Thunder Punch Daily 21 – Money For Drawing

Today I elaborate on some discussion going on in the forums concerning being a work-at-home illustrator. Pros and cons, trying to balance out the picture. Subscribe through iTunes RSS http://jdrozd.com/wp-content/audio/tpd021.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Thunder Punch Daily 20 – It’s Only Pretending, After All

Today I answer a question asked in the forums by Rene van Belzen: How do I know what a character thinks or feels if it hasn’t been developed yet, nor feel any compassion for it? The big secret of writing
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Thunder Punch Daily 19 – Good Panic

Today I share some thoughts about Good Panic and Bad Panic. Good Panic gets you excited about what happens next; Bad Panic gives you an excuse to not get the job done. Subscribe through iTunes RSS http://jdrozd.com/wp-content/audio/tpd019.mp3Podcast: Play in new
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Thunder Punch Daily 18 – Associate for Ideas Victory!

Today I model a word association exercise I use in classrooms to demonstrate how one can build a simple point of interest into a serviceable (or at the very least, fun) story idea. Subscribe through iTunes RSS http://jdrozd.com/wp-content/audio/tpd018.mp3Podcast: Play in new
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Thunder Punch Daily 16 – The Small Soulful One

Today I discuss what could be considered a character archetype: The Small Soulful One. Many of us think of characters like Yoda as a good representation of that type, but I explain why I think characters like Paddington Bear and
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Thunder Punch Daily 15 – Drawlin’ Mah Letters

Today I leap off of something Kim Holm mentioned about lettering on a recent A&S Extreme!! I talk about how the principles of line value in illustration are exactly analogous to the way I like to think about lettering. I talk a little inside
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