(Yes, I know I missed out what was basically my 15th anniversary but it couldn't be helped as I am technically on a hiatus for the foreseeable future due to various things IRL occupying most of my time)
It is not very often that I draw Frankie Foster. This is mostly due to the fact that she's one of those characters who, in general, tends to work better when drawn off-model and those of you who have followed me for a long time also know that, with the exception of some early-in-my-career weirdness in '08 and '09, I rarely like to stray away from attempting to emulate a show or a comic's official style(s). For me, the biggest issue with the on-model version is that basically everything below her waist (her lower body is shaped like the bottom of a pill and her legs are literal sticks) doesn't translate well in cheesecake and/or porn, and I suspect this is also the case for most erotic fan artists.
The other big reason is that Frankie is not easy to draw on-model. I suspect this is partially due to Foster's Home being an early Flash cartoon, meaning a lot of illustrations you see moving are actually vector lines that get re-used and moved around – which, in turn, ensures that in most cases, the characters remain almost rigidly close to their model sheet drawings in many of the basic animation cycles. CMG is also a master at constructing characters from simple geometrical shapes and he has an insanely accurate understanding of proportions, dimensions, distances, negative space etc. It is not hard to draw Frankie's face, but it is incredibly challenging to ensure that her bangs don't come down too much, her nose is at the correct height, her head is just the right shape and so on. I lost count on how many times I had to make adjustments just to Frankie's face, and the initial Galaxy Tab sketch I did had the proportions and the distances completely wrong.
Despite her being a nightmare to draw as an on-model enthusiast, I like Frankie a lot. As for her show... that one I don't care for all that much, or rather where it eventually went, but I am happy that we got her, and I am even happier about her enduring popularity. There are some really talented people in the scene that have honored her: Fern/14Bis, Fluffy, ZONE, Garabatoz, King Cheetah (RIP), LHK, Aeolus06, Kotaoke, Kyde, CapyDiem, BlenderKnight, JCM2, Mangamaster, Tobias Wheller, teelokay, centinel303, Roger Bacon, Barley Shake... the list goes on. There's no way I can remember all of them, but I'm sure you can think of at least a dozen more that I forgot to mention.
As often is the case, my friend Toonspew helped me out with the dialogue. Make sure to get the high-resolution release on Paheal. Alas, that particular version has an error with Wilt's precum floating detached from his cock, which I didn't notice until after uploading it; this will be fixed when I eventually update the Art Archive with 2018-and-beyond releases, possibly later this year.
So, what's next? Well, there are several sketches I've done but the one I'm currently most interested in finishing is a rather sticky depiction of a pigtailed Bennington College graduate, according to a recently leaked pitch bible...
