Summary:
Poor, poor prince Aiden needs the assistance of a wizard for his quest, the trouble he finds himself in is that the wizard he needs is an old, crochety, bastard with a terrible cold. This doesn't deter Aiden however, he gets right in there and works to make ...
Quackcast 239 - Draw your world, community edition
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Oct. 6, 2015 LISTEN!
-Cover art by Ozoneocean
Last week Tantz Aerine and Pitface told us about how they came up with a visual look for their comic worlds. THIS week members of the community weigh in and give us THEIR perspective on their perspective… views of their comic environments. We have very ...
Quackcast 238 - Draw your world
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Sept. 29, 2015 LISTEN!
-Cover art by Tantz Aerine
We had a Quackcast about creating your world a while ago, but that was mainly in terms of writing. Some people touched on the visual aspects, Falopian Crusader among them, and Usedbooks showed us her city map.
For this Quackcast we discussed creating the ...
DD Awards - Emergency Presenters Needed!
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Sept. 25, 2015
Thanks to all the judges who have helped to choose our 2015 winners! The judging portion of the awards is now complete.
From Niccea:
“The ceremony will start October 12th. We are looking for volunteers to be emergency presenters. The presentations right now are due October 3rd, and we need ...
Do You See the Kind of Shape I'm In?
Banes at 12:00AM, Sept. 24, 2015
CHARACTER SHAPES
I've never consciously designed characters this way, but I recently remembered hearing about this notion some time ago, on the dvd special features for an animated something-or-other.
Characters derived from basic shapes can give a very strong impression of their basic personality type. This can help the ...
Quackcast 237 - The Songcast
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Sept. 22, 2015 LISTEN!
For Quackcast 237 we asked people about the songs that inspire them when they do their comics, which songs go with which parts of their comics, what would be the ideal comic movie theme, what songs or music get you in the MOOD to do your comic, and finally ...
Quackcast 236 - The Songcast/Drunkcast
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Sept. 15, 2015 LISTEN!
Pitface, Banes, Tantz Aerine and Ozoneocean reunited for a repeat of the legendary Drunkcast of Quackcast 137! Almost exactly 100 Quackcasts later we hit the booze again, but this time we had a goal to pursue with our drunken ramblings: music. We decided to talk about what themes inspire ...
Escapism Via Books
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Sept. 14, 2015
You know that idea about a frog in a pot of water getting cooked before realising that the water had been gradually increasing in temperature until it was rapidly boiling? Well last week, I was the frog and my room was that pot of water.
September has been the hottest ...