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 69 – Crow Quill Tips

It’s a pun, get it? Today I share some thoughts on using crow quills to ink, based on some good discussion going on in the forum. I talk a bit about my first experiences working with the crow quill while drawing the PPV mini-series, and offer a few tiny bits of advice based on my experiences.

You can also check out this video I put together showing my method of inking with the crow quill.  Big Art & Story Party Time episode 2 has even more thoughts on inking!

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Thunder Punch Daily 68 – When You Get What You Want

Today I share some thoughts about getting what you always wanted and still finding yourself procrastinating. Some ruminations on parameters, boundaries, and limitations as the best means to invoke creativity (for me, at least).

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Thunder Punch Daily 66 – New Webcomic

Today I share some thoughts about a new webcomic project I’m launching in the next week or so. If anything, it will be my attempt to prove my assertion that you don’t need great illustrations to entertain with a good story. I plan to open up the process of developing and making this comic through the Thunder Punch Daily shows.

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Thunder Punch Daily 65 – Why Table?

I’m back from SPX, and rather than simply cheer about what fun I had, I spend some time this episode sharing a few candid thoughts on some questions that were raised about the value of tabling at conventions. I’m hoping we can take this discussion to the forums, as I’m eager to hear your thoughts on the subject.

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Thunder Punch Daily 60 – Manga Advantages

In prepping for my workshop at Specs Howard, I found myself ruminating on some of the wonderful storytelling techniques that can be found in Manga. I share a few of my favorites, highlighting how these aren’t exactly new to Western cartooning.

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Thunder Punch Daily 59 – Conventions: Managing Expectations

Today I share some of the thoughts that are running through my mind as I gear up to table at my first convention in some time: SPX. I wonder aloud about some of my own expectations of the event as well as anticipating what might be the expectations of the crowds that I’ll find at the show. And will my crayon sketches be tacky at such an event? We’ll see.

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Thunder Punch Daily 58 – Critical Thinking & Hero Worship

Every once in a while we find ourselves looking upon the success of others as a sign that they’re made of something that we’re not, or we come up against a group of people who have bought into their own hype and like to throw that around a bit. Today I examine how participating that behavior actually works against critical thinking, one of the fundamental skills we need in order to be a better cartoonist. I also talk a little about the new Comics Are Great! project I launched this week.

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Thunder Punch Daily 57 – Time Limits

Today I share some thoughts on my process of thumbnailing, based on some Twitter conversation between me, Jono, and Zach Bosteel. I point out a few ways you can speed things up even if you spend a long time on your thumbs as well as some of my thinking and process strategies to speed up the thumbnailing process in general.

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