"Cheating" as an Artist

Banes at 12:00AM, July 23, 2015



Years ago, when I did my first animation and posted it online, looking for attention like always, there was one comment that made me defensive, annoyed, and eventually, thoughtful.

I had no idea about animation timing or any of the little rules at the time; I just wanted to do ...



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Desert Island Art Supplies

HippieVan at 12:00AM, May 29, 2015



You've been tasked with illustrating the graphic novel memoirs of an evil king. Hey, the pay's alright - you can do this! The catch is, he's locking you up in an isolated tower somewhere with only three art supplies of your choice until the project is done. Assuming ...

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The Balancing Act of the Real World and Creating Webcomics

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, July 21, 2014



My personality appears extroverted in the right social situations when I am surrounded by like-minded people, however I know deep down that I am truly an introvert because I recharge when I am by myself and drawing.

When I first started getting serious about webcomics in college, there were many ...



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Digital Sketching in a Café with a Tablet in My Hand

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, June 2, 2014



I went to a café Sunday afternoon and spent my time doing something I have not been able to do in months–sat down and sketched. The last time I felt like drawing in a public space involved my oversized sketchbook, a few reference magazines, drafting mechanical pencils, and rubber ...

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FRIDAY NEWSPOST - Comic creating on the go

HippieVan at 12:00AM, May 2, 2014
tags: comic, go, on, the, travelling



I'm away from home at the moment, staying in a small apartment while I take a summer course at a university across the country. I packed the most ridiculously huge bag, but even in the world's tiniest apartment it's kind of amazing how little it amounted to ...

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Underdogs, Underserved, and Underrated Comics: An Interview with Locoma of Anti Featured!

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 31, 2014


Last week I was able to chat with lifetime DrunkDuck member Locoma about his process in selecting comics for his Anti-Featured comic. As a fellow featured comic reviewer and fan of underdog comics, I had a lot of curiosity going into the interview about the underground feature reviewer. Plenty of ...

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Creator Interview with Flinto of Restaurante Macoatl!

kawaiidaigakusei at 6:00AM, March 10, 2014

Today I have a very special newspost featuring the muy interesante webcomic creator of Macoatl. Updating from Mexico, this interview highlights his influences, drawing techniques, historical inspirations, and translating his story from Spanish into English. So sit back, relax, and learn a little about Flinto!



Who are your greatest art ...



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QUACKCAST Episode 129 - Wizards of webcomics and their marvellous techniques

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, June 11, 2013

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Summary:
Quackcast 129 fits in with our technical series of Quackcasts when we investigate different comic making tools, like pen and paper, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Toon Boom Studio, Manga Studio etc. except this time we asked people to tell us about the tools they use to make their ...


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QUACKCAST Episode 126 - Mobile Digital Art

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, May 21, 2013

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Summary:
This is another of our technical Quackcasts, this time Banes and I are talking about my own mobile digital art processes. The tools I currently use for that are a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet and Sketchbook pro by Autodesk is the software. It's a bit ...


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Featured comic -> Ex Monday

skoolmunkee at 12:01AM, April 2, 2012



Ex Monday is a tough old repairman in a crazy old world. Only he can fix the foobilators and the whatever-elses, not that it's a talent which has made him friends. In fact there are several sinister men who want him dead (although they are a little hard to ...

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