Practical Things to Consider When Designing a Character's Look

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, July 30, 2022



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 ...

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2022 DD Awards: VOTE Tie-Breaker for Best Protagonist

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, July 25, 2022



VOTE VOTE VOTE

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/13q_zpKpowTAg2N_dVXPLOEKugfOSRptpiKpPPRq4M0Q/


Niccea writes:

After bouncing some ideas around in Discord. I decided to revamp how the character awards are awarded. In the case of Best Protagonist this year I got just under twenty characters submitted, but no character received more than ...








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Stickman and Cube by Pieguy259 has Finished!

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, July 18, 2022


Photo: “Deja Vu, Deja Vu, Deja Vu” by Pieguy259. 02 July 2009.

Stickman and Cube, DD Awards Winner for Best Stick Figure/Simplified Art Comic, was created on July 14, 2007, and updated its last page fifteen years later on July 15, 2022. Incredible.

Pieguy259 writes:

Some news for you ...






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The DD Awards Nominees And Some Announcements

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, July 16, 2022



The DD Awards Nominees are here!

Thanks to the amazing Niccea your votes have been tallied and the DD Awards Nominees have emerged!

You can see them all here!

If you are a Nominee, congratulations!! I need your attention for a moment:

As the DD twitter admin, I want to ...









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Wonder

Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, June 19, 2022



Gonna take another pause from the fantastic bestiary on this Sunday’s article and instead talk about wonder in fiction. First off, what is wonder? If you put the word wonder into google translate it is described as ”a feeling of amazement and admiration, caused by something beutiful, remarkable or ...

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Fantastic Bestiary 10: The Scandinavian Troll

Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, June 12, 2022



So! Back to mythology. And we are going back to my place again, good ol’ Scandinavia. In the summertime no less when the color green is everywhere, the fields are high and trolls come sneaking down from their magically hidden caves and mountain kingdoms. To me the Scandinavian depiction of ...

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The 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 ...


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Fantastic Bestiary 9: The Wookie

Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, June 5, 2022



In this newspost I thought I’d start breaking away from myth a little bit. So far I’ve brought up species and entities from myth and legend, but this is not a series of articles that is just about mythical fiction, but also popular fiction. So! Wookies! Absolutely iconic ...

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Fantastic Bestiary 8: The Mermaid

Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, May 29, 2022



Recently it struck me. So far I’ve already brought up two water-based mythic beings in this series of articles, and non of them were mermaids. Which is why I’ve decided to talk about them here today. We’re pretty much all familiar with mermaids. Though maybe not as ...

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MindTricks 1 - Memory

Banes at 12:00AM, May 26, 2022


I don't wanna be remembered; I wanna be forgotten


MEMORY and MEMORY LOSS in FICTION

Playing with memory and memory loss is a handy device for fiction writers, from soap opera-type melodrama to exciting-but-thought-provoking stories like The Matrix, and in all kinds of stories betwixt and beyond.

Like any ...







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