Just do it. The reason my book happened was ‘cause I started putting it out there as a web comic online. So just start doing it yourself. You never know what might come of it. There’s no right and wrong way to do comics. It’s like learning anything else. I like using basic shapes to make characters. And what happens over time is you build up enough basic shapes in your head that you can create a whole library of different characters… and this is… some of the bugbops that I draw. And what happened… each of the ones I’ve drawn is… I like to base them around a feeling and over time have associated the basic shapes that I use with types of feelings. So a jaggedy one might be me feeling a little bit angry one morning or a round one might be me feeling mellow and I’m all nice and relaxed. So, over time if you keep drawing these little random shapes, you’ll eventually be able to build them into your own little library, so I’ll show you what I mean.

You don’t need to draw along with this part. I’m just gonna… I’m gonna draw a bugbop that reflects how I’m feeling today. So, today I’m feeling really excited to be speaking with you all, but I’m also feeling a little bit nervous because I’m not used to being in front of television cameras, being in lights and being interviewed about things, so I’m going to try think of how that feels inside of me, that emotion. So what I do with that sometimes is I close my eyes and think about it. Now, the excitement… There’s different types of excitement, like every emotion. It’s not like the excitement when you feel it’s coming up to your birthday or Christmas. Where it’s like a slow build, and it’s just like “aw what am I going to get? What am I going to get?” This one’s kind of like a fizzy, nervous excitement, so it’s sparkly and it’s just a bit fizzy and a bit floaty in my head. So I’m going to create a shape like that. And it’s also a bit, there’s a little bit of spikes at the end there because that’s feeling a little bit jittery with the excitement. So I’m going to put an excited face there. So, there we go. But like I say, I’m also feeling a little bit nervous about being in front of cameras, being in front of, in a different environment, so that nervousness, it feels here in my body. So it’s going to be a really small shape. So what I’m going to do is I’m going to create a little body like that and put some arms and legs on it. So I’ve got the start of the character there. Now I have a colour that I associate with excitement and I’ll always use which is really bright pink. I love… Oops… I love bright pinks for everything. Now, you can never draw Bumble’s hat too, too big… and it’s as simple as that to draw Bumble. Like, it’s super, super easy and the best thing about Bumble is that she’s got shape changing abilities. So even if you go wrong and draw a shape like that… Bumble and Snug have to come up with a super action plan to stop Sparklehoof. And with a giant kitten on the loose and a jelly city, they will have to work FAST! Best friends Bumble and Snug are bugbops – little monsters filled with BIG feelings! Join them in this new, full-colour graphic novel, as they go on a thrilling, funny adventure with a VERY shy ghost and learn about the world outside and inside. So snug is a touch more complicated. Rather than the one shape that we’ve got for Bumble, we have four whole shapes for Snug. Snug is just an oval. And again, two little eyes and a mouth. There we go. An oval, two little triangles for the bow tie, another triangle for the body and there we go.The hilariousness of Bunny vs Monkey meets the emotional world of Inside Out with this full-colour graphic novel series for readers aged 5+ all about little monsters with BIG feelings going on hilarious adventures together!

Bumble and Snug and the Excited Unicorn is a story about being too excited and how to listen, friendship and magic, and three new SUPERHEROES! Bumble and Snug are certain they can replace the treasure, and fix things to make everybody happy. But there’s another monstrous obstacle in store – and this one has TENTACLES.What I’m gonna do is I’m gonna show you how to draw Bumble and Snug and show you how I draw a bugbop, and then show you maybe a few little tips on how to create your own easy ones. That’s still what Bumble looks like, she’s just warped her body to be that size so that’s the thing, you can never go wrong with her. That’s one of the reasons why I like drawing her so much ‘cause you can never, ever, ever, ever go wrong. So next up we have got Snug. Bumble and Snug are going on a big adventure to … have a picnic! But when they accidentally get lost, they’re both cross – is their adventure ruined? I think we’re almost there. I’m going to add a few of the little stars this colour and I’m thinking maybe one more little thing, a little bit of light yellow as well just to show that it’s shimmering and I think that this bugbop might be done. And I think that’s looking like how I’m feeling today, which is a nervous sort of giddy excitement. Now, the final thing to do with any bugbop is I’ve got to think of a name for it. So, excitement… Zip! I like that. You can use characters you thought of earlier, or you can make a new one to go in your comic with them.