Art & Story 184 – The Big Steemer

[private]This week we’re joined by Jim Lujan for a conversation about animation and how anyone can do it. Catering your animation to your skill set and concentrating on storytelling over refinement, is the takeaway this time. Getting in the trenches and doin’ it. Plus there is a lot of joking around. Links mentioned this episode: [...]

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High Adventure Daily 101 – Reboot

I’m changing plans for my comic for the Mini-Comics Dump Truck yet again. This time I’m taking this opportunity to reboot an old character. Follow Kevin on Twitter! Discuss this in the Forum! Can’t see the audio player? Log in or register here! [private] [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Right-click or Control-click to [...]

High Adventure Daily 89 – Pseudonym

Talking about how working under a pseudonym, Artie Slammo, has created a result I didn’t expect. He is beginning to gain a life of his own already. Closing song: “But Not For Me” by Chet Baker Follow Kevin on Twitter! Discuss this in the Forum! Can’t see the audio player? Log in or register here! [...]

Mark of the Beast 70 – Valhalla

Talking about the film Valhalla Rising and how it succeeded visually, but failed structurally and was unclear thematically. And of course tie it back in to comics and illustration. Music by Beast in the Field and Mark Rudolph Follow Mark on Twitter! Discuss this in the Forum! Can’t see the audio player? Log in or [...]

Mark of the Beast 63 – Evocative

Talking about the evocative nature of music and how it pertains to story creation. The Following are the lyrics to a song by Merciful Fate that effected my story by the same name, Curse of the Pharaohs. Curse Of The Pharaohs Away out in Egypt in the Valley of Kings Where the mummified Pharaohs Pretend [...]

Mark of the Beast 60 – Stoic

Talking about flamboyant vs limited acting in characters. Music by Beast in the Field and Mark Rudolph Follow Mark on Twitter! Discuss this in the Forum! Can’t see the audio player? Log in or register here! [private] [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Right-click or Control-click to Download Supreme RSS Feed [/private]

Comics Fundamentals Pt 2 – World Building

In this second session of my Comics Fundamentals workshop series, I explore some world building techniques, figure drawing strategies, followed by some thoughts on hashing your story out in thumbnail form. The enhanced audio file will display the slides I used during the presentation. Some of the slides link to the sites I mention during [...]

Thunder Punch Daily 51 – The Lovable Loser

Today I share some thoughts about a character commonly known as “The Lovable Loser”, and deconstruct it a bit using the heroes from the Transformers: Animated series as my guide. Don’t forget to check out Rob Stenzinger’s awesome tutorial on how to sync these microcasts with podcatchers like iTunes! Follow Jerzy on Twitter! Discuss this [...]

Thunder Punch Daily 46 – Redemption Characters II

Following up on thoughts I began sharing in Thunder Punch Daily 43, I expand a bit on what I’m discovering about writing good redemption characters. I do wind up talking a bit about Dinobot, but this time I focus mainly on Prince Zuko from Avatar: The Last Airbender as my basis of meditation. In a [...]

Mark of the Beast 29 – Kingdom Gone

Talking about the post-apocalyptic genre and why I find it compelling. Music by Beast in the Field. Follow Mark on Twitter! Discuss this in the Forum! Can’t see the audio player? Log in or register here! [private] [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Right-click or Control-click to Download Supreme RSS Feed [/private]

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