Welcome to Episode 3 of Potential!

Here’s the recap: I’m turning 17 in less than 12 hours and MUST lose my virginity by the end of the day. Despite being gay and really only interested in making out with girls, I’ve decided that my virginity-loss needs to happen with a boy and have enlisted the help of a willing stud, my ex-boyfriend, Zally. We’re going on a classic road trip to do the deed and have just arrived at our hotel…



In Episode 2, last week’s video, my character has an elaborate dream the night before leaving on the trip with Zally. All of the dream sequences in the book Potential are drawn in a photorealistic style, contrasting to the rest of the book, which is simple and cartoony. In order to be able to draw these sections I would get my friends, whom the characters are based on, to pose with me for photographs.

Here are some photos that the real-life “Zally” and I took in 12th grade, when I was drawing Potential:

This week OurChart is launching a Comic Contest based on Potential. The words on a page from Potential have been blanked out for you to fill in with your own story. Check out the contest here. Prizes include signed copies of all the books, a Potential t-shirt, and, for the grand-prize winner, I will draw a portrait of you or anyone you like.

Looking forward to reading all your stories!

Sincerely,
Ariel

For more info: www.arielschrag.com