Jerzy Drozd
Teaching Artist and Cartoonist
Jerzy Drozd
Teaching Artist and Cartoonist
Audio journals on making and teaching comics.
Today I share some thoughts on not being sure whether or not you meant to add something that works in your story and walking the balance between intentionality and the inadvertent. I also talk a little bit about naps. Links
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Today I share some thoughts on catching up, moving projects on the calendar, and an invitation to vote on the next mini-comic I make. Links mentioned: Art Soundoff Boulder and Fleet: Adventurers for Hire Fish Don’t Have Teeth TPD 195
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Today I share some stories about my very first “original” characters. We learn about classics such as Snaketooth, Claw, Fastfoot, Jailbreaker, and Silver (the last of which became the main character in one of my earliest comics, which you can read
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Today I share an old complaint–my finished pencils are always less energetic than my thumbnails. I wonder aloud about loosening up my pencils on my next project. Links mentioned: Art Soundoff Boulder and Fleet: Adventurers for Hire Fish Don’t Have
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Today I share how my use of the ETP and Trello doesn’t protect me from unforeseen distractions or delays, nor should it. Links mentioned: Art Soundoff Boulder and Fleet: Adventurers for Hire Trello The Emergent Task Planner LIA 141 –
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Today I share a few thoughts about hitting that friction point when learning new skills and how sometimes it’s simply a matter of drilling and practice. Links mentioned: Art Soundoff Boulder and Fleet: Adventurers for Hire Boulder and Fleet on
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Today I share some thoughts on how I think about eating scenes in stories and why I default to using them in the Boulder and Fleet webcomic. Links mentioned: Art Soundoff Boulder and Fleet: Adventurers for Hire The DC Comics
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Today I share a few thoughts on an important aspect of making comics: tricking ourselves into doing it all over again. Links mentioned: Art Soundoff Boulder and Fleet: Adventurers for Hire Galaxy of Super Adventure The Wacom Bamboo Feel Stylus
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This time I do some thinking aloud on how I wish I had made turnarounds for some of my characters and whether or not it’s necessary to publicly declare intent. Links mentioned: Art Soundoff Boulder and Fleet: Adventurers for Hire
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Today I share some thoughts on how I’m dealing with burnout and why I think we should be more open about it. Links mentioned: Art Soundoff Boulder and Fleet: Adventurers for Hire Trello The Emergent Task Planner Music for this
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