I want to make comics.

In my last blog post, I mentioned that to get closer to finishing my first art piece, I had to cut back on some content I had planned. One of the defining things I wanted to do for The Classroom (now known as the Brampton Scary School) was create a comic.

This would have greatly contributed to the narrative of the environment. I would be able to explain more what the school was about, who the characters were, and how does everything progress and weld together.

But while doing that, it reminded me that it wasn't a recent idea. Making comics for me is something I've actually done a lot in the past. Since I was kid, I use to draw on paper a series of different panels with characters doing something. Whether it was some fight scene or a made up game.

But I actually considered making it a serious thing. Around Middle School, I did start to begin drawing more and eventually, I created my own cartoon universe. I called it "Donkeywagon", after a toy I got in a Kinder Surprise chocolate egg that contained a donkey pulling a wagon.

This cartoon didn't get far though when I somehow stopped pursuing it. But I was still interested in the nature of comics. I collected and searched for storyboards of cartoons I'd like to watch.

Even into High School, I still kept a strong love for the storyboard art. I would say my whole decision to pursue Environment Art comes from my years of drawing environments in all the storyboards I could come up with.

But on a more relevant note, I'm not giving up trying to get in games. That's not what I'm here for. But as something I would pursue on a sidelines, I want to reestablish my fictional universes I have been writing over the years, and even use them to get adapted into games.

There's a beauty I see in being able to do this. Creating a comic usually means having strong artistic control and say over the material. All the stories, characters, ideas can be sourced straight from the person writing them. It would be hard for someone else to tamper with it or steer clear from the vision that is planted.

But if I do comics, it wouldn't actually be like Marvel or DC comics kind of thing. I would actually like to have it be a webcomic. The content wouldn't be restricted to physical print, so anyone with internet connection could read it for free. It would also take place episodically. Super Effective by VGcatz is something close to how I vision it. Not the actual Pokemon story but like "I'll show you this character and you can read how the story unfolds in every new web post".