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Tantz Aerine did a great newspost the other day about how the clothing of comic characters can be used to communicate information and emotions just as much as any other element in your comic making arsenal. And that's what we discuss in this Quackcast! Clothing can communicate state ...
Quackcast 339 - Communicate With Clothes
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Sept. 12, 2017Designing your Characters
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Sept. 9, 2017
So you have your kick ass story ready, you’ve researched your world well and feel comfortable in it, and you have an awesome set of personalities to equip your characters that will propagate your story (or complement it if the plot is story driven).
The only thing left to ...
Single pages, larger issues and archive panic
Banes at 12:00AM, Sept. 7, 2017
SINGLE PAGES vs. The GREATER WHOLE
I'm at a nice place in my webcomic right now. Well, it's nice as the writer, at least.
The characters have a nice history now, with some adventures behind them, some established relationships, and a stable of supporting characters who can be ...
Wardrobe Is a Tell
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Sept. 2, 2017
They say that the best and most important elements in visual arts, from movies to comics, are done well when the audience doesn’t quite notice them. And that is definitely true- research and plot development and world building are some of them about which I’ve already talked about ...
QUACKCAST 337 - Interview with AmeliaP of Kings Club
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Aug. 29, 2017 LISTEN!
This week we interview the artist and creator of the comic Kings Club, AmeliaP! Her comic was featured and Gunwallace also gave it a theme tune that was featured in Quackcast 335. AmeliaP is a talented professional comic creator and game designer. We couldn't interview her directly because ...
QUACKCAST 336 - Side romance
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Aug. 22, 2017 LISTEN!
Romances don't always have to be the main focus of a story, infact you can have richer, more interesting romances if they occur in support of a bigger plot issue. It can lend them and the story more weight if they're in a secondary position. Characters can ...
Romance As a Side Dish
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Aug. 19, 2017
The other day I read a very interesting post by our very own Vickie of Used Books where she was talking about Romance. And what caught my eye the most was her description of the driving force behind romance stories as “relationship-driven conflict”- a very succinct way to put it ...