Let's Talk - May (Patreon)
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If you're not up for my rambling, enjoy Lexi and carry on :)
Let's talk a bit more about plot development and story.
You may (or may not) have noticed that in both Lexi's story and the latest short comic I have attempted to press more story into less pages. I'm happy with how this is working out, though it requires further refinement. Now recently I was watching a video that mentioned the sentence "show, don't tell". Something clicked in me after that. So far I have often let characters tell something about themselves or others, but not actually showing this. While the impact of showing something is obviously far greater. I have tried to do this in the short comic, actually showing what Victoria did rather then Hannah just telling it. I hope to continue this trend.
As for plot development. I've come to realise something. Well, several things. The most important thing is about Hannah's comics and short stories. Hannah is in the end a direct personification of my idea of a perfect woman. I am very personally and emotionally invested with her and her character development. Is this good? Is this wrong? That's not a question to ask me. You'd have to ask a psychologist. I don't have one of those so I'll just consider it a healthy expression of creativity and sexual identity.
Perhaps, in the first comic I ever made. Hannah was to be a super sexual amazon using men by the dozen. But I've noticed I quickly stepped away from that..
A lot of comic featuring muscular girls are about them doing exceptional feats or sexiness and everything being about those feats and sexy stuff.. a lot of my weekly sets are about that as well..
But that's not what I want from Hannah's comics. In the end I think Hannah's comics at the core are a slice of life series with the whole muscular amazon theme overlaid on these slice of life situations.. their feelings, their desires, their actions, all enhanced by the fact they are near superhuman girls..
It's hard to explain exactly.. I hope someone out there understands what I'm trying to convey here..
This is obviously not to say I won't just make a futa fucking half a dozen girls cause she's bored as well :)
I have a lot of ideas for Hannah's story and short comics, and while I am sure that at some point there will be a more dramatic / action packed story about them as well, I feel that "slice of life" is the current direction I want to continue taking this.
Now the second thing I've come to realise is slightly less phylosophical and about Lexi's story. The story initially started as her starting a blog about her growth and at the time that seemed like a fun idea. It still is a fun idea, but it's not a lasting one. I simply do not see a way to make a 200+ page comic around that fact (it actually is 100 pages long already.. damn..). So in the last few sets I have stepped away from that idea.. especially with more characters being introduced I feel that stepping away from the whole "vlog/blog" idea would liberate the story a lot more.
This obviously makes shit all sense with the earlier parts of the comics! The good thing is: it can be changed! I'll just go ahead and shove all those earlier images in a archive somewhere and remake the beginning of the story. I will introduce Richard and Rachel a bit earlier in the story, and remove all the parts about her blog. I think the absolute size of the comic will be slightly reduced.. but that's alright.. in my eyes.. I hope to get a proper start on this (if not finish it) in May. Tomorrow will still just be a regular episode, after that we might see several sets remaking the beginning.. or I might do that in one go and seperate from the weekly stuff.. not quite sure yet!
As for Lee's story, this is still very much in the story making stage. I'm making a entire storyboard cause I want to get this right and perfect in one go. I'd like to get started on it this month, but I'm not making any promises yet.
Hailey's origin story is also being planned, with a little guest appearance from a character from a artist who has helped me so much in learning more about photoshop :)
Next to that I have atleast one more short story planned which definitely needs to be made cause it's a set-up to one of the comics that will be in the poll. It'll be about the three sisters and the effect meeting Amy has had on Victoria and Hannah! I think the poll for the next comic will be made next week. It will include a futa option and plenty of other options. It's eventually up to you guys what gets made ofcourse!
That's it, you've survived trough my rambling. Thoughts? Comments? Would love to hear them!