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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DD Radio Play 2016 – Call For Scripts

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



If you missed last week’s announcement, the big news is that we’re going to do another radio play! Or I’m going to try my darndest to make it happen, anyways.

The first thing we’ll need is a script. I’m going to allow four weeks for ...



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Halloween Costumes!

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Oct. 19, 2015


(Pizza Rat Costume)

Halloween was once thought of as a holiday made for children because it involved carved pumpkins, festive costumes, and copious amounts of candy. However, as the years passed, the more I observed how adults have a firm hold on the holiday because of its outrageous nature. One ...


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Escapism Via Books

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Sept. 14, 2015



You know that idea about a frog in a pot of water getting cooked before realising that the water had been gradually increasing in temperature until it was rapidly boiling? Well last week, I was the frog and my room was that pot of water.

September has been the hottest ...



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Then and Now

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Sept. 7, 2015



“Save ALL your work. Never throw your old art in the trash!” was a repeated mantra from all my art teachers over the years. The reasoning behind this idea makes sense: Old art is like a time capsule for fresh ideas and it can be a great addition in a ...

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Comic-making shortcuts

HippieVan at 12:00AM, Sept. 4, 2015



After a long comic-making hiatus, I’ve had several ideas for comics in the last little while. Working on the first one, though, I’ve realized that unless I get a heck of a lot faster at drawing it's unlikely that all of my ideas will ever come to ...

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May the "Fourth" Be With You

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, May 4, 2015
tags: 2015, Awards!!, Drunk, Duck



Happy Star Wars Day!

To celebrate, the 2015 Drunk Duck Awards are back in full FORCE today.

Niccea has a large update:

Voting for the winner of the For Your Consideration contest will be until May the 10th. Votes can be PQed to Niccea ( http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/quack/compose ...







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Support 2D Animation in the Hullabaloo's Indiegogo Campaign!!

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Sept. 15, 2014


“The greatest animated film you get to help make.”

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/hullabaloo-steampunk-animated-film

You may or may not have heard of the Hullabaloo Steampunk 2D (hand-drawn) animated film by a team of former Disney and Dreamworks animators. The indiegogo crowdfunded project was spearheaded by James Lopez, an alumni ...




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Video Interviews with KAM, Toshubi, and Magical Misfits!

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Sept. 8, 2014



Today we have a special video interview newspost featuring KAM, Toshubi, and Magical Misfits. They each have long running comics with pretty substantial archives and have been members on Drunk Duck from the very start. They each are natural storytellers and are very passionate about the work they produce on ...

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Drawing One-Point Perspective for Comic Backgrounds

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Sept. 1, 2014


I may not be the authority on drawing backgrounds in comics. However, I did spend about two years taking several classes centered around perspective drawing so I do know a little bit more than the average bear. The idea that I have is this, as comic makers, we enjoy telling ...

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