stylize to your liking. A lot of cartoonists started off drawing realistic. For example, Rebecca Sugar, who is the creator of "Steven Universe" has done realistic figure drawings ( https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CTU_ZWPUYAArRJ3.jpg) So different from the her cartoon style. But starting from anime and staying anime is not the way to go.