Sorry friend I am a bit rushed on being able to make tutorials (and on the whole I save them for my Patreon)- but here’s some reference I’ve used and some step by steps? Finding good character model sheets online is a lifesaver and helps you understand how to ‘build’ the ducks in a way that feels tangible. For some poses everything sort of happens all at once, but with some more complicated ones I find I have to really break down the body into shapes and lay the details and cloth on top of it. Always try to keep the energy of the sketch though, and think about your line of action! As for beaks hell I don’t even know I’m still having trouble with them =__=
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Anonymous asked: re-read that "sorcereress's apprentice" and have a few questions! first- is that bit with Scrooge talking about scaling stormy mountains and making wonderful mistakes in the beginning foreshadowing? and second- that list of things that Gladstone says he's summoned, I recognise the tidal wave and the tornado, but did he really summon a meteor in the comics?
hehe! thanks for noticing that foreshadowing, it was definitely on purpose, and yes! he actually causes a meteor to fall in more than one story (there’s one where he’s conned by Donald into buying land that has no gemstones, and a meteor made of diamonds falls right onto his patch), and there’s this Carl Barks classic where he’s got to boil a pint of water in as short a time as possible;
there’s a couple of stories featuring him and shooting stars/meteors, which I guess figures, what with the whole wishing thing
Duck doodle comics masterpost
(NOTE: all the comics here can also be read on my home website in their tasty full size here!)
MORE ALL CAPS please consider using the above link! tumblr keeps deleting bits of these comics for no reason whatsoever and I can’t keep track of it.
By request (and because I ought to have made one already tbh) a masterpost of all the duck comics I’ve drawn! I’ll add to this list whenever I make a new one so it’s gonna be in chronological order so uhhhh the BETTER DRAWINGS ARE PROLLY IN THE LATER ONES ‘cause they’re the most recent??? ye:
One For Sorrow ( part one / part two )
The Babysitter ( part one / part two )
Who the Heck is Matilda? (aka ‘A Gal for Gladstone’ summary)
The Sorceress’s Apprentice ( part one / part two / part three )
Dance with Destiny ( part one / part two )
Night in the Barn ( part one / part two )
Away with the Fairies ( part one / part two )
(bonus random Magicstone which may end up being part of a story later???)
(also this which I don’t know how to describe but someone asked me to put it here)
Witch Hunt ( part one / part two / part three )
Light Reading / Under Cover / Shadow Puppet / Head Canon (alternate Ducktales take!)
Contrariwise ( Cover art / part one / part two )
A Kind of Magic ( part one / part two )
Wild Goose Chase ( part one / part two / part three )
Enough Time to Fall ( part one / part two )
Reflections ( part one / part two )
Deep Water ( part one / part two )
The Cat Came Back ( part one / part two / part three )
The End of the Rainbow ( part one / part two / part three / part four )
The Beast of Bear Mountain ( part one / part two / part three )
Plane Sailing ( part one / part two )
The White Balloon ( part one / part two / part three / part four )
The Trial of the Unicorn ( part one / part two / part three / part four / part five )
“..And if I wasn’t calm and used my head, things coulda turned out differently. And of course, you know I don’t heed any danger!”
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The reason I find this scene adorable is that Gladstone’s excitement over having an ‘adventure’ is real, and he feels he came out victorious from it, despite us knowing he did literally nothing to earn that feeling.
Of course, this is also the reason he comes across to everyone as arrogant.
Plus Gladstone is the only Duck who’d look so excited about almost being robbed/murdered.‘SUP GUYS GUESS WHO NEARLY GOT SHANKED LOLOL 8D
(via modmad)
I keep finding these I’m gonna have to set aside a whole folder for canon references of Gladstone being a nerd about the supernatural
holy smokes, it took a bit of digging to find them but you’re completely right! it basically outright says that the helmet turns folk nasty in The Golden Helmet (W OS 408-02), and even if Gladstone’s a bit of a pill in the Lost Charts of Columbus (D 94144) you couldn’t say that his behaviour is out of his usual character- and he clearly doesn’t care about owning everybody or making them do what he wants like the others. Maybe he does have an immunity to curses!
In which case, kind of makes me think my answer to this question-
might be that it’s a good thing that Scrooge has got a relative like Gladstone knocking about, just in case… ( though I think he’s been hoarding things like that for a looong time in the comics, so)
anon asking about how I start drawing doodle comics/what I count as a doodle comic- basically they’re comics which I try not to ‘go over’, so most of the drawings are a one shot and are almost never clean. First thing after roughly sketching the whole caboodle and typing in the dialogue is drawing the incidental characters and establishing shots; places and people that show up in the background a few times to keep the story grounded. I can largely do these left handed too, so it means I save my right (more dominant) hand for the main cast. I also always try to keep in mind that my last drawings will be better than my first, so as dire as the temptation to start with them is I try to leave the ‘best’ character drawings until last.
I also cheat like the devil to avoid doing any massive time-taking proper perspective because I’m awful.
For @modmad :)
Welp, I didn’t have time or inspiration to translate it but here is a full story in Polish :)
this is so cute! thank you so much for posting it, I can get the gist of what happens just with the visual so don’t worry about the translation, it’s adorable!
EDIT: this beautiful person on twitter just did a speed translation of all the lines for this first section, so go read those here if you want!
Text for Part Two, text for Part Three!
Anonymous asked: Uncle Mod, help! I really want to love the new Ducktales, but the designs are so very different from what I'm used to- and I'm worried their version of Gladstone will be without the depth he's developed in the comics I've read as a European. I don't want to be 'one of those' fans though, I really do want to like the new show. How can I see the new Ducktales like you do, with such enthusiasm?
Oh gosh anon that’s a toughie, and I really do understand, but the way I come at it is this- all adaptations of the duck family and their stories are exactly that; adaptations and interpretations. Different visions of similar themes- or, as I like to think of it, different realities of a cartoon multiverse, aka AUs!
Even if they have a lot of similarities, the original Carl Barks-style Scrooge is quite different from the old Ducktales cartoon version of Scrooge, in both design and character. Neither is invalid, but they come from worlds apart and can therefore be seen as two separate characters.
Donald is perhaps the best example of all: you have the original animated screwball-type Donald, the old comics version, the modern comics version, a freaking secret super hero persona version, and do I need to mention KH?
You said it, Donald.
Anyway, I think approaching the new take on Ducktales in a similar way to this is the best method, so while we might be used to this version of Gladstone-
we have to remember it all started with this version!
I know. Wow.
So yes, the Ducktales take on the characters is different, and always has been, but that doesn’t make it bad, and it in no way replaces or invalidates the comics! In terms of Gladstone’s new design I think they really built from the old Ducktales cartoon design more than anything; so perhaps seeing him as a hybrid of the old Barks personality and that cartoon’s visual is what to expect.
But whatever the case, it’s a stand alone adaptation! A separate dimension from what has come before, which will neither replace nor delete what we’ve known- nobody can take what you see as the ‘true’ duck universe away from you, that’s something unique and special to every fan. I think it’s both very brave and wise of them to go their own way with the look of this show, partly for this very reason, because it makes it easier to see it as an Alternate Universe, and accept it for what it is- something new, but grounded in something timeless and beloved by the people making it. If you like, see it as the duck world making a TV show based on their local celeb, Scrooge, and the new characters as duck actors representing the characters you know and love!
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