Hey, consider Ludwig Von Drake studying, analyzing, and memorizing every single myth and legend about Fortune, fate, and luck he comes across. Imagine him trying to find scientific basis for all of them, and his frustration when he failed to find it…
Picture him trying to explain the unexplainable, and devouring not only mythology books, but alchemy and magic books as well. He studies hexes, curses, and “birth gifts” like the ones sleeping beauty received on her own tale.
He would study all of that with his unpaired mind, but even then, he would not be able to explain his golden boy…he resisted the impulse to study the kid himself.
At the end, he realized that Gladstone was not to be study or explain, but to be loved.
just something interesting I noticed while researching how to draw Ludwig: alongside both being relatively dapper and self assured, something unique that he and Gladstone have in common design-wise is that they are the only members of the duck family who habitually have straight legs! All the other ducks tend to have bent knees in their default posing- not to say they don’t have straight legs on occasion, but it’s particularly noticeable as a habit with these two!
there’s been mention in the tags of how these two (on the rare occasions they appear together in the comics) are really good friends and I love that?
also imagine if after his parents, uh, ‘left’ Gladstone did move to Scotland with aunt Matilda and this dapper confident clever European relative came over to visit just when he needed a role model…
(Sorry for extremly late reply. I find it funny how I posted my first draw of this blog on Pi day -without even noticing- because I suck at Math and idk, instead of taking the whole day to think about how important it is or studying some Math, I literally just started to draw ducks without reservations).
Lately I'v been feeling so depressed you have no idea, so I doodled myself a Ludwig to cheer me up! I know you’re not here to see me being a crybaby, and I want you to remember me as a happy-go-lucky and positive person! It’s just a phase, I hope. Y'all create my happy place, duck people! Thank you.
Ludwig is too precious and deserves love and appreciation!! The palette I used is called Castle in the Sky, which is one I personally enjoy. It’s from the palette challenge, too. Yeah, I’m palette trash now.
