Guest 1 – Proscrastination, by Franz
This week marks the beginning of Frivolesque’s GUEST STRIP MONTH.
Our first comic was written and drawn by none other than Franz, (A.K.A Frank Dez) a man who recieves double billing as my brother and my best friend at the same time. He was the first one I turned to for a guest strip. Both him and I used to draw a lot together when we were younger, but he mostly set his pencils aside once he reached adulthood.
Working on Frivolesque like this made him dust his tablet off a bit. I love the end result. My couch always talks to me like that.
Frank, seriously, I think you should draw more. Get your mojo back.
Fun fact, Frank was the one who initially came up with the whole concept of Flore casually drifting away in space while drinking tea. So in a way, Frivolesque wouldn’t exist without him.
Go check his DeviantArt out!
If you try to check that couch for spare change, you could easily lose an arm.
Also, if I wasn’t told that Franz drew this particular comic, I wouldn’t have known it wasn’t Dez who drew it.
The couch doesn’t seem to aggressive as long as you remain on it, procrastinating. And oh, come on, our drawing styles are very different. :P
Looking at this comic more closely, Philemon does look pretty different…
He’s kinda ball shaped. XD
My bed does that, but the couch seems to lack the power. Odd.
Also, DANG he nailed emulating your style. Practice from boyhood? Aye, he definitely ought to draw more. MAKE IT SO.
He didn’t emulate my style… But he did use my font and color palette… Maybe that’s why it’s so “similar” ? :P
Well, I wasn’t expecting something that similar so I was surprised at first, but it was mainly the format, colors and scene, specially in the first panel. I don’t know if you would rather have similar styles with your brother, but in my opinion the drawing, although having points in common, is visibly different.
I looked Franz’s Deviant and it is pretty obvious there, but even with the same subject and scenario, as here, I find it notorious. The “flow” of the lineart is barely similar. The proportions and structure of faces and bodies are different. Flore’s moves and body language has nothing to do. The spacial relationships are changed too.
Also, of course, a lot of details like Flore’s body shadows, Philemon’s strips, the Klee and so on.
Do not take me wrong, I do not mean them as “errors”, just the expected stylistic differences, it do is an excelent take in another person’s work.
…I just realize you called the painting on her wall by name. (or rather, the painter’s name)
You are one cultured fellow, Fred.
Beware the evil couches!
Agh, first panel, my very own words.
Good one Franz, it seems it run in the family :)
I think it’s everyone’s words. ;)
And I hope he sees your praise! :)
Yes Flore fall into the darkness. What are “responsibilities”?
Wow Dez you sure you didn’t draw this one?
… Okay, I’m starting to believe you guys. -_-
I have to say I also went “weren’t the guest strips starting today?” as my first impression. I especially love the third panel. :D
I give up.
And yeah, third panel is so awesome. :)
It was only the first impression. By the second panel, I have fully realised this was drawn by someone else. It’s the palette and background. Though, I would not discount being brothers, you probably had similar influences so it would not be that hard to have some similarities.
Ahem… I did draw the painting on Flore’s wall based on the original. Frank slapped a picture of the original there. YOU HAVE TO NOTICE MY EFFORTS.
I knew it! :)
You and your crazy dedication to drawing backgrounds… I’ve been saying it since the beginning of Frivolesque!
It’s not even the backgrounds that are the most time consuming. ;)
Is it the glasses? ;)
And once more, the couch wins XD Great first guest strip :D
The couch always wins.
Thanks, everyone! I’m glad to see so many people enjoying my Frivolesque strip!
And for the “style confusion”, it’s like Dez says, it’s mainly because i used the exact same color palette.
Hi Franz, very kind you to drop by :)
I took a peek at your Deviant and you have some good work there. I liked specially Jesus Emily, Jungle Rumble and Waiting for Life, also Concrete Beauty and Battlefield of Yore (*). It is a pitty you do not draw anymore, you specially seemed to have a future with the ecchi stuff :P
(*) Hey DEZ, by a chance, did you use this one for Clementine’s strip?
I didn’t use his photo, but yeah, it’s the exact same place. (The plains of Abraham)
by seeing this page i feel there is a piece of Flore inside my soul, i was gonna say it earlier this day but well, you know i’m procrastinating… :D
We are all procrastinating. Else the human race would be so much more advanced.
We would probably have teleporters to bring us from one sofa to the next.
and automated fridges that made us sandwiches!
pbtthh… Flore has better taste than Sherlock! She should be watching Elementary! :)
Nooo! Sherlock is way better! :D
Let’s not go there.
but.. but.. it has Jonny Lee Miller. who could resist that charm?
LOL my computer does that instead. “Oh look, here’s some slightly relevant info, wanna look?” wins too often too…
Mine too… From the comfort of my couch. ;)
My World Book Encyclopedia set used to do that to me when I was a kid. I’d be flipping pages to look…something…up……….ooooo, that looks interesting. :-)
The World Wide Web makes it soooooo much easier to fall down the rabbit hole. :-)
I call my couch “The Couch of Many Naps”. I got the name from a friend who had a similar comfy couch. It has claimed my consciousness many a time. :-)
This reminds me of that one Teen Titans Go! episode.