Photo: “2023 Album Cover: Relaxation and Reflection”. Personalized cover created by YouTubeMusic based on music preferences. (December 2023)

It is New Year’s Eve, a couple of hours before 2024 and I am perusing my college store catalogue searching for any new merchandise showcasing the school’s logo. A few ...

I've only read three books in my life.

Okay, that's not true - over the years I've read nearly a dozen.

But the first art-instruction book I used (at least, the earliest one I can remember) was this book
about using basic shapes to draw animals.

It was ...

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This week our talk is an art one: eyes! We talk about how to draw them, adding meaning and expression, the way different cultures use them, different styles for doing eyes, reflection, shadow, focus and a million ...

I have a handful of hobbies that mean a lot to me - from an early age, reading, and music (drums at first), and drawing were all important pastimes.

The other day I found an old workbook dated from when I was eight years old. It was an A to Z ...

In case you’re asking, no, I did not draw this image you see here. It’s one of many drawings I found on this website I just stumbled upon this morning called Drawception.com where from what I understand reading the site’s info section is about playing these ...

Last time I talked about catharsis I focused on how important it is in a story, whether by its presence or absense. This time I want to talk about how to incorporate it in a story.

To give a brief recap, catharsis is the feeling of release of powerful emotions ...

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck.

We're checking out some examples of comics shared by users here on the Duck regarding the previous post's scavenger hunt. As a reminder, we are looking for a specific type of ...

Meet Harold. Harold likes Jam. Follow Harold off the page and into real world places in the search for Jam. Observe Harold in many different rooms, climbing wooden stairs, and crossing bridges. Harold brings a much clever perspective to the changing of surroundings while on an important mission for Jam ...

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Stakes are a part of a story. What does a character want? What means the most to the character? What are they after, what do they care about? Stakes can be really subjective like that and they ...

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Multiverses are really popular in fiction right now, eg. Dr Strange into the mouth of Madness, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Flash, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Rick and Morty, and The Loki TV series (which I ...