When I see artists just getting into the craft or people simply looking to improve their art ask for advice, the most omnipresent answer is “practice”; I don't like that answer. It assumes the person asking the question doesn't realize this is obvious, and hasn't already been ...
Targeted Practice
Amelius at 8:06AM, April 7, 2019QUACKCAST 416 - Making cuts
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, March 5, 2019 LISTEN on our new player!
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The entire team is here this time, no one was cut… So we're chatting about CUTTING, as in cutting out scenes to make a story cleaner ...
QUACKCAST 415 - lazy solutions cause plot-holes!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Feb. 26, 2019 LISTEN on our new player!
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This Quackcast expands on my newspost from Friday about forgotten abilities causing plot holes, but now bunny Banes and Lady Tantz wade in to lend their genius ...
QUACKCAST 406 - Amateur Vs Pros Merry Christmas DD!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Dec. 25, 2018 LISTEN on our new player!
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Merry Christmas one and all! And all that stuff. This year our release date falls exactly on the 25th! It was a busy year for us, lots ...
Making 3D Comics by Genejoke Part 3 - Settings
Banes at 12:00AM, Dec. 13, 2018
Welcome back to the 3D Comics-making series by Genejoke.
Visit Genejoke here:
https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Genejoke/
Part 1:
https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2018/nov/15/making-3d-comics-by-genejoke/
Part 2:
https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2018/nov/28/making-3d-comics-part-2-by-genejoke/
BUILDING SETS
Another huge and time consuming aspect of making ...
Organizing For Comic Making
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Oct. 20, 2018
Procrastinating is an art. I know it well for the past 7 years or so of making Without Moonlight, I have updated extremely sporadically. Some updates had months spanning between them. But this last year I've been producing steadily two pages a month. I know, I know, it's ...
Yes! We can take shortcuts!
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, June 29, 2018
Did you know as an comic creator you are more than allowed to take a shortcut here and there? It’s true! You want to know something else? Everyone does it! So this week I want to share some shortcuts I have found immensely helpful when trying to speed up ...
Speed Vs Detail
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, June 22, 2018
Balancing detail and speed is one hell of a trick for a webcomic creator. It is common pitfall for many of us starting our webcomic. Unfortunately one cannot always have both of these qualities in the work. We go ham on all the intricacies early on and then wonder why ...