Jerzy Drozd
Teaching Artist and Cartoonist
Jerzy Drozd
Teaching Artist and Cartoonist
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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Some more talk about characters and why we might consider using compassion when writing them. It’s my belief that if you treat your characters as human beings, others will respond to them as such. Even if they’re not human. A
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The Chase is a terrific go-to option when trying to get the ball rolling with your story. In today’s episode I describe how I’ve used it as a means to quickly introduce readers to characters, and how one can use
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Today’s thought comes by way of Jose Gonzales, who posted a casual wondering on Twitter recently about whether or not it’s useful to channel dark feelings into one’s cartooning work. I leap off of that to share some of my thoughts on using
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I’ve talked quite a bit about using themes in past Art & Story episodes, but in this episode of Thunder Punch Daily I describe a strategy I use quite a bit in building a story that expresses my themes; namely, using my
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Today I use some examples from The Replacements to explore the role of opposites in storytelling. Even if they start out as bitter enemies, opposites can find themselves forging unexpected and lasting friendships! Subscribe through iTunes RSS https://jdrozd.com/wp-content/audio/tpd004.mp3Podcast: Play in new window
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