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I couldn’t wait to share my experience at the Cincy Comic Expo this year

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I was going to wait but why? This experience was good this year, I always love this time of year because it was a lot of people who has the same love of pop culture that I do. No arguing, no fighting, just people having fun. What made it better was connecting with some people I haven’t seen in a while, including my best friend and his son. We caught up on life things and our love for comics, manga and art. I really cannot wait another year to come. Thanks again Cincinnati Comic Expo. Here’s my pictures of the experience. Be blessed.

Web comic World Building Part 2: Story Plot

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The plot of my web comic starts by thinking about what type of story it will be and how I can put that to a story. The story for the newest web comic I’m working on came to me three years ago as just some idea and writing them down (I usually carry a small memo book so I can write things down). I start adding more to the plot: Where it will take place, the characters involved, the main and secondary story lines. I’ve done a superhero type of story already so I wanted to go this time with an adventure type.

I really started developing the ideas I had to see which ones I would narrow down to the one I wanted. I eventually decided to work with a dimensional travel adventure. I was excited about the idea and I kept adding to the plot, then leave it for a day. I come back to it, reread it and decide what goes and what stays.

That’s it for now on the plot. It may seem a bit strange to some but it works for me, as it should be for you. Let me know how you come up with your plots.

Be blessed.

Part one: What is the theme of my Web comic going to be?

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Welcome to the first part of my web comic world building. This is the first time that I’ve written this down, so just bear with me. When I was starting the Shield of Justice, that was my first (and only so far) web comic that I created. A lot of the things I learned was from the Internet, like going to groups to find out about software, Googling different sites that I can post on, and books that talked about web comic design and comic book styles.

Before I started however, I wanted to think about what the web comic was going to be about, because I had an idea but what was the main theme? Starting with this would be the most important part for me. The entire web comic would fall into place if I knew what the main character’s motivation would be. In the Shield of Justice, the theme was about redemption. A past mistake that changed my main character’s life and also those around him. He would do whatever he could to get redemption for that mistake and the story grew around that theme.

Looking back on what I’ve done so far, there was TONS of backstory that I should have built up on before doing the plot and scripts but it was my first run on making a web comic. I’ve gotten good advise over the years on web comics. My new web comic that I’m starting will revolve around faith and how it will impact many of the characters in the stories.

This will be it for part one of my world building experience, I’ll learn more as I go and blog about it. Let me know what’s your strategy for world building. As always, be blessed.

My world-building process for the new web comic

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I’ve taken a little time off after finishing up the last of the Shield of Justice from drawing. I do like having a bit of time to relax (besides school work to finish). I’ve never really worked on another web comic before but I’m excited about the creation process. The biggest challenge I see is how much backstory to add to the new web comic, so I’m going to blog on the world building process as I get ready to roll out the new web comic story. Stay tuned to the blog for more updates on how the world building is going.