The other day I read a very interesting post by our very own Vickie of Used Books where she was talking about Romance. And what caught my eye the most was her description of the driving force behind romance stories as “relationship-driven conflict”- a very succinct way to put it ...
Romance As a Side Dish
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Aug. 19, 2017Grit --> Gore --> Gorn : When is it true to subject matter and when is it porn?
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Aug. 5, 2017
We’ve heard it and experienced it many times: For a creator to make an impact, to truly etch his/her message in the brains of his/her audience when it comes to art, from novels to films to comics, imagery with a high shock value is employed or simulations ...
Constructing Your Fantasy World Rigging
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, July 22, 2017
Every building needs a skeleton in place before building begins, so that the end product will be sound. It’s no different with fantasy world building: before you begin gathering and using your story’s bricks and mortar (= the research) you need to have the world’s skeleton, or rigging ...
Creating the Fantasy World you Need
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, July 15, 2017
image by me
There are many ways to create a fantasy world. Sometimes you need something very elaborate and thought out in the minutest detail and sometimes you need just enough to sketch out a minimal stage for your story to work.
So the first thing to do when deciding ...
Improve Your Drunk Duck Award Winning Game By Creating a For Your Consideration Page!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, June 26, 2017Quackcast 322 - Comedycast
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, May 9, 2017 LISTEN!
Banes has been doing a series of very intelligent newsposts focusing on the mechanics of comedy over the past few weeks. Today in this Quackcast we go over the first three parts of these reports: Comedic Premise, Comedic Characters, and Good and Bad character traits! This one is just ...
HOME v. AWAY: where to work?
HyenaHell at 12:00AM, May 5, 2017
Typically I work on my comics and illustration at home in my studio. I know I'll have everything I need on hand, for one. Also I hate and mistrust almost everyone and everything, as working in the service industry for the majority of my adult life has left me ...
Carl Jung is Your Friend (part 1)
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, April 22, 2017
I’ll start today by talking a bit about one of the superstars in the field of Psychology (please don’t groan, it’s for a good cause):
Carl Jung was a Swiss psychologist and psychiatrist (the super sayan combo in our field). He is considered the founder of analytical ...
The Differences Between a Formal, Social, and Psychoanalytic Reading of Art
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 27, 2017
Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith beheading Holofernes, 1611-12, oil on canvas, (Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples)
There are several different ways to read a painting. The perspective of the reader adds a new insight to the history behind the art. For the purpose of this article, I have selected Judith beheading Holofernes ...