The Busy Creator Podcast with Prescott Perez-Fox

The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 2 with Joel Duggan

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In this episode, Prescott speaks to Joel Duggan, an illustrator & cartoonist based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In addition to his web comics and illustration commissions, he co-hosts several podcasts. We spoke a bit about his training in art and illustration, his current workflow, and his podcasting endeavors.

Show Notes & Links

  • Joel Duggan

    JoelDuggan.com and Starcrossed

  • Starcrossed, by Joel Duggan

  • CollegeHumor.com
  • TheCitadelCafe.com
  • Comics Coast-to-Coast on Frogpants Network
  • Brian Dunaway (@thebrianddunaway) & Matt Ducharme(@mat_the_wad), co-hosts
  • Seymour Chwast, New York-based illustrating legend
  • Canterbury Tales & Divine Comedy as graphic novels
  • Mike Trapp (@MikeWTrapp), contributor to CollegeHumor
  • The 5 Members of Your Final Group Project, which reminds me of YourSceneSucks.com
  • Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, Canada, Joel’s Alma Mater
  • Joel draws Starcrossed on Bristol300 series smooth finish, before transitioning to digital. Originals drawings, size 17” W x 6.75” H, are for sale.
  • Joel uses a Wacom Cintiq 24HD; Prescott uses the Intuos 5
  • RISD, a traditional design education
  • Drexel, a work-focused approach to design education
  • Joel uses the red Col-Erase pencil
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • XKCD, a web comic that uses a font, not hand-lettering.
  • Trebuchet, a font to avoid
  • ComicBookFonts.com
  • Display vs. Text fonts (just so you know)
  • Hand-lettering I did at work
  • My Script Font
  • Batch Processing in Photoshop, especially for photos
  • The 80/20 Rule (in this case, for Photoshop)
  • Indiana Jones
  • Ryan Murphy (@rMurphy), Joel’s CSS and web guy
  • The Digital Dating Podcast (R.I.P.)
  • Buzz Out Loud (R.I.P.)
  • The Instance, a World of Warcraft podcast
  • The Morning Stream
  • The Tadpool, the chat community from The Frogpants Network
  • MacBreak Weekly
  • Starcast, Garrett Weinzerl and Klye Ferguson’s Starcraft show
  • A Dear Abby reference
  • Lara Killian, former co-host of Digital Dating Podcast, current host of Command-N
  • OKCupid, a dating site
  • John Sanford (Chippy and Loopus) and Justin Thompson (Myth Tickle), busy guys
  • Genevieve FT, illustrator
  • Garfield or Calvin and Hobbes, in the newspaper when we were young
  • Aimee Mann flame wars on Twitter (to Ice-T, not Kanye West. Oops)
  • Justin.tv
  • A Brush Pen
  • 30/30, iPhone app for productivity
  • FocusBooster, an Adobe Air app for desktops
  • Twitter.com/joelduggan
  • Facebook.com/joeldugganillustration
    • Tools
    • Wacom Tablets
    • Bristol Board and a Col-Erase pencil
    • Adobe Photoshop
      • Techniques
      • Sketch it out, scan in Photoshop, export different sizes
        • Habits
        • Wake up with your girlfriend
        • Take breaks, perhaps every 30 minutes
        • Find your best hours for different types of work, or exercise.
          • ...more
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