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		<title>What You Need for Streaming Art Sessions</title>
		<link>http://swikan.webcomicplanet.com/technique/art/screen-casting-sessions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>swikan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love to invite folks to WATCH ME DRAW! Even more, I like watching other folks draw. Have you thought of hosting a drawing session, but don&#8217;t know where to start? Well, you need a few things: a streaming video program, a host to stream the video to your friends and fans, and a microphone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conventions and Anxiety&#8211;Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>swikan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On November 14, I attended my first convention as a cartoonist with my own booth. (DWEX in Dallas, Texas, USA) It was also the first year that this convention was presented! I’m making notes on various things I have learned or observed as I was preparing for and attending DWEX.
Part 2: Working up the Nerve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conventions and Anxiety&#8211;Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:20:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>swikan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On November 14, I attended my first convention as a cartoonist with my own booth. (DWEX in Dallas, Texas, USA) It was also the first year that this convention was presented! I&#8217;m making notes on various things I have learned or observed as I was preparing and presenting. I would love your comments. Let me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Easy Photoshop Talk Balloons</title>
		<link>http://swikan.webcomicplanet.com/technique/art/easy-photoshop-talk-balloons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:16:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>swikan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[flv]http://vid231.photobucket.com/albums/ee79/witchytech/sketch%20out/How%20To/EasyPhotoshopTalkBalloons-1.flv[/flv]
Discussion of each step below:
Step 1: Create an Ellipse Beneath Your Text.  The ellipse tool can be found in the Photoshop tool box (the little window where you select brush or eraser, etc.).  If you&#8217;ve never used the ellipse tool, you will find it under the symbol that looks like a diagonal line (the &#8220;line [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Promises vs. Reality</title>
		<link>http://swikan.webcomicplanet.com/blog/promises_vs_reality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>swikan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post on AllFreelanceWriting.com may not appear to have anything to do with web comics, but I found it very enlightening.   Aspiring writers are no different than aspiring artists or aspiring comickers&#8230;we are faced with many of the same obstacles.  Being creative people and not business people, we also fall into many of the same [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You the Next Comic Superstar?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:13:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>swikan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The quest for the Next Comic Superstar begins today through September 12 by Amazon.com and Andrews McMeel Universal.
Five thousand entries will be accepted and should consist of 10 daily strips and two Sunday comics along with a title and brief synopsis. Universal Uclick will narrow it down to 250, then editors John Glynn and Lee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facial Expressions: East vs. West</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>swikan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even comic book novices can tell the difference between a Japanese Manga/Anime style comic  and a Western-style comic:  The Eastern-style character has large expressive eyes with small nose and mouth.  Emotions are expressed with symbols and backgrounds.  A Western-style character has a face of even proportions and emotions are expressed with exaggerated mouth expression and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opportunity for Girl Comickers&#8211;SHORT NOTICE</title>
		<link>http://swikan.webcomicplanet.com/blog/opportunity-for-girl-comickers-short-notice/</link>
		<comments>http://swikan.webcomicplanet.com/blog/opportunity-for-girl-comickers-short-notice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>swikan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ATTN: GIRL COMICKERS
Thanks to technical glitches, the Sugar Ninja project will remain open for submissions for 2 more weeks! This is a project spearheaded by Bob Pendarvis, the creator of the Sequential Art Program at the Savannah College of Art and Design, in which female comic artists will be showcased to show that we’re out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>6 Gags a Day</title>
		<link>http://swikan.webcomicplanet.com/technique/writing/6-gags-a-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:56:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>swikan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chris Browne of Hagar the Horrible has written an article on &#8220;How to be a Cartoonist&#8221; at The National Cartoonists Society website.  
While the article is mostly about breaking into cartooning professionally, he does give a list of suggestions for moving forward with cartooning:
1) Work up your characters and concept. Let your work arise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conflict of Marketing Advice&#8211;RESOLVED</title>
		<link>http://swikan.webcomicplanet.com/promotion/conflict-of-marketing-advice/</link>
		<comments>http://swikan.webcomicplanet.com/promotion/conflict-of-marketing-advice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>swikan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been reading marketing books and blogs for a couple of months now, and a GLARING conflict always shows in the articles and lists and stuff.  It has to do with the product. 
I consulted the gurus of marketing, both online in blogs and offline in books.  These are the first two [...]]]></description>
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