After a successful test of the Justin.TV app on my iPhone, I’m compelled to talk a bit about my plans to stream more of my workday and why I think it’s a good idea. For me it has less to
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Author: Jerzy Drozd
Teaching Artist and Cartoonist. He/him. When life is feeling heavy, I enjoy creating and sharing stories of cute heroes showing extraordinary courage.
Thunder Punch Daily 87 – Streaming Apps Review
Today I share some observations based on some experimenting I’ve been doing with video streaming apps for the iPhone. I talk about the following: Ustream Justin.tv Stickam You can see some of my tests of the services on my blog:
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Thunder Punch Daily 86 – Deconstructing “About a Boy”
Today I pick apart the film About a Boy to highlight how we comics creators should consider expressing the climax of our stories visually if at all possible. I’ll most likely be doing more of these story deconstruction episodes in
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Thunder Punch Daily 85 – Writing for Young People
Today I respond to another discussion thread in the A&S forums, which was primarily about the role of death and dying in all-ages fiction. I spiral it out to cover some general thoughts I keep in mind when writing stories
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Thunder Punch Daily 84 – Priorities, Please
Today I share some thoughts I’ve been having about revisiting the notion of re-prioritizing my projects for the next year. Or perhaps, based on my having recently read Rework, re-prioritizing for the next few months. Subscribe through iTunes RSS http://jdrozd.com/wp-content/audio/tpd084.mp3Podcast:
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Thunder Punch Daily 83 – Advertising Campaign, Pt 2
Today I share some more of my journey into creating ad campaigns for Art & Story, this time highlighting the difference between Project Wonderful and StumbleUpon ads. As we might expect, each has their own benefits and disadvantages. Subscribe through
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Thunder Punch Daily 82 – Character Design, Pt 2
Today I follow up on the last episode with some more ways I look for surprises in my characters, this time focusing on their personalities or inner lives, including the following: Complexity via contradiction Playing to expectations with a last-minute
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Thunder Punch Daily 81 – Character Design, Pt 1
Today I share some of the means I use to look for surprises in my characters when designing them. This first part concerns itself with the visual aspect of character design, including the following: Shape Gender Clothing/Costume Subscribe through iTunes
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Thunder Punch Daily 80 – Neat Apps
Today I start a new series I’m going to call “Isn’t this neat?” where I share a few items of interest that I think are–well, neat. And today it’s a collection of iPhone apps that have helped in my productivity
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Thunder Punch Daily 79 – Advertising Campaign, Pt 1
I’ve officially jumped into the first Art & Story advertising campaign on Project Wonderful, and I share some thoughts on how I plan to use landing pages, target audiences, and ad design to find more listeners. Subscribe through iTunes RSS
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