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Next Blue Rose: Behind the Scenes.
11 years ago
Hi,
Some background on the Next Blue Rose competition. Consider this the artist/author's commentary. I came up with the idea last summer. Jeeves the roo had gotten me into watching Masterchef Australia. I had had the idea of a group of ladies to do commissions with before. Inspired by Flinters' 'Sugarnutz' women. But I hadn't thought of species.
In one day of random chatting the whole idea came together, though. I originally intended just to pick different species I liked and pit them against one another in the competition, the audience voting on who would win. But I quickly realized that a reality show needed an audition round. At first I thought it would be staged to have my selected favorites win, but then I realized no, I had to go all out. The judges/audience would pick who goes into the competition. It would be (mostly) out of my hands entirely.
Pretty much the entirety of the horrible jokes within the audition round I came up with within two days of concocting the idea. I knew this needed to be more than a series of pinups. The humor is one of the most important things, to me, in the project.
The second is the characters. If I was to have little control over who won, then I had to be certain I'd be happy with whomever did win. And I ended up writing a little blurb for each of the women in the auditions. Yes, each of the forty-five women on stage was given their own backstory. And I know them all by name. It's a good thing I have my judges and audience to decide fates for me, I could never choose myself.
Another bit of the women I'm proud of is the varying ages. That's the number next to the name in their pinup. They range from eighteen to fifty. The story behind that harkens back to chatting with Jeeves. He brought up the idea in light of my Sayen and Itu. I hadn't thought of that. And I hadn't originally planned for that. But was golden year sex really just restricted to those two? No.
So, yeah, I decided to make it all even. To keep an even spread, I divided that 32 year spread into five chunks. For each heat I randomly selected an age from each chunk. And then randomly applied that age to one of the five women in the heat (I wrote their backstories after I had their ages).
Other than that, lots of little touches. A few of the dumb background jokes I worked in because I could:
On the theatre scene, the giant banners on the theatre are for 'Annabel Lee: the Musical' because I'm a horrible person. (I wanted something that would be absolutely horrible to turn into a musical. I originally thought of 'Where the Red Fern Grows: the Musical' but it didn't have the ring I was looking for).
The shop neighboring the theatre there is 'Kiwi Dictatorship.'
And some stores in the giant tarp scene:
'Boos' is the pub there, and is a bit of a double pun. The original intended pun was to take the infamous 'Cheers' and flip it to its opposite. It also doubles as a pun on booze, so bonus points.
'Meh! Sushi' is a reference to the British chain of conveyor belt sushi restaurants. I originally came up with this for my minecraft world, but needed to bring it over to where people would see.
'Jennifer's Playhouse' is a sex-toy shop. And probably other stuff happens there. The Jennifer there is inspired by Antoneth's Jennifer. (If you like bondagey submissivey slavey type things that have a cute lovey atmosphere attached start here: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4979743/). As of the disclaimer on the final page of the comic, Jennifer's Novelties and Consort services is a large chain of sex related products, shops, and services. I'm now saying she's a my-world version, alternate realities and whatnot. Her servants' my-world counterparts in her employ somewhere in the industry.
Moving on. O'Daffy's. Okay, this one is a bit convoluted. It's a play on McDonald's. The Scottish Mc I replaced with the Irish O' (of the). And Daffy for Donald because of the ducks. This is how my brain works.
On the other side of the street, we have BAKERY. Because you've all seen these places, right? No fancy name, no frills, just what it is. Like LAUNDRY, or BANK, or FUNERAL PARLOR.
And lastly the store is just 'Greek Letters' spelled out in Greek letters.
Yeah, those are my horrible street sign jokes. There will be more in the future. I try to stick some for of joke into every page, excepting maybe the pinup pages (well, most of them).
But yeah. I think that's enough behind the scenes for now. I could go on for ages. But yes, if you like naked furry women or dumb humor: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/13641289/
The auditions are done, but the show is just starting. So there's a lot more to come.
In one day of random chatting the whole idea came together, though. I originally intended just to pick different species I liked and pit them against one another in the competition, the audience voting on who would win. But I quickly realized that a reality show needed an audition round. At first I thought it would be staged to have my selected favorites win, but then I realized no, I had to go all out. The judges/audience would pick who goes into the competition. It would be (mostly) out of my hands entirely.
Pretty much the entirety of the horrible jokes within the audition round I came up with within two days of concocting the idea. I knew this needed to be more than a series of pinups. The humor is one of the most important things, to me, in the project.
The second is the characters. If I was to have little control over who won, then I had to be certain I'd be happy with whomever did win. And I ended up writing a little blurb for each of the women in the auditions. Yes, each of the forty-five women on stage was given their own backstory. And I know them all by name. It's a good thing I have my judges and audience to decide fates for me, I could never choose myself.
Another bit of the women I'm proud of is the varying ages. That's the number next to the name in their pinup. They range from eighteen to fifty. The story behind that harkens back to chatting with Jeeves. He brought up the idea in light of my Sayen and Itu. I hadn't thought of that. And I hadn't originally planned for that. But was golden year sex really just restricted to those two? No.
So, yeah, I decided to make it all even. To keep an even spread, I divided that 32 year spread into five chunks. For each heat I randomly selected an age from each chunk. And then randomly applied that age to one of the five women in the heat (I wrote their backstories after I had their ages).
Other than that, lots of little touches. A few of the dumb background jokes I worked in because I could:
On the theatre scene, the giant banners on the theatre are for 'Annabel Lee: the Musical' because I'm a horrible person. (I wanted something that would be absolutely horrible to turn into a musical. I originally thought of 'Where the Red Fern Grows: the Musical' but it didn't have the ring I was looking for).
The shop neighboring the theatre there is 'Kiwi Dictatorship.'
And some stores in the giant tarp scene:
'Boos' is the pub there, and is a bit of a double pun. The original intended pun was to take the infamous 'Cheers' and flip it to its opposite. It also doubles as a pun on booze, so bonus points.
'Meh! Sushi' is a reference to the British chain of conveyor belt sushi restaurants. I originally came up with this for my minecraft world, but needed to bring it over to where people would see.
'Jennifer's Playhouse' is a sex-toy shop. And probably other stuff happens there. The Jennifer there is inspired by Antoneth's Jennifer. (If you like bondagey submissivey slavey type things that have a cute lovey atmosphere attached start here: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4979743/). As of the disclaimer on the final page of the comic, Jennifer's Novelties and Consort services is a large chain of sex related products, shops, and services. I'm now saying she's a my-world version, alternate realities and whatnot. Her servants' my-world counterparts in her employ somewhere in the industry.
Moving on. O'Daffy's. Okay, this one is a bit convoluted. It's a play on McDonald's. The Scottish Mc I replaced with the Irish O' (of the). And Daffy for Donald because of the ducks. This is how my brain works.
On the other side of the street, we have BAKERY. Because you've all seen these places, right? No fancy name, no frills, just what it is. Like LAUNDRY, or BANK, or FUNERAL PARLOR.
And lastly the store is just 'Greek Letters' spelled out in Greek letters.
Yeah, those are my horrible street sign jokes. There will be more in the future. I try to stick some for of joke into every page, excepting maybe the pinup pages (well, most of them).
But yeah. I think that's enough behind the scenes for now. I could go on for ages. But yes, if you like naked furry women or dumb humor: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/13641289/
The auditions are done, but the show is just starting. So there's a lot more to come.
Antoneth
~antoneth
Your sense of humor goes in very strange directions :P
