A Timely Quote.

The Ceaseless Grind

Working out some frustration in some design work today. I like this WIP alright enough, might try and find better elements to play with but it was at a point that I figured i'd share it. I normally just photobash or throw some elements I like into Affinity, do some blending work, color correct, and call it a day. Still trying to work on my own design work but drawing/conceptualizing images from nothing is a place in need of improvement on my end.

James Baldwin.

#i love gushing about this show #genuinely a great listen #please go give them a shot and be sure to rate and review them

Come join us this Monday, Nov 25th when Devin Steffens of the @dead-west-podcast shares the love for @grottopod on the newest episode of Podmash! Available wherever your podcasts are castpodded.

Little doodle I did a few months back. Copic markers on simple sketch pad paper.

The Glasshouse by Iness Rychlik

Aka, Something I would expect to see in the Gospel of Haven.

My feeds are just mood boards and references for podcasts that I love now.

Mood Board for the Dead West Podcast

Season 4 finale is LIVE! Let me know what you think!

The Cellar Letters

Episode 80 - Sightjack Part 4

There is nothing... no information on Jess... nothing on Steve. I just want to go home. Cast: Jamie Petronis as Nate Harlan Guthrie as John

A recommendation to all the audio drama creators out there:

Always listen to your show in the way your audience is listening to your show.

We tend to edit using nice gear. Good over-the-ear headphones. Quiet rooms. But most of your audience will not listen to your show this way. A recent poll indicated that almost 20% of AD listeners listen with a *single* earbud in. Almost 10% listen on their phone speaker. That's a significant part of your audience that is listening in a mono environment or with tiny speakers (or both). You also likely have listeners with hearing loss in one of their ears*, and you want your show to be accessible to them. Before you release your show, make sure to listen to it at least once on a single earbud in a noisy environment. Is your show still legible this way? Can a listener still enjoy it like this, and understand all the plot beats and character moments? If not, it's a good idea to spend some more time on your edit so that they can. (And it's still definitely OK to make your show sound *great* for those who have a great audio setup! Just make sure the show still works for those who don't.) *You likely also have audience members with hearing loss in *both* ears. Transcripts are important. I'm behind in getting them posted for Metropolis, I need to get on that. (Episode 3 of Metropolis is live, BTW. Just waiting for Spotify to pick up the RSS feed before the big announcement. 😅)

The Audiodrama community is really about the friends we make along the way. And boy howdy do I have a lot of new friends these days! It is a great feeling, honestly. Thank you to everyone who is supporting me, my art, and my friends as we all make funny lil voices for the stories in our heads.

Fiction Frequency

Dead West Review

It’s the Gilded Age of America, and Conrad Ward (Devin Steffens) sees dead people. Conrad Ward lives in the American West in an era of thiev

Here’s my review of the Western horror podcast Dead West; a brilliant series with great writing, cool music and gruesome sound effects. Five stars!