Frames (a.k.a panels) are great, they can look simple or extraordinary, they can help the comic flow and provide feelings, a feeling of dread, excitement, anger, etc. Frames are more than just lines that encase the moments of our characters.
When you’re making your frame you always ...
The Magic of Frames
damehelsing at 12:00AM, May 30, 2021QUACKCAST 525 - Sexual Tension
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, April 6, 2021 LISTEN on our new player!
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Image from Genghis Khan by Miike Snow.
Sexual tension between characters is a great way to augment the conflict that drives a story. The audience really wants ...
QUACKCAST 523 - The Resonance of Folk tales
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, March 23, 2021 LISTEN on our new player!
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Folk tales are the primordial ooze of culture. Nobody knows where these stories began, nobody owns them, They're added to and expanded by successive generations. They ...
Merry Christmas
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Dec. 25, 2020
It’s Christmas.
As we wind down from this exhausting year, take the time to relax and count all the rays of sunshine amongst the gloom. In spite of the upheaval in work structures, I have found more time for my hobbies and art. In spite of the lockdowns I ...
QUACKCAST 494 - No antagonist is the best antagonist?
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Sept. 1, 2020 LISTEN on our new player!
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Does a story always need an antagonist embodied in the form of an active character? I don't think they do! We chat about examples of stories ...
Stock images and backgrounds
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, July 24, 2020
My comic partner and I are in the process of updating one of our comic series. We’re doing this in part to fill some plot holes (and potentially dig some new ones). However we’re also updating the artwork as it is quite old now and doesn’t match ...
QUACKCAST 439 - weather flavour enhancer!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Aug. 13, 2019 LISTEN on our new player!
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Tantz's clever idea was that the weather isn't just a backdrop… it's an important prop in it's own right.
Weather can be used ...
The Weather as Prop
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Aug. 10, 2019
So the weather is very important. We all know that from our real life routine alone.
There is often a tendency, however, not to use it when it comes to the visual narrative that webcomics are. More often than not, the weather is basically perpetually clear. Daylight or moonlight are ...
San Diego Comic Con Rocks Southern California this Week
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, July 15, 2019
San Diego Comic Con comes to town in a few days to begin a new Hotelacolypse, or when hotels run out of space in downtown San Diego. The line ups are going to range from new film and series announcements with the casts of Game of Thrones, IT 2, and ...