Lately I've been spending some time doing some light renovations on my house. I'm under some pressure with this stuff, and it's been very difficult, mentally.
For the most part, things are working out so far. These are renos that some people could pull off with barely ...
Healing through Art
HippieVan at 12:00AM, April 8, 2016
Some very calming public art in my city - The Leo Mol sculpture garden.
As part of my degree, I’ve spent the last several months interning at an art gallery to learn hands-on curatorial skills. This particular gallery is fairly unique, because it’s actually located inside of a hospital ...
Bridging the Gap of Nonverbal Communication with Drawings
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 21, 2016
I have always been a proponent for the belief that art and drawing can be used as a mechanism to bring two strangers from completely different worlds together. That is why it is no surprise that I gravitated toward a young student who preferred to use crayons, markers, and paper ...
International Women’s Day in Webcomics
HippieVan at 12:00AM, March 11, 2016
A lovely illustration from The Pirate Balthasar.
Initially, I had planned this week’s newspost to feature a selection of my favourite women characters on DD. But I realized as I was composing my list for this newspost that I was essentially just making a list of protagonists from my ...
Jonathin Quackup of the Planet Weralt Now on Kickstarter!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Feb. 22, 2016Jonathin Quackup flees with his family from an evil warlord and faces his destiny in this 25-page full-color comic…
Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/raytoons/jonathin-quackup-of-the-planet-weralt-1
The Jonathin Quackup of the Planet Weralt series tells the story that takes place in the fantastical planet of Weralt. The world was ...
Celebrating Black History Month: Chuck Clayton joins the Archie Gang
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Feb. 5, 2016
Last year for Black History Month I profiled Black Panther, the first black superhero (see that newspost here). This year I’m sticking with the black comic character theme with a mini-history of Chuck Clayton, one of the first non-white characters in Archie comics.
These days Chuck is an established ...
Webcomics and Update Schedules
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Jan. 29, 2016
Somewhere between “all the time” and “hardly ever” lies an ideal update schedule.
I’ve read several times that frequent content updates is one of the best ways to increase traffic to whatever it is you’re creating online, but of course both your audience and yourself need to be ...