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In this Quackcast we chat about the categorisation of work by specific genres and how it makes it easier to promote your work to people, while for fans it makes it easier to find what you're into, but it can also be a bad thing when people categorise ...
Quackcast 375 - Categories, genres and rants
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, May 22, 2018Daily Pages
Banes at 12:00AM, May 17, 2018I may have told this story in this spot before, but years ago I worked with this book called “The Artist's Way”, which included fun exercises meant to unlock the creativity most of us adults don't access regularly.
The main ongoing exercise done throughout the whole process of ...
The Incredibly Long List of Drunk Duck Award Categories
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, April 30, 2018If you have checked out the Drunk Duck Award Forum thread that is being moderated by Niccea, then you would have seen the list of award categories posted. This is a useful list if you want to see if your comic qualifies for any of the categories before creating a ...
On Hiatus - Be Back In Five Years
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, April 20, 2018
Recently, my writing partner and I have gone on a very short hiatus whilst we rework a few things to accommodate another project and it got me thinking about the almost inevitable and sometimes dreaded occurrence that is, “The Hiatus”.
It is very rare to find an artist or team ...
Why do we need Webcomics?
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, March 31, 2018
They’re painstakingly made, take a lot of time to be completed, often cause their creators to burnout or feel like their investment goes unsung or unrewarded. To make a webcomic is a serious commitment that requires discipline, dedication, planning and scope. And there are no guarantees.
So why do ...
Music for the Mind
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, March 30, 2018
It is taking some time to gather my thoughts on the follow up to last week’s article, so for this post, I thought we could talk about something to helps keep me going and inspired, namely music.
Before Quentin Tarrentino begins a movie he often turns to music as ...
Points of View - part one
Banes at 12:00AM, March 1, 2018
Welcome to March!
I thought I'd try a connected theme of Thursday articles this month. I've had some half-baked ideas floating around on the subject of “Point of View”. They haven't coalesced completely but I think I can figure out four articles on this topic over the ...
Lending a hand | The practice of cross-promotion
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Feb. 23, 2018
The hardest part of creating a webcomic is not the writing or the art, but actually attracting and retaining those coveted pairs of eyes. Building an audience, particularly when you are starting out with no prior projects, feels like a never-ending uphill trek and there more than a few pitfalls ...
On boredom and the slip into daydreams
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Feb. 16, 2018
In my day job, I am occasionally asked to attend events or webinars as part of professional development. Earlier this week I happened to be at one of these activities focussing on the future of artificial intelligence, which you would think would be a riveting topic for discussion. But soon ...