Soviet poster advocating atheism and science over religion
From the most ancient times, art has always been used by the ruling classes for purposes of propaganda, to propagate certain ideas about those commissioning it and their purposes: that kings are mighty, that regimes are for ever, that the enemy is ...
Art and Propaganda
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, July 21, 2018Drawing the Line
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, July 14, 2018
We live in a world that can be exceedingly beautiful or appallingly harsh, and everything in between. And as art reflects one's experiences, emotions and questions about this world, it's unavoidable that both the themes of amazing beauty and the themes of absolute terror, disgust and horror will ...
For Your Consideration Pages Now Being Accepted Until the End of June!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, May 28, 2018
Niccea is now accepting For Your Consideration Pages. Please PQ or email them.
A couple of people that are new to the awards scene wanted some sample FYC pages.
Since the theme for the FYCs hasn't been done before I scrounged the archives of previous years FYCs and Extras ...
This Year's New Resolutions (a bit late)
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Feb. 6, 2017
At the start of the new year, I decided to make a couple resolutions. The first was that I am not going to buy any new clothes this year because I invested in a sewing machine because I plan to sew my own outfits from fabric.
The second resolution is ...
A Comic Idea Is Born
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Sept. 12, 2016
It is sometimes unclear to recollect the exact moment that a comic idea comes to fruition. Sometimes a comic emerges out of ton of quickly drawn doodles over a span of time before any of the characters have names or the story has a title.
I can recall the exact ...
A Nearly Perfect Sunset at the End of an Imperfect Day
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, July 18, 2016
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I am not a perfectionist in any sense of the word. I have been asked by strangers in passing if I was a perfectionist to which I replied, “The architecture in my university was built under the notion that only ‘God can make something that is ...