Last time, solo heroes, teams of two, and trios were the order of the day. Today let's talk quartets, quintets, sextets, septuplets, octets, and…uh…neuf-tets…?
More possibilities for self-contained drama/comedy/conflict exist with groups of four or five. There are several ways to begin building such a ...
Casting Part Deux: 4 and More
Banes at 12:00AM, Dec. 17, 2015Wish Fulfillment
Banes at 12:00AM, Dec. 3, 2015
In the movie Annie Hall, the main character writes a play and uses it to give his failed relationship a happy ending.
There are countless stories where awkward, nervous protagonists…perhaps courtesy of awkward, nervous writers…win the battle, defeat the villains and get the gorgeous girl.
An unknown number ...
New experiences!
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Nov. 20, 2015
Yesterday evening my friend and I donned our prettiest dresses and went to see The Marriage of Figaro. Neither of us had ever been to the opera before, and we weren't the only ones - it was “student night” where they sell cheap tickets to the final dress rehearsal, so ...
Character outfits
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Oct. 23, 2015
Since comic characters usually aren't too concerned with Halloween costumes, let's talk about how you dress your characters normally!
A character's outfit can convey the character's personality as well as the world they live in, and even their occupation in some cases. As a bare minimum ...
Things That Go DUCK in the Night
Banes at 12:00AM, Oct. 8, 2015
Horror…and the baddies and creepies and long-legged beasties of horror…come in many flavours.
These divisions might be incomplete or somewhat meaningless in a way, but hey, I have to approach it somehow…
Reality Bites: Human Creeps, Scary Animals and Nature
-Serial Killers, Jason, Michael Myers, The Strangers, And ...
Do You See the Kind of Shape I'm In?
Banes at 12:00AM, Sept. 24, 2015
CHARACTER SHAPES
I've never consciously designed characters this way, but I recently remembered hearing about this notion some time ago, on the dvd special features for an animated something-or-other.
Characters derived from basic shapes can give a very strong impression of their basic personality type. This can help the ...