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For this Quackcast we decided to chat about quirks- the things that stand out about a character, help you remember them, get interested in them, traits that pick them out as individuals and can ALSO be used to point at deeper character traits! These are so useful in so ...
Quackcast 316 - The Quirkcast!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, March 28, 2017Quackcast 315 - Creepy Pasta
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, March 21, 2017 LISTEN!
This week we decided to all read out Creepypastas, just because! I's a popular thing on the net and people like that sort of thing… Well Banes and Pit do anyway. So what ARE Creepypastas? Well they're not the rotten spaghetti that had Banes blasting from both ...
Jonathin Quackup Kickstarter: Issue #2 - Cat Warriors Capture Our Hero!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 20, 2017
QUACKUP #2 is now available on Kickstarter!
Thank you everyone for making QUACKUP #1 a success with over 4 thousand copies released!
We are offering more personalized edition covers! Plus ad space, alternate covers, the Quackup game app, and more!
Overview
The Jonathin Quackup series takes place in a dying ...
Quackcast 314 - The failure of heroes
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, March 14, 2017 LISTEN!
When heroes fail… Hey, why would you ever want a hero to fail? Well there are a lot of reasons and listening to this Quackcast will tell you why, but the quick version is that you don't want your hero to be a perfect Mary-Sue sort of character ...
The Impracticality of Being Practical
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 13, 2017
The Businessman, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
I have a certain level of disdain for people who believe that comics and art in general are merely hobbies. When I was much younger and on the receiving end of advice from many well-meaning grown-ups, the word “practical” and the phrase ...
Dialogue is a Paintbrush
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, March 11, 2017
In any work of art where storytelling is concerned, dialogue (should) play a central part. The relatability of the characters hinges on how they behave, and a lot of that behavior is verbal, especially in movies, theatre and comics (but also books. And everything else.)
So how do we create ...
PHOTOCOMICS
Banes at 12:00AM, March 9, 2017
Image by Gunwallace, from Utterly Rucked, found here on the Utterly Drunk Duck!
Photocomics
My somewhat undisciplined, regularly wandering mind went, awhile back, to the possibility of doing photocomics instead of drawn ones.
Of course, my fanciful thoughts hit a wall after realizing the amount of WORK that goes into ...
Quackcast 313 - Technical techniques
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, March 7, 2017 LISTEN!
Carrying on from last week's Quackcast discussion on tips and tricks for drawing and artwork, we jump again into the topic and THIS time we have Tantz Aerine on board to lend her perspective and tell us about even MORE little techniques to use to draw better. It ...
Can Comic Heroes and Their Comic Books Co-Exist?
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 6, 2017
Logan Copyright 2017 20th Century Fox
Like any loyal X-Men fan, I made my way to the theater to watch Logan during its opening weekend last night. Before the screening, I had been watching reviews that mentioned the film's “R” rating and how it traded its wide audience in ...
Buck the System Imagery
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, March 4, 2017
So I suppose it is no secret I like activism, standing up for a cause and giving it your all no matter what. From my comics to my actual life I have been doing so.
But what about the imagery that gets such a thing across to an audience in ...