Rebooting Der kaiserkaputt

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.