The DD forums have been pretty unwieldy for ages now - we have WAY more sub-forums than we need. JustNoPoint made an excellent suggestion to consolidate them into a smaller number of broader forums. We've been discussing the change in this thread without any objections so far, so I went ...
Forum Restructure and Fashion Free-For-All
HippieVan at 12:00AM, March 13, 2015MARCH MADNESS: Fashion Parade Free-For-All
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 9, 2015
Link: http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/forum/13117/
The Drunk Duck Fashion Show is underway and there has been an overwhelming outpouring of community support on the forums for original “Paper Doll”/model designs as well as initial fashion couture designs.
The entire month of MARCH will be dedicated to creating ...
Avoiding the Mary Sue (+ a contest!)
HippieVan at 12:00AM, March 6, 2015
This newspost was inspired by this week's Quackcast on testing your writing and knowing your characters. In the comments, KimLuster posted a Mary Sue test and discussed her annoyance in finding that one of her characters scored highly.
So what is a Mary Sue? Everyone sort of knows one ...
Introducing The Drunk Duck Fashion Show!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 2, 2015
-Comic artist is Travis Michael Moore, but The Duck knows him as that vampy VinoMas.
Drumroll, please.
Over the next few weeks, we will be rolling out a brand new project that combines the vogue fashion world with webcomics. It will be a chance to get your characters dressed in ...
Say It Straight, Simple and With a Smile
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Feb. 23, 2015
-Art by Gunwallace
Hello Ducks! I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend. Last week was filled with big holidays like Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday/Carnival, Ash Wednesday, the Lunar New Year (Gung Hay Fat Choy!) it is now the year of the Ram! I think I spent Sunday watching the Oscars ...
QUACKCAST 206 - Turning An Idea Into A Comic
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Feb. 17, 2015 LISTEN!
Art by Ozoneocean
Content:
Back in January our own HippieVan was in a quandary as to how to turn a creative idea she had into a webcomic, so she decided to put it o the DD community and croudsource their wisdom via a newspost. Banes and I thought the ...
The Digital Dark Age Cometh!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Feb. 16, 2015
Does everyone remember floppy disks?
This morning, the top trending topic was the warning issued by Vint Cerf, vice-president of Google, that we must create tangible back-up copies of all our digital works or else we may lose everything, every memory in a “digital Dark Age”. So I read about ...
The 2015 Drunk Duck Valentine's Day Card Exchange Extravaganza!!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Feb. 9, 2015Traditional Art in Webcomics
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Feb. 6, 2015
We've talked a few times in newsposts and Quackcasts about how tablets have made digital art more convenient than ever. But as much as I enjoy the clean lines and bright colours of digital drawing, when inspiration strikes I still often find myself reaching for my sketchbook and ProMarkers ...
QUACKCAST 204 - Talisman returns from exile
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Feb. 3, 2015 LISTEN!
Art by Barb Myers
Content:
Way back in 2012 Ozone interviewed the marvellously talented and professional Barb Myers about her art and her fantastic comics. Well it's 2015 now and Barb has finally been able to put out the whole of her comic “Talisman: Return of the Exile ...