Welcome!!
Last time out I promised my Fellow Frolickers a little sneak, insider info about how I create these mini-masterpieces! Now did any of you really think I’d let my loyal fans down??
Really??
REALLY???????
Don’t lie, you back in the back!
Well, far be it from me to disappoint my adorin’ public! Heerrrrre we go!!
First off, you all know I create, write, draw, and do the production on Frolica! myself, don’t you? I don’t have a highly paid staff to do all the work for me and paste on a photostat of my signature while lie on the couch eating bon-bons! And I’ll tell you, it’s all I can do, thinking every waking minute, to come up with this stuff.
So you BETTER appreciate it!!!
Anyway. Back to the subject at hand…
I do have a general idea of where this story is starting and ending. And there are various scenes I have in mind… whether they make it into this story or another. So I started out this week knowing where I had to go, but having no clue how to get there.
And when I need inspiration, the only way to get it, is to just start DOING! During spare moments I jotted down ideas, kind of forming a little kernel of narrative in my little kernel of a mind. After a few odd chicken scratches I was ready to start sketching.
The way I do that is to take a piece of paper, draw out the panels, and just start roughing in pix to fill ‘em! It’s about as simple as that! I generally have a fairly good feel for the pacing I want, so once I actually get cracking it’s not too tough to get some idea of what kind of art I need. I may even have some lines of dialog I think are so wonderful I’ve gotta make sure there’s a place to put ‘em!
Once the basic layout is sketched in I really do start thinking of dialog in earnest. Gotta get that story told!! I start scribbling in ideas for what the characters are saying and doing… plus anything else that pops into my head at the moment and needs to be recorded before it pops back out again!! It’s not meant for anyone but me, as you’ll see when you look at the scan below! Heck, half the time I might look at it a week later and not have the foggiest idea what I was doing!
Now Fellow Frolickers… look at the sketch below and see how it all begins… How about a contest!! the first one who correctly identifies which strips this goes with when they appear wins a special, but as yet to be determined, prize! Put on your thinking caps, boys and girls… and don’t let old Steve think he’s sending these messages into the empty aether!!
Zowie!! Fan Art!! The call is still out!! I want YOURS!!!!!
Zowie!! A special thanks to ALL who messaged me this weekend during my Pulse Poundin’ Promotion Blitz! YOU make it all worthwhile!! And while we’re at it, a special…
Zowie!! for the 150% jump in viewership!!! Just makes my little heart go pitty-pat!
Zowie!! You wanted it… You got it! Soon as I can get it all together there’ll be a special Frolica! Boutique page featuring original Frolica! art, t-shirts, mugs… heck, anything you folks are willing to throw money at!!
That’s it for tonight, Fellow Frolickers! Have a GREAT Wednesday, each and every one of you! Come early, come often, leave lots of comments… and bring 150 of your best friends with you!!!
We can do wonderful things… if we WILL!!
