-Art by Mark Rothko, Red Orange Orange on Red, 1962
The first thing on my mind before I get out of bed in the morning is whether my base wardrobe is going to reflect white, black, and greys, or warm neutrals of tan, taupe, and cream. Five years ago, I ...
The Trouble with Colours
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, July 25, 2016A Nearly Perfect Sunset at the End of an Imperfect Day
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, July 18, 2016
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I am not a perfectionist in any sense of the word. I have been asked by strangers in passing if I was a perfectionist to which I replied, “The architecture in my university was built under the notion that only ‘God can make something that is ...
Rock the Vote: 2016 DD Awards Voting is Now Open!!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, July 4, 2016
Howdy, Ducks!
The time to vote has now arrived and the ballot can be found in this Google Docs link that Niccea lovingly put together:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1qMEInboMdhUmqorQu9PQQeZcx-_A34s6VyhtvwcQzhM/
Here are the basic rules:
Ballot will be open from 7/3/2016 until 7/30/2016.
~One ...
Inspiration through Travel
HippieVan at 12:00AM, July 1, 2016
I have to admit that I’m not one of these people who loves travel for its own sake. I like it as a general concept – seeing different parts of the world, the historical sites and the way people live – but I'm an anxious person by nature, and a ...
My favourite parts of comic making
HippieVan at 12:00AM, June 17, 2016
I’ve written newsposts before about how much I hate inking. Since Lazy Nezumi was suggested to me by the wonderful Amelius that headache has abated somewhat, and I thought I’d talk today about the parts that I really enjoy.
Character Design
The bit before you have to start ...
Are Friends Electric? (Guest post by Gunwallace)
HippieVan at 12:00AM, April 29, 2016
“Well, are they?”
Gary Numan (and Tubeway Army) posed that question in 1979. These days it has more relevance that ever before.
“It's cold outside, and the paint's peeling offa my walls.”
As winter approaches in the Southern Hemisphere (winter is coming) my thoughts naturally turn a little ...
Join the Drunk Duck Awards FYC Comic Jam!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, April 25, 2016
A MESSAGE FROM Niccea:
I decided that for this year we will try out doing a comic jam for the For Your Consideration (FYC) pages.
"A comicjam is a creative process where one or more artists collaborates on drawing or painting one single comic. Often the process is that one ...