The sheer power of a good team is so defining that it's a trope. Some of the most iconic characters and beloved personalities have emerged from stories featuring teams of main characters.
Each of them are vital to the story, each of them contribute both in terms of the ...
Strong and Powerful... Together
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Sept. 9, 2023On plot armor
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, July 8, 2023
Ok yes. Plot armor in general is considered a mistake. With good reason. Enough plot armor and there are no stakes left in your plot, and the audience isn't worried your plot-armored characters may not make it. And if there's no suspense, there's no engagement or the ...
Character Design Brainstorm: The Man (or Woman) of the Cloth
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Aug. 29, 2020
There are many tropes and many archetypes that we use for character designs. I had a couple of years go (have I really been at it this long!?) done a series of articles on the standard character type/functionality archetypes.
I'm thinking it's high time to explore archetypes ...
Demons of Darkness Kickstarter!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Sept. 23, 2019
Hello I am David, a comic writer! I am currently doing a Kickstarter for a comic that is dark satire on bullying and RPGS.
15 Page Preview https://tinyurl.com/y6zymecs
And the Kickstarter is at - https://tinyurl.com/y4z79zlo
Description:
Demons in the Darkness is a Dark Satire about ...
2018 Drunk Duck Awards and Strange Creatures Milestone
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Oct. 15, 2018
The first week of award winners have been announced. Niccea would also like to remind everyone that she will be accepting awards extras through the end of the month. Extras are usually acceptance/ concession speeches or other behind the scenes fun.
Send extras to Niccea here:
http://www.theduckwebcomics.com ...
The Differences Between a Formal, Social, and Psychoanalytic Reading of Art
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 27, 2017
Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith beheading Holofernes, 1611-12, oil on canvas, (Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples)
There are several different ways to read a painting. The perspective of the reader adds a new insight to the history behind the art. For the purpose of this article, I have selected Judith beheading Holofernes ...
Good Starts: Beginnings, again.
HyenaHell at 12:00AM, Feb. 17, 2017
Welcome back, gang! Er, can I call y'all “gang”? Is that too informal or too assumptive about your willingness for complicity in my extra curricular activities? Eh, too bad. Once you're in the gang, there's only one way out. Now, while you're letting that sink in ...