Works Cited
Hayley Williams images: http://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1186&bih=806&q=hayley+williams&gbv=2&oq=Hayley&aq=0&aqi=g10&aql=&gs_sm=c&gs_upl=1410l2785l0l4173l6l6l0l1l1l0l231l726l0.3.1l4l0
Blip comic: http://blipcomic.com/index.php
For this week I've been sketching out the characters and looking for inspirations to fill in the blanks before I finish the script this week.
For the girl character I've been looking at Hayley Williams from the band Paramore. She is the ideal modern punk princess to work with. She has a rounded head, which I liked almost immediately when I tried it. Another thing about Hayley is that one out of four pictures is wacky. She has about three actual pictures then one of her with her tongue out or just making an odd face. I think that would be really fun to play with and give her a cute yet rebellious attribute. It would also add something to any expostion or walking scenes, which is usually a visual doldrum.
As far as attitude, I've been reading the online webcomic Blip. Blip does a very impressive job of balancing fantasy and reality worlds. The main character is a crude girl named K, who lives with the drama of balancing life, boys, yadda yadda. And she is best friends with a vampire, witch, and android while angels are out to sabotage her life. The thing is that she doesn't know it.
The supernatural elements exist and have a viable effect on the story, and K is not aware of the specifics. The "Secret friend" thing has done before, but this comic avoids a lot of cliches. K has never come close to finding out their true identities, they've never had to erase her memory somehow, or do anything that would create a huge disaster. The whole point is that the world goes on, despite the supernatural elements.
I really like that attitude. It's kind of anarchic compared to fantasy stories where the whole world is effected by just one specific change. I've already talked about how magic in my comic is just something that exists in the world and is not actively acknowledged, just used. I'll keep in mind Blip's attitude with the supernatural when working with magical elements in the comic.
