Jerzy Drozd
Teaching Artist and Cartoonist
Jerzy Drozd
Teaching Artist and Cartoonist
Audio journals on making and teaching comics.
Today I share a few thoughts on how learning becomes a pleasurable process if we learn some basic research skills. Failing that, there are some wonderful free resources both online and offline for you to get the information you need.
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Today I build on some thoughts I shared on a recent Art & Story Extreme!! and talk a bit about sincerity and how I use an experience I had when watching the Robotech series to put myself back in that
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Today I share a brief review of the Marvel iPhone App and how the reading experience is a violation of several fundamental principles of comics storytelling. For more ranting about Marvel on the iPhone/iPad, check out last week’s extra A&S
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Today I elaborate on a topic from the forum, specifically about some advice about starting up a fight with one’s competitors as a means to get your passionate supporters to rally behind you. It is my opinion that one must
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Today I share some thoughts about another go-to premise that offers lots of story building ideas: The Trap. Taking a character out of their comfortable element and thrusting them into a situation they didn’t ask for and can’t escape from.
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Today I leap off of topics broached in Mark of the Beast 12 and High Adventure Daily 13 to share a few thoughts on writing longer stories without letting any extraneous (or fat) make it into the narrative. One mustn’t
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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 https://jdrozd.com/wp-content/audio/tpd021.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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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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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 https://jdrozd.com/wp-content/audio/tpd019.mp3Podcast: Play in new
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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 https://jdrozd.com/wp-content/audio/tpd018.mp3Podcast: Play in new
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