I've always loved Autumn - and we're in it now, in my part of the world. To be honest, it's just beginning to come in, so I'm anticipating the leaves turning into those beautiful oranges and yellows (and all the variations therin), before they begin piling up ...
October Arrives
Banes at 12:00AM, Sept. 28, 2023Trying to accept a slow creative process
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, Sept. 24, 2023
I’m gonna be honest with you guys here today. I’ve been a bit frustrated lately, and it has to do with my own creative process. This a struggle that I think many of us here can relate to. We have this story, or even a number of stories ...
Quackcast 652 - Physical traits that set characters apart
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Sept. 12, 2023 LISTEN on our player!
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Our topic this week is making your characters individual, distinct and setting them apart through physical traits. In many mainstream superhero comics or manga the only difference between most characters is their outfit, hair, and skin tone ...
J_Scarbrough’s Vampire Girl Goes Out with a Boomsday, Right Before Labor Day!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Sept. 4, 2023
Photo: “Which Levana Do You Feel Like Today?”. Vampire Girl. Story and art by J_Scarbrough. (January 2021-August 2023)
Vampire Girl by the Duck’s resident, puppeteer-webcomic creator, J_Scarbrough (not to be confused with the Jonathan Richman song with the same title) reached its conclusion on Wednesday, August 30, 2023.
Synopsis ...
Writing Strong Characters of Any Gender
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Aug. 26, 2023
Last time I'd written about gender toxicity and what a trap it can be for creators seeking to write powerful characters. It is not something that only plagues the “strong female character” attempt, but also the “strong male character” and definitely the “strong LGBTQ+ character”.
Too many of these ...
Quackcast 649 - Gendered clothing
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Aug. 22, 2023 LISTEN on our player!
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When you're drawing people in a webcomic one of the common ways to indicate gender is by outfits, but why are clothes gendered at all and is that a constant?
Gendered clothing clothing is influenced by ...
Quackcast 645 - AI-cast
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, July 25, 2023 LISTEN on our player!
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We're chatting about the current state of AI, it's use, abuse, and the moronic way it's typically being utalised by mid-level businesses to screw over creative people and save money in the short term ...
🐈 ANIMALZZzzzzz
lothar at 12:00AM, July 7, 2023
HELLO—
It's summer in the northern hemisphere! …. So hot
Here's some stories about anthropomorphic dudes
Here are the 3:
FIRST one here is a story from 2013 called Grim Dog by Saikiyo
Grim Dog
It's a short story about a couple of cat-like creatures living in a ...
Likability Part 2
Banes at 12:00AM, June 22, 2023
As You Like It
Character likability part 2
The great actor Jack Lemmon said about his character in Glengarry Glen Ross that he didn't want the guy to be likable. He thought Shelley Levine “isn't a nice man” and was not someone people should feel sorry for. Lemmon ...