Anonymous asked: Uncle Mod, I've been on and off of tumblr for years, been through different interests, different blogs, different mind sets. But your blog has been one of those things I always remember and come back to. I just want to say thank you for being you. Have a good day! :D
oh gosh, thank you! I’m not very good at being anyone else so I’m glad if you like me being me, hope you have a good time too!
Anonymous asked: Hey, I was thinking about that reverse-luck AU someone messaged you about, and it occurred to me that A) Gladstone would still be rootless, but here he'd be a straight-up philosophical hobo (drifting into town in his rags every so often to serenely upend everyone's perfect lives), and B) Donald may hate his luck, but unlike Gladstone would NEVER try to get rid of it, because he'd know it was providing for his boys better than he could unaided.
STOP THIS IS REALLY GOOD SAD STUFF YOU’RE GIVING ME
Anonymous asked: uncle mod I wanna thank you bc I had a mini surge of Anxiety and Anger when someone responded very negatively to a piece of art I'd done in the tags like 'lol yeah who even likes this character' as if I didn't? and I was about to get really upset- but then I remembered the chill stuff you say and took a deep breath, made myself a cup of tea, had a piece of chocolate, came back and slam dunked that block option while smiling serenely about how my love is so much bigger than that person's hate >:)
GOOD FOR YOU ANON also yes the block option is always Quite a Gratifying Solution (also great idea with the chocolate there- get those endorphins, beat those dementors)
Anonymous asked: COLOUR BLEED YOU HECK THIS IS TOO SAD TO BE A PUN
hey now did anyone say the two had to be mutually exclusive?
Anonymous asked: Uncle Mod I really love your comics and they inspire me to create art. I've taken classes since I was a kid and write often, but somehow it's like I'm never good enough? We aren't allowed to do anything cartoony in class, just realistic stuff. I can't do anatomy and my writing goes to pieces. I know I've been given the opportunities to learn, but I feel like I've wasted them. I'm 15 this year so I know I've got time to learn, but I can't help but feel lost. do you have any advice?
putting this one under a cut ‘cause it got way long!
Anonymous asked: I dreamed that I was at a con and you and Don Rosa were sitting at the same table just chilling out, he was wearing a straw hat and sunglasses and I think you both had pina coladas? some kind of fancy drinks in coconuts anyway I feel dumb bc I didn't stop to talk to you and now I want you to be friends irl
oh my goodness that is some kind of life goals (and somehow I can all too easily see Don Rosa in a straw hat and shades), well I’m glad my dream self is having a good time out there anyhow :’D
Anonymous asked: Just wanted to say thank you. TPoH helped me through a hard time last year, and your duck comics are helping me recently, and I know it sounds silly but it means a lot to have a small safe place to go to when I'm sad, and to have something to think of when it all gets too much. Not to mention how kind you are! So thank you, over and over again.
*DRAWS WITH RENEWED ENERGY AND FERVOUR* AAAAAAAAAAAAA I LOVE YOU I AM GLAD IF I HAVE PROVIDED YOU WITH ANY SMALL AMOUNT OF COMFORT and I sincerely hope you find safety, happiness and peace in your life I LOVE YOU
Anonymous asked: why the you out here drawing curly hair so well and making me fall in love with a goose you ain't got no right
listen man I have lived with curly hair my whole danged life I just want it looking like it looks and fight me
Anonymous asked: Hi, Uncle Mod -waves- do you have any tips for sticking with a story to its completion? TPoH has been going on for over five years now. How do you not fall out of love with creating it? I think you mentioned that doodle comics help you from starting to resent it, but then how do you find the time to do everything you want to do?
well, TPoH is kind of special, what with it being a story that basically grabbed me by the neck and shook me until I started and it won’t let go until I finish (and probably won’t really let go of me even if I get there!)- but yes, having side projects genuinely helps!
it might seem contrary, spending time on work that isn’t the story which is soooo long that you want to get it done as fast as possible, but if you do nothing but that one thing then it begins to be a chore very quickly. Your brain needs variety! Sure, you shouldn’t just spend time doing the things that aren’t The Thing, that turns into procrastination, but not letting yourself explore and overly suppressing yourself is damaging to your creativity. You want to draw fanart of that new show because you love it, you want to write a little short story in a new style because hey you’ve never done that before, you want to draw a whole year’s worth of scribbly duck comics because you want to repay the characters for bringing your imagination to life in the first place- and none of those are a bad thing! Moderate what you pick, yes, but don’t stomp on it. Squashing all of those urges not only squashes the eternally excitable happy 6-year-old inside you (which makes you sad), but sacrificing those little joyous bursts of spontaneity can actually make you resent the story that you’re dedicating that time to. ‘I want to’ becomes ‘I have to’, and let’s face it- that’s one step away from ‘I don’t want to’. I also learn new things, constantly, by making these side projects- especially with these fan comics- so it all feeds back into TPoH!
Basically you do you, but what I’ve found is that by balancing out my interests, urges, and determination to complete my own story, I’ve ended up with a system that is optimal for 1) not destroying my hands, 2) not destroying my love of the story, and 3) learning new stuff- by always doing new stuff!
Anonymous asked: Hey I went on your website recently and after a few days of using it, I kept getting weird pop up ads. Even when I had that turned off, some sketchy stuff popped up, so I clicked off the tab. Do you know anything about this or was it maybe just random?
?! seriously? there shouldn’t be any ads on it at all! has this happened to anyone else? please let me know that sounds really iffy
EDIT: got me some feedback for ya anon-
best of luck, I’m relieved because it sounds like it isn’t my site but I hope nothing bad happens to your computer! take it to the doctor and give it my love