There are some days that just remind me why I started doing this daily sketch stuff. I love this drawing. Full body action pose, definitely not what usually comes out of me in the morning. I guess I’m getting a jump start on the weekend.

Sorry, sorry… that was bad.

Here, I’ll make it up to you with a link to some parkour (freerunning) videos. Awesome stuff.

EDIT: My mistake. Parkour and Free Running are two similar but different things. Cool, I learned something today.

Frances had been moving slow all weekend and had stopped jumping up on furniture so we made an appointment for her at the vet’s yesterday. Bad news is hip dysphasia and early onset arthritis. Good news is the anti-inflammatories and joint supplements kicked in fast and Frances was back to her old speed this morning.

Now I just have to figure out how to keep her off the furniture.

Thanks for all the feedback yesterday. So mostly reading the PDFs, huh. Cool. But for Dawn here is what I do to sync the comics to my ipod:
1. Create an “ipod photos” folder in the “Documents” folder.
2. Sync that folder to my ipod (photos or images tab) while it is docked through iTunes.
3. Drop the folders of the cartoons/comics I want to read into the “ipod photos” folder.
4. Sync or refresh, done.

So today’s question: What kind of extra things would you be interested in seeing me do with Frances & Friends? More desktops, icons, print books, pictures, posters… you tell me.

With all the hoopla surrounding getting ready for the Frances & Friends launch I totally missed that I was coming up on the end of my first sketch pad. AND I’ve successfully done this whole sketch a (work)day thing for over 2 months.

I think that is a record for consistency of creation since I started this blog.

I didn’t do a blessed thing last night. I was planted in front of the television for about 4 hours.

It felt gooooood.

Pattern lifted from mentalbay.com.

Two weeks to go until the Frances & Friends launch and I’m getting itchy. Spent last night converting the premier episode to an easy to view PDF version for those of you who won’t be downloading the cartoon to an ipod. Not sure I’m happy with the outcome yet but at least I still have a little time to figure it out.

Eep.

Hmmm, maybe Moon Gazing is more appropriate. The Mother-in-Law called last night and reminded The Wife and I to go look at the lunar eclipse. Very cool.

I got to see it again when I took Frances out for her evening constitutional. At that point it looked about how I’ve drawn it. Made me feel like a kid again for some reason.

Ugh, less than a month until I’m supposed to launch Frances and Friends and I’ve got cold feet. No motivation. I’ve done hit the wall.

Failure is always an option.

This is nothing new. It is always easier to pack up your ball and go home instead of playing the game that there is a good chance you will lose. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not whining or quitting. I’m just putting it out there for those of you that may be interested in what goes on in my creative process.

On an upbeat note, I am really digging this morning sketch routine.