In rewatching some 1990's movies, I saw quite a few of these Protagonists show up - they're these disaffected types, usually quite intelligent or at least verbose, who are wrapped up in their emotions and sort of spinning their wheels in life as they analyze their problems and face ...

The 1990's Whiny Slacker Protagonist
Banes at 12:00AM, May 4, 2023Quackcast 619 - Artificial culture
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Jan. 24, 2023 LISTEN on our new player!
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Talking about AI again but this time our subject is different: Does it have a negative influence on culture?
AI creative tools in the hands of an ...
The AI Problem
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Jan. 21, 2023
The advent of AI has started to finally come into the field of art and expression. No longer is it there only to help us with the menial tasks, the repetitive stuff, the uninspired stuff so we, humans, can be freed up to engage in the intuitive expression of any ...
Vox Populi, Vox Dei
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Nov. 26, 2022
So this line has become famous lately since Elon Musk has been using it to reinstate banned Twitter accounts in the latest episode of the Birdsite Drama.
I'm not going to get into any opinion piece on what I think of this development but if you haven't joined ...
The Exploitation of Art(ists)
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Jan. 29, 2022
Many things in this world are overrated, and even more are underrated. The problem is that often the things that are underrated are the ones that are vital for survival or quality of living while the ones that are overrated are superficial or even problematic for the same things (i ...
On Using 'Shortcuts'
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, June 26, 2021
One of the latest twitter dramas seem to be around artistic shortcuts, and how consumers of comics and webcomics (often non-artists) tend to scoff at any artist that dares admit they use them.
Comic shortcuts could include pre-rendered backgrounds, using 3D programs to arrange spaces or make sure perspective is ...
Interviewing Nic and Ben of Potato & Kraut
damehelsing at 12:00AM, May 9, 2021
Hi! I’m damehelsing from The Drunk Duck Community and for today’s Sunday article I will be interviewing the lovely duo, Nic and Ben!!
So, Nic and Ben! Give us a little introduction!
Ben: well, my name is Ben, I'm the artist of Potato and Kraut, hosted on ...
QUACKCAST 514 - how fiction gets your job wrong
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Jan. 19, 2021 LISTEN on our new player!
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When our jobs are shown in fiction they usually get it wrong. We talk about HOW they get it wrong here… Pit tells us all how she ...
Gimme Strength
Banes at 12:00AM, Nov. 19, 2020
Plenty has been said about giving characters flaws - we've talked about it around the site, on the Quackcast and out loud, to ourselves, on the bus and in the park.
Characters gotta have flaws!
But something I've thought about more lately, in the years well after starting my ...
T-Shirt Designer in Venice, California, Abbot Kinney’s Art District Turns Free Time Into Creative Outlet
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 23, 2020
Having time to create art is something that is always competing with the little free time after work hours. Usually, sleep wins out over creating, but lately, plenty of us have been getting more sleep than we ever thought we would.
That is why designer,Jared Ingold, of the brand ...