It's been a long long while since i
posted last time, agian treating the blog as an abandoned website.
Truth is, i've been busy rethinking the whole story
for Der Kaiser ist Kaputt and Leo himself.
I realized it could be more, that he could be more, so
i followed my heart on that and i went back to square one, quite litteraly. I
went back to reimaging all i could do with the Leo and all the elements i had
created around him, both visually and argumentally.
I had unintentionally created the bases for a much
bigger universe than what i had originally envisioned, but i just hadn´t done
it out of fear of not being interesting or creative enough, or maybe i just
didn't have enough faith on my own original creation.
Most of my ideas that could fit perfectly on Leo i
kept "saving" for future stories and i was constantly struggling to
create characters and plots for those ideas and elements that, i realize now,
worked naturally with Leo and the story of Der Kaiser kaputt.
Right now im in the midst of "rebooting" Leo
into a real story line where he is the protagonist of a much bigger situation
that will unfold as the story unfolds with al the characters that i have
already hinted in my previous attempts to get the webcomic going. And i'm really
liking the results.
So far, Leo is well on his way to become what i
consider a real original character with real goals, real past and, the most
important part, a real future.
Visually, the webcomic will follow the style i have
already set in previous entries in the blog, but im still experimenting and
revisiting the influences that helped shape my own art style. Still struggling
to decide if i should draw realistic eyes or continue the cartoony blank eyes i
started using for the previous entry in Der Kaiser ist Kaputt. This is where
opinions from readers would be of much use... Dream on, David.
For now, i will just say: stay tuned, great things are
coming for Der Kaiser ist kaputt: cool mystical gadgets able to transport the
user to different realms full of strange and interesting characters, weapons of
great power, fascinating characters from places never seen by normal human eyes
and in the middle of it all, Leo, facing the looming dangers and the future
where decisions shall be made.
Stay tuned, for the Kaiser is kaputt, but not for
long.
