The Break Into 3

Banes at 12:00AM, Jan. 16, 2025



Last Week we looked at the “Break Into 2”, the transition between the beginning of a story: The “Before” picture of the Protagonist and their world, and the “Upside Down World” of Act 2.

So, a little later in your average story will come the “Break Into 3”. This leaves ...



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A Romance Trope I Hate

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Jan. 11, 2025



So this is just a purely rant article on my part.

I'm generally not a huge fan of romance… BUT, if it's done well, I am not a (complete) snow queen. I can melt accordingly and love it in a story. I even have some romance in my ...



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Character Deep Dive: Vladimir Chekhov

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Dec. 28, 2024




It’s time for another Character Deep Dive, this within the amazing political war thriller The Second Crimean War by the awesome and proliferate The Doodler!

The Second Crimean War is an alternate history webcomic, of a different 1995 where, after the collapse of the USSR, the emerging, independent Ukraine ...




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Infatuation

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Nov. 30, 2024



How do you make a clever character stupid?

You give them an infatuation. A fixation. Something that completely overrides their critical thinking and better judgment. Something that drives them nuts like a switch is thrown.

And when that happens, they're dumber than a bag of rocks. (And they're ...





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Justice vs Revenge and What it Says About the World

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Nov. 16, 2024



Sometimes it may feel that the justice system protects the perpetrator a lot more than it does the victim:

There are many things an accused can use to mitigate their position, there are many reasons to shorted a sentence, they can get out on good behavior, they can generally serve ...



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Front and Back

Banes at 12:00AM, Nov. 14, 2024


I'm not sure if I've written a post about this already, but an interesting thing we have to think about sometimes with comics is how to make the characters, the foreground, stand out from the background.

Here are my notions on that:


- using human natural ability and instinct ...





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Poetry Time 94: The Mission

Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, Nov. 3, 2024



Your landscape is in decay
Your mind’s full of betrayal
When all hopes down and through
Your heart calls out to you
Sail your mind on a masterpiece
Loose yourself to the paints of these
The straps from your head points to your salvation

NaaN (Now, always and Never)

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Character Deep Dive: Robin Sinclair

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Nov. 2, 2024




Today’s character deep dive is on Robin Sinclair, the main catalyst of everything taking place in the supernatural comedy drama that is Blessed Days by Inky Moondrop!

Blessed Days is the story of a young woman that unexpectedly becomes a mom and must handle raising a child- that’s ...




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Quackcast 710 - Ducks in in the wind

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Oct. 22, 2024

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-Cover image: female Sagittarius silhouette pic by Tantz that only took a moment to create but its impact was way larger!

The fleeting greatness ducks of in the wind! This is a weird one based on a ...




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Skills vs. Tools

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Sept. 21, 2024



Prowling around the forum today just in case I come across any spam to defenestrate (never stop PQing me if you find anyone), I came across this thread by Sosradio who makes SOS Radio which you should check out right now! Some good art to look at there, and an ...

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