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Donovan Dau
Jan 51 min read
Our Trip To Orlando: Sample Pages
Happy New Year Everyone. This Year I've decided to make my second and next book as an anthology. I will be including four stories themed...
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Donovan Dau
Dec 23, 20241 min read
A Very Kayla Christmas: Act 3
Part 3: Christmas Day (Conclusion) Merry Christmas everyone
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Donovan Dau
Dec 21, 20241 min read
A Very Kayla Christmas Bonus Feature: The Best Christmas (Christopher Cross)
Here is a personal favorite of mine; The Best Christmas by Christopher Cross This song will be making a brief cameo at the end (Part 3)...
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Donovan Dau
Dec 15, 20242 min read
Spatchcock: A Disney Fanfiction
First a Disclaimer: I am in no way affiliated with the Disney company. The Following is an unofficial fan work done for non-commercial...
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Donovan Dau
Dec 13, 20241 min read
A Very Kayla Christmas: Act 2
Part 2: Christmas Eve (December 24) Much of the Story's countryside setting was inspired by my family trips to the mainland for christmas...
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Donovan Dau
Dec 2, 20241 min read
A Very Kayla Christmas: Act 1
Part 1: Christmastime (December 23) Part 2 will be Posted on December 13
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Donovan Dau
Oct 9, 20244 min read
In Defense of "Tom and Jerry: The Movie"
I consider Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1993) to be a Guilty pleasure of mine. I grew up watching this movie every other weekend and I...
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Donovan Dau
Sep 23, 20241 min read
New Book: The Hoverboard Girls
Some Exiting News: My Newest book (and my first official Children's Book), is now on Bookshop I will be busy today, but In a Future Post,...
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Donovan Dau
Sep 22, 20241 min read
Ten Rules For Aspiring Cartoonists: Conclusions
So I made this blog series on the Ten Rules For Aspiring Cartoonists to see how my new blog will work for me. I dont Intend to, in the...
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Donovan Dau
Sep 21, 20242 min read
Rule 10: For God Sake, Have A Happy Ending"
The tenth and final rule is "For God's Sake, Have a Happy Ending" Now at the time of this writing, there is an ongoing global mental...
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Donovan Dau
Sep 21, 20241 min read
Rule 9: If you Can Draw Pretty Girls, You’ll Never Go Hungry
This article is going to be very short because there is a lot to unpack with this rule. In a future article series, I want to go over in...
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Donovan Dau
Sep 19, 20242 min read
Rule 8: Never Play to the Current Trend
The eighth rule is "Never play to the current trend" This is the flipside to meeting your audience halfway. On the one hand, as I...
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Donovan Dau
Sep 18, 20242 min read
Rule 7: Politics is Poison
Now in the spirit of full disclosure, I will admit that I am a Libertarian Conservative, a Reaganite, a Norvus ordo roman catholic...
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Donovan Dau
Sep 18, 20242 min read
Rule 6: KISS (Keep It Short & Simple)
The sixth rule is "Keep It Short & Simple"; or KISS for short This rule is often taken for granted by most artists online these days;...
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Donovan Dau
Sep 17, 20242 min read
Rule 5: Tell a Good Story, Use Plot Only When Necessary
The fifth rule is to "Tell a Good Story, Use Plot Only When Necessary" Now you don't need a long, complex, and high stakes Plot to tell a...
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Donovan Dau
Sep 16, 20242 min read
Rule 4: Work Smart, Not Hard
The fourth rule is to "Work Smart, Not Hard" Now first off, I need to clarify that this is not a license to be lazy or not learn how to...
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Donovan Dau
Sep 14, 20242 min read
Fan Art: Gymnastics Class
I made this piece of fan art a while back in July, right in between finishing my Friday Night at Pizza Planet Poster and beginning my...
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Donovan Dau
Sep 14, 20242 min read
Rule 3: Dream Big, Think Small
The third rule is to "Dream big but think small" This Is a rule I am still learning to this day, even after applying it to my book The...
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Donovan Dau
Sep 13, 20242 min read
Rule 2: Draw What Makes You Happy, Not What You "Want"
The second rule is "Draw What Makes You Happy, Not What You Want" Now this rule is gonna sound contradictory, but not everything you want...
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Donovan Dau
Sep 12, 20241 min read
Rule 1: Don't worry, it's just a Cartoon
The first rule is "Don't worry, it's just a Cartoon". I’m borrowing this rule wholesale from Tony Bancroft’s book Directing for Animation...
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