A narrative theme can be described as the core meaning or message behind your story. It serves to tell your audience what your story is about as well laying groundwork for its context. Establishing the core theme early can help you keep your comic grounded and focused as you begin ...

Grounding your comic with theme
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, July 3, 2020QUACKCAST 485 - For your eyes only
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, June 30, 2020 LISTEN on our new player!
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Do you make work that no one will ever see? Do you do that so you can mess around and experiment without consequences, for practice, for testing ...
Dusting off the Past
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, June 29, 2020
There used to be an unbreakable connection between myself and my desktop computer during my college days. My computer was an extension of me, a mech of sorts and as I started getting better at creating and using programs like Photoshop, SketchUp, AutoCAD, and Revit, I needed to constantly upgrade ...
2020 Drunk Duck Awards: Now Accepting FYC Submissions AND Trophy Designs
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, June 15, 2020
The Drunk Duck Awards are accepting For Your Consideration (FYC) submissions.
I want to know how you characters have been coping over the past year. What did they do last year in lieu of the awards (we didn't have them last year)? Or do they have their own tips ...
Preventing burnout
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, June 12, 2020
I took this past week off, in part to celebrate reaching the goal age of 30, but mostly to take some time to address an encroaching feeling, burnout. Creativity is a muscle, and like any muscle in your body, if overused it can become strained or even tear. I am ...
Using 3D Art to Create Comics by Genejoke part 3
Banes at 12:00AM, June 11, 2020
Welcome back to the 3D Comics-making series by Genejoke. These tutorials accompany the new video
version that he created.
Video Tutorial Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJO3ehav02E
BUILDING SETS
Another huge and time consuming aspect of making 3D comics is set building and it should definitely factor ...
QUACKCAST 482 - 2n Guess
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, June 9, 2020 LISTEN on our new player!
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Tantz's newspost on Saturday about the problems of second guessing yourself and the issues that can arise from that was the inspiration for this week's ...
Using 3D Art to Create Comics by Genejoke part 2
Banes at 12:00AM, June 4, 2020
Here's Part 2 of Genejoke's tutorial on 3d comics using Daz3D. He talks about character creation here, and also gives some
info on the computer capacity you might need. These tutorials accompany Genejoke's new video versions of his tutorials. Enjoy!
Video Tutorial Part 2: https://www.youtube ...
The Art of the Conversation
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, June 1, 2020
Understanding the importance of the dialogue between two characters (or an internal monologue) is crucial for writing conversations in comics. It is true that comics are written differently than real world conversations because it removes a lot of the idiosyncrasies that happen in real-time conversations. However, learning to apply techniques ...
Setting effective goals
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, May 29, 2020
I recently got a new cork board for my work area to help organise all the goals I want to achieve throughout June. Every month it seems more gets added to the list, but how does one go about setting realistic goals that can be achieved?
It might be hard ...