What is the best atmosphere to create in? This applies to art, of course, but also to just about anything you might be working on independently.
Some of my friends seem to be able to work with limitless distractions around. Fairly regularly I go over to my friend’s house ...
Peace and Quiet, or Buzzing with Activity?
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Dec. 16, 2016Digital drawing on a tablet
Ozoneocean at 6:00AM, Dec. 13, 2016
I promised a follow up to how I do digital drawing specifically, not in general!
(Original article on digital drawing - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2016/dec/08/digital-drawing/)
Well, here's an example, it's not a great one, but I did it yesterday so it's nice and ...
The Fears We Explore
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Dec. 10, 2016
Everyone has their own set of concerns, worries, fears about themselves and their environment, past, present and future. Creators are no different.
So it is only natural that at least some elements of those fears and concerns and worries we have are explored one way or another in the works ...
The Black Knight and the White Rook
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Dec. 5, 2016
It was early morning on a Thursday, and I had just prepped the classroom for the day before I headed outside to wait for the children to line up after the bell. I was knitting a scarf when a little girl named Angeline walked up to me and started up ...
The Table Scene
Tantz_Aerine at 7:01AM, Dec. 3, 2016
It’s the ultimate horror.
You are trapped with your very own demons.
You cannot escape- you will not be excused.
You will need to look at them, as they look back at you, and do a reckoning.
At least until dessert.
In my opinion, in all creative writing/art ...
S'now Time Like the Present
Banes at 12:00AM, Dec. 1, 2016
We had a big snowfall two weeks ago, and I was out driving the city in it (I have a part time delivery job).
My car and I held up pretty well in it, and that was satisfying. As the news warned people to stay off the roads, I was ...
Quackcast 299 - Self Insertion of Characters
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Nov. 29, 2016 LISTEN!
Art by Ozoneocean
In Quackcast 299 we expand on an idea from Tantz's Saturday newspost about inserting your personality into your characters when you write them. But not only that, we chat about how a work of fiction by a writer can be like a darkly faceted diamond ...