When designing a character's appearance, we want to come up with cool, original elements that make an impression and distinguish that character from all others. So it's tempting to give them a gazillion cool belts with buckles running up their legs and arms, chains hanging off them, high ...
Practical Things to Consider When Designing a Character's Look
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, July 30, 2022The KAMics Voted Best Drawn Feature in the 2022 NFMS Bulletin Editor Awards; DD Awards Trophy Contest Extended One Week
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, June 6, 2022
Photo: 2022 NFMS Bulletin Editor Awards Winner of Best Drawn Feature, “Untitled Rockhounding 63”. The KAMics. 25 June 2021. Story and illustrations by KAM.
A round of applause goes out to Keith Alan Morgan, also known as KAM, whose submissions of The KAMics to the publication, The Tumbler, have not ...
QUACKCAST 583 - Why is it bad?
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, May 17, 2022 LISTEN on our new player!
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Spoiler- we don't actually talk much about Yu-Gi-Oh! But I feel it's a good example of a pretty bad story- a so-bad-it's-good story, but ...
I want to talk about boobs
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, April 2, 2022
There is generally a debate about how women's chests should be drawn. On and off I'll come across whole essays about how drawing women with large boobs is shorthand for sexualization and objectification. There's a lot of talk about how flat chested ladies or those of the ...
Books of Babel
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Jan. 31, 2022
Photo: A collection of “Le Petit Prince” books in various translations.
“Le Petit Prince” (French), “The Little Prince” (English), “Regulus” (Latin), “O Pequeno Principe” (Portuguese), and “El Principito” (Spanish) are a few of the titles of Antoine De Saint-Exupéry’s book that has been translated over three hundred and one ...
Ode to Bob Saget, SUCCUBUS Begins Today
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Jan. 17, 2022
Photo: Bob Saget (1956-2022)
Bob Saget revolutionized home videos years before they could be instantly uploaded, streamed online, and go viral. Yes, that is right, Sunday nights in the nineties meant a new episode of “America’s Funniest Home Videos”, a show where home movie enthusiasts would send recorded copies ...
The Significance of Hairstyle
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Nov. 13, 2021
Hair is very important- the way we wear it is a form of self expression, a canvas for artistic exploration, and shorthand for who we are or want to be. This significance carries over even more in fiction and especially visual arts like webcomics, cartoons, and movies.
How a character ...