Thunder Punch Daily 34 – Copy & Paste

Another one from the forum: Is copying and pasting artwork cheating? I share some of my thoughts on the subject, using my professional illustration work, the works of other comics creators, animation, and the Switch Runners project to back up
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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 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 https://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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