Creator Notes

My comic is about an Arabian princess who gets kidnapped by Dr. Evil because she knows information about his special scientific studies. Luckily, Aiden, a village servant comes to her rescue and wins her love. It's a pretty classic fairy tale, but I thought it would be fun to try and recreate it in my own voice. I decided upon my layouts by writing out what dialogue (or lack thereof) between the characters and what pictures to go with them. Then I thought about what sized and shaped panels I would need. Although the whole idea is simplistic, I wanted to practice comics in a clean, straight to the point fashion.

I created the characters first. My main character, the princess is actually a character I had created about a year ago. I had found the original drawing and then decided to incorporate other characters around her to make a story. Then I decided dialogue and descriptions of pictures, followed by the panel design. Then I added everything in. I'm proud of the effort I put into the drawing (specifically the first page), even though it took a long time. On my next comic I think a longer timeline would help, and maybe a shorter storyline, so I could focus on drawing more.