QUACKCAST Episode 53 - Spriters are people too! -And don't forget Secret Santa!

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The venerable Skoolmunkee is the special guest this week! This time we have a completely biased and entirely uninformed chat about all aspects of sprite comicing, from their short and turbulent history, to their glittering present and beyond into a glorious galaxy spanning empire that they will one day be responsible for creating!

Listen to QUACKCAST Episode 53 - Spriters are people too!

Topics and show Notes

Featured Comics:
Heavy Mech - http://www.drunkduck.com/Heavy_Mech/
Drunk Duck Awards 2011 - http://www.drunkduck.com/Drunk_Duck_Awards_2011/

Sprite comics:
- The feline-canine centipede conundrum.
- What ARE sprite comics?
- Pixel art.
- Polygon comics.
- Some notable sprite comics.
- Programs to use to create sprite comics.
- Why do them?
- Why not?
- How to make a better sprite comic.
- What you should do.
- What you should avoid.

Useful resources for and about spriting:
All our Drunk Duck spriting tutorials - http://www.drunkduck.com/tutorial/?search=sprites&x=0&y=0
Sprite sheet and backgrounds - http://www.spriters-resource.com/ and http://www.gsarchives.net/index2.php
Animated sprite comic - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb-rFa5nZvQ

Comics mentioned in this QuackCast:
Diesel Sweeties by R Stevens - http://www.dieselsweeties.com/
Kid Radd by Dan Miller - http://kidradd.niftihalostudios.com/
A Modest Destiny by Squidi - http://www.squidi.net/comic/amd/
8 Bit Theatre by Brian Clevinger http://tiny.cc/2vxoq
Blue Strawberry by Eduds - http://www.drunkduck.com/Blue_Strawberry/
Moose Shoe by G D - http://www.drunkduck.com/Moose_Shoe/
Chrono Redux by Sameth - http://www.drunkduck.com/chrono_redux
Cru the Dwarf by Cru - http://www.drunkduck.com/Cru_The_DwarF/

Contributions from:
Nicky P - http://www.drunkduck.com/user/NickyP/
El Cid - http://www.drunkduck.com/user/El%20Cid/
RPGgrenade - http://www.drunkduck.com/user/RPGgrenade/
BlkKnight - http://www.drunkduck.com/user/BlkKnight/
Naughtelos - http://www.drunkduck.com/user/Naughtelos/
Nintendude - http://www.drunkduck.com/user/Nintendude/
Renga Studio - http://www.drunkduck.com/user/Renga%20Studio/

*Do not forget to SIGN UP for the DD2011 Secret Santa! Rokulily is running the deadline is this Saturday! the 3rd! So you had better be quick!
When you sign up you tell people what you'd like drawn for your pressie, then you get assigned a random person to draw a pressie for and everyone gets a lively Chrissy pressie!!!!!!!! ^_^