so in the RPG That’ll Never Be, i wanted to draw some more NPCs to populate the world, right? helpful friends (friends?) to talk to. i asked around for some ideas because i mean there are so many ducks to choose from. I knew for sure I wanted to add Magica and Gladstone, and my wonderful companions gave me Gizmoduck and.. Dean McCoppin?
so. fuck yes. Dean McCoppin is in my canon duckverse now. change my mind.
while reading through the barks archive i screencapped every non-standard duck outfit for reasons that are frankly beyond me and now i have all this data and no possible use for it? here’s some favourites, i guess. ducks are cute.
you’ll notice that most of the duck family’s costume changes are situational - befitting the weather or their job or some special occasion - while scrooge went through a lot of outfits before settling on his standard one - the transition from gowns worn by old men who just want to be comfortable to jackets worn in the streets matches his character evolution - while gladstone is the only main character to regularly change his clothes and colour scheme for no reason other than fa-fa-fa-fashion.
Gladstone probably doesn’t even wash his clothes he just throws them out after wearing them once.
this is the worst true thing anyone has ever said on any of my posts.
well of all the things I thought I’d spend my afternoon off doing
something I get asked about with unnerving regularity is what I think ducks without clothes would look like- which is hilarious to me as they are? ducks? but it’s good learning and good practice for me to make these notes. All of this is just how I do things so don’t take it as law! Also I’m always trying to improve and I promise you in a month’s time I will be horrified at how off model these are. The first pictures are examples from Carl Barks and I basically choose that as my default as to how the Disney Ducks look/behave without clothes… which is not very differently at all! Also I love that Scrooge is just a cuddly soft duck look at him don’t you just want to hug that grouchy old bazillionaire gosh
sass-o-matic asked: If you don't mind me asking, what's your take on Donald having "The Worst Luck (tm)"? Every time I see it in a comic getting played for laughs, it reads as cruel or depressing to me. So I was wondering (since you don't generally laugh at misery, as far as I can tell!) what it meant to you/how you see Donald's "anti-luck"?
who gets stuck with all the bad luck? poor poor Donald- well, I’ve always seen it as one of the reasons I love him so much more than Mickey- who I do love! But the thing is Mickey is an everyman in the sense that he can be any role, can be any level of competent, can be at the top or the bottom of the pile. With Donald, he always always has failings; he’s angry, impatient, he gets struck by misfortune, whether or not he cheats- and yes, he does sometimes cheat! Donald isn’t even always the good guy, because heck, when everything always goes wrong, who would be? Donald is absolutely a fallible, down-trodden, ‘oh my god I have been there buddy’ buddy. He isn’t cursed, but it certainly can feel like it sometimes; the world seems to turn against him at every opportunity, and while in a wider perspective you can see humour in it- as with everyone- when you’re the one who’s the joke, all you want to do is wind your arms in a circle and do the Donald angry FIGHT ME dance. His ‘anti-luck’ isn’t what makes his personality, however, it’s his reactions to it, and his dogged determination to keep living and keep trying to win despite it all (and perhaps more importantly his occasional desire to give up and actively exhibit despondency, until someone like his nephews or his friends pick him up again) are what make him such an enduring, realistic, relatable and compelling character.
and i also used @modmad ‘s wonderful Gladstone design~
HOLLY MOLLY!!! AGSDFGHFGSH?? *CLUTCHES HEART* NADAA THIS IS AMAZING I’M COMPLETELY SPEECHLESS!! I- I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS!! I’M CRYING!! I MEAN JUST- JUST- AAAA IT’S SO WELL DONE AND THE FEELS AND THE TRANSITIONS I’M!!! AGSDFHGHSJ THIS IS WONDERFUL YOU ARE WONDERFUL. I DON’T. DESERVE YOU!!! *SCREECHES INTO THE VOID*.
y’know sometimes I worry I make too much angst in ducktown BUT THEN YOU GUYS COME ALONG WITH YOU’RE HECKIN POSSESSION AU’S
h, hey guys. i definitely havent forgotten to post anything here in over a month. that didnt happen. anyways here’s a twitter dump. most of it is fethry and gladstone because of course it is
Anonymous asked: Just wanted to stop by and say that I am always completely blown away by your work!! The countless different styles you have under your belt are all so breathtaking and it’s wonderful to see you use them to create such beautiful scenes for the world to see! I love the work that you do and I hope you’re having a great day!
*insert kermit + heart emojis image* AAA NONNY. FWIEND. FAM. YOU! YOU JUST!! MADE MY DAY!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORDS!! THEY MEAN. A LOT. TO ME!! Aaa, THANKIES?? Have a sparkly “thank you” Donnie just for you!!!
