This trope might come in several different packages, but it always involves the same stages: a presence (a character, an apparition, an item, a painting, etc) appears to be perfect, gorgeous, stunningly beautiful, angelic in every way relevant. Then suddenly or gradually, this beauty dissolves into nightmarish horror: the character ...
Horror within beauty
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Jan. 8, 2022Back and Fore
Banes at 12:00AM, Jan. 6, 2022
Characters and Backgrounds … and Compositing Different Styles
when I started putting my webcomic out I'd been drawing for most of my life already, and knew the characters and setting really well. The stories I would figure out as I went…and still do.
As far as the art goes ...
It's the New Year!
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Jan. 1, 2022
It's 2022! Can you believe it?
WE SURVIVED!
Here's to more surviving for 2022, and hopefully, down the line, we can start living!
There's a tradition of making lists of new year's resolutions every season when the year changes. And I'm not going to tell ...
Μerry Christmas! Happy Holidays! Coincidence?
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Dec. 25, 2021
It's Christmas Day today!
What are the chances! It's the first time my day to post in the blog is so perfectly timed for well wishes! So first off, I'd like to wish you all a happy Christmas Day, and if you don't observe it, a ...
Another December and Another Gift to Fans
Banes at 12:00AM, Dec. 23, 2021
Last December saw the return of iconic hero Luke Skywalker in the Mandalorian. It was a shockingly well-kept secret and I can tell you that I sure didn't see it coming. As a fandom-dweller, it was a beautiful moment that still brings a smile to my scraggly, wrinkled face ...
QUACKCAST 562 - the plots the themes - The space between
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Dec. 21, 2021 LISTEN on our new player!
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Merry Christmas and whatever you celebrate :)
Interesting topic from Banes! It's his idea that sometimes the literal elements of a story (the plot etc.) are simply ...