Digging Deep

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, June 15, 2015



There is a brand new piece of off-white coloured paper on the desk. The click of a GraphiGear mechanical pencil. The lead hitting the table. Tap. Tap. Tap. The need to draw is there, but the inspiration behind it makes it very difficult to create an image out of thin ...

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2015 DD Awards - Submit your FYC pages and Trophy Designs!

HippieVan at 12:00AM, June 12, 2015



Niccea is now accepting For Your Consideration pages for the 2015 Drunk Duck Awards! Call Me Tom has prepared the first page, which you can see here.

Rules:
Keep the pages G-rated
Stick to the theme of hunting for/suggesting a venue
Pages must be submitted by the first week ...






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May Historical Fashion Contest WINNERS

HippieVan at 12:00AM, June 5, 2015



As you know, I was overseeing May's DD Fashion Show Contest and chose a historical theme for contestants. After a long period of deliberation, the judges (okay, it's just me) have selected our winners!

BEST HISTORICAL OUTFIT DESIGN - bravo1102's “Russian Tank Lieutenant 1945”



I had a feeling ...







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Making Use of the Public Library

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, May 11, 2015



I live in a relatively small, suburban city that does not have an apparent central Art's District hub where creative energies flock like major cities. The closest areas for art inspiration are usually the laid back independently-owned tea shops or coffee lounges where local artists hang their art prints ...

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May Fashion Design Challenge: the Fashions of Yore

HippieVan at 12:00AM, May 1, 2015



For this month’s theme and the very first competition of VinoMas’ DD fashion show, I’ll be taking the helm and presiding over a historical fashion contest! From now until the end of May, submit your historical designs to this thread: http://theduckwebcomics.com/forum/topic/176867/


For those ...




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The Dark Side of Comedy

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, April 13, 2015


-Art by Gunwallace

There was once an intervention for work-appropriate humour at one of my former jobs where we were asked the question: "A joke told in the workplace can be off-colour or sexually offensive as long as I know that I am only kidding.“ The moderator had the room ...


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Guest Post by KimLuster - Mind March

HippieVan at 12:00AM, April 10, 2015



(The following perspective piece may be more representative of a deranged mind than of a model that will actual work – attempt to replicate at your own risk)

A while back there was a discussion here on the Duck about what gives us renewed inspiration for our art, about the sorts ...



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Mary Sue Contest Submissions

HippieVan at 12:00AM, March 20, 2015



Hilarious image courtesy of Banes! Might have Fonzie introduce all my newsposts from now on.

I only got two submissions for my contest (thanks a bunch, guys :P) so I figured I would just declare both of these awesome participants my winners!**


Submission 1: from KimLuster (click to see larger ...






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Traditional Art in Webcomics

HippieVan at 12:00AM, Feb. 6, 2015



We've talked a few times in newsposts and Quackcasts about how tablets have made digital art more convenient than ever. But as much as I enjoy the clean lines and bright colours of digital drawing, when inspiration strikes I still often find myself reaching for my sketchbook and ProMarkers ...

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Turning an Idea into a Comic

HippieVan at 12:00AM, Jan. 23, 2015



I was sitting in a boring Canadian politics lecture the other day (I'm not sure what else I expected from that class, really…) when inspiration struck - a comic idea! Unfortunately it's the first good idea I've had since approximately 2008, and I'm a few years removed ...

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