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The 3rd in our technical art-making series, we're talking hair, feathers, and fur today. How do you draw those highly complicated, textured things? Well the complicated, difficult way is to draw every single strand ...

Quackcast 729 - The Feather report
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, March 4, 2025Panel By Panel: 'Phantom Force 3000' and Pushing the Craft
hpkomic at 3:11PM, Nov. 1, 2024
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck.
This week we're looking at another comic by user HawkAndFloAdventures, who has become one of the most prolific creators on the site, grinding out comic after comic. it's very admirable and ...
Drawing details or drawing faster?
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, June 8, 2024
Hello there fellow Quackateers! I’ve been trying to get back into the swing of comic making but life has been hectic! As I was sitting down to work on some panels I found myself becoming frustrated at how long it was taking which got me thinking. So I thought ...
Panel By Panel: 'Adventures of Sena' and Trying New Things
hpkomic at 11:25AM, Jan. 26, 2024
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck.
This week I wanted to look at a comic that was brought up in the comments of my previous post when discussing framing of panels. It's always a fun opportunity to write ...
Panel By Panel: 'Rettubia' and Something New To Me
hpkomic at 12:47PM, Jan. 12, 2024
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck.
It's always a treat when I see something done in comics I haven't really seen before. It's not exactly a rare thing, but when you have read as many comics ...
Panel By Panel: 'FCL55' and Balancing Details
hpkomic at 8:23PM, Aug. 25, 2023
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. This week I am going to be looking at a panel from the webcomic FCL55 that I think does a great job developing an aesthetic through balancing details within the design. FCL55 is ...
Panel By Panel: Reader Request - "Vampire Girl" and Perception of Scale
hpkomic at 7:49PM, July 14, 2023
Hello everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. This week I am tackling a reader request! I was pleased to find a message in my inbox here on the Duck from J_Scarbrough asking me to look at and share some thoughts ...
Into and Across the Spiderverse - How to make a good comic book movie
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, July 1, 2023
It goes without saying that the newly released movie, Across the Spiderverse, is one of the most popular superhero movies. The creators took one of the most divisive iterations of Spiderman, Miles Morales, and made him into a now beloved version of the titular character. They expand the Spider-lore through ...
FEATURED COMIC --> Gamma Blue Smoldering of Creel
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, April 12, 2023
Creel is a smoldering wreck of what it once was. Mysterious alien hybrids have wreaked havoc across the lands, killing most of the populace and abducting others for unknown reasons. Juno and his sister Naomi must learn to survive in this demon haunted wasteland, dodging alien hunting parties, and scrounging ...