Backgrounds, part 2: Familiar Locations

HippieVan at 12:00AM, Aug. 26, 2016



Last week, I wrote about my attempts to put more effort into drawing backgrounds. A few people in the comments brought up the settings that they draw repeatedly for their comics.

Planning

My main character is a wanderer, so there aren’t a ton of repeat locations in my comic ...





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A Canadian Tragedy

Banes at 12:00AM, Aug. 18, 2016



(This one is not comics related).

If you're not Canadian, or spent some time here, it's fairly unlikely that you've heard of the Tragically Hip. It's not impossible, of course, and you may have heard of them recently, with the band going on its farewell tour ...



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"What is Essential is Invisible to the Eye"

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Aug. 15, 2016


Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince (2015)

When I was very young, my mom had placed a series of book collections on the headboard of my bed before I learned how to read or developed any interest in books. Among the titles, nestled between C.S. Lewis' Narnia series ...


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PQ Notifications!

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Aug. 7, 2016

THIS IS HERE! Please RELOAD the site to get rid of the initial one.



This is a popup notification that you have a PQ.

And it goes in the middle of the screen as soon as you get a new message, informing you in real time. You won't have ...





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Quackcast 279 - Meet the Mutants!

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, July 12, 2016

LISTEN!
Art by Ozoneocean

Our very own heavily mutated Pitface put up a guest post about her fellow mutants, filling in for HippieVan while Hippy is away fighting the mutants in Japan wearing a tie-dyed sailor suit and riding a Volkswagen battle mecha, as you do in Japan… anyway, as ...


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Who Are These People?

Banes at 12:00AM, June 30, 2016



For several years I've been doing a comic called Typical Strange here on the Duck. And I'm still doing it, I swear!

The characters are a fairly diverse assortment of different temperaments and personalities, and the adventures they've had and will continue to have will hopefully be ...



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How a "Starving Artist" Mentality has Helped Me Dodge the Money-Centric Bandwagon

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, June 27, 2016


-Art by Edvard Munch (cover for Hunger by Knut Hamsun)

It is a common phrase that has been repeated time and time again: “(The love of) money is the root of all evil”. At least for me, it was one of the few words to live by that my Latin ...


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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 ...







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CHARACTER PROFILE: The Hulk

Banes at 12:00AM, June 16, 2016



In the early 60's, shortly after the beginning of Marvel Comics with the Fantastic Four, a second series was released: The Incredible Hulk.

As the Marvel Universe took shape with Spider Man, The Avengers, The X-Men and Daredevil titles, The Hulk stood apart from all the other Super Heroes ...



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A Roundup of Recent Fixes!

HippieVan at 12:00AM, June 3, 2016



We've been implementing various bug fixes and improvements over the last little while. For those of you who don't always check the forums or the Facebook group, here's a little roundup of what we've done so far.

The Top Ten: The top ten is now based ...



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