Episode 53 - Spriters Are People Too
Nov 28, 2011
The venerable Skoolmunkee is the special guest this week! This time we have a completely biased and entirely uninformed chat about all aspects of sprite comicing, from their short and turbulent history, to their glittering present and beyond into a glorious galaxy spanning empire that they will one day be responsible for creating!
Topics and Show Notes
Featured Comics:
Heavy Mech - http://www.drunkduck.com/Heavy_Mech/
/>Drunk Duck Awards 2011 - http://www.drunkduck.com/Drunk_Duck_Awards_2011/
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Sprite comics:
- The feline-canine centipede conundrum.
- What ARE sprite comics?
- Pixel art.
- Polygon comics.
- Some notable sprite comics.
- Programs to use to create sprite comics.
- Why do them?
- Why not?
- How to make a better sprite comic.
- What you should do.
- What you should avoid.
Useful resources for and about spriting:
All our Drunk Duck spriting tutorials - http://www.drunkduck.com/tutorial/?search=sprites&x=0&y=0
/>Sprite sheet and backgrounds - http://www.spriters-resource.com/ and http://www.gsarchives.net/index2.php
/>Animated sprite comic - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb-rFa5nZvQ
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Comics mentioned in this QuackCast:
Diesel Sweeties by R Stevens - http://www.dieselsweeties.com/
Kid Radd by Dan Miller - http://kidradd.niftihalostudios.com/
/>A Modest Destiny by Squidi - http://www.squidi.net/comic/amd/
8 Bit Theatre by Brian Clevinger http://www.nuklearpower.com/2001/03/02/episode-001-were-going-where/
/>Blue Strawberry by Eduds - http://www.drunkduck.com/Blue_Strawberry/
/>Moose Shoe by G D - http://www.drunkduck.com/Moose_Shoe/
/>Chrono Redux by Sameth - http://www.drunkduck.com/chrono_redux
Cru the Dwarf by Cru - http://www.drunkduck.com/Cru_The_DwarF/
Contributions from:
Nicky P - http://www.drunkduck.com/user/NickyP/
/>El Cid - http://www.drunkduck.com/user/El%20Cid/
/>RPGgrenade - http://www.drunkduck.com/user/RPGgrenade/
/>BlkKnight - http://www.drunkduck.com/user/BlkKnight/
/>Naughtelos - http://www.drunkduck.com/user/Naughtelos/
/>Nintendude - http://www.drunkduck.com/user/Nintendude/
/>Renga Studio - http://www.drunkduck.com/user/Renga%20Studio/
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Episode 42 - My Infinite Canvas Could Beat Up Your Interactive Story
Sep 13, 2011
In this extra-ordinary length podcast about extra-ordinary webcomics, skoolmunkee and ozoneocean talk about how media, format, topic (and other features) may factor into whether a comic is "traditional" or not. And some of their favorite examples!
Episode 39 - It's My World, I Can Break The Rules
Aug 16, 2011
Kroatz joins skoolmunkee today to talk about the huge topic of world-building. All kinds of things should be taken into consideration, so this episode should be a lot of food for thought!
Episode 13 - The Many Ways to Not Work on Your Comic
Feb 1, 2011
Oz and skool discuss their first disagreement on a feature, cementing skool's image as "the evil one". They then get into a lengthy discussion about the loosely related topics of filler, fan art, and artist/writer's block.