BOOK COVER MADE!

So, this is a homework assignment for my Typography 1 class (make a book cover), but I'm going to use this as one of my visuals for Pouya's class. Killing two birds with one stone. YAY!!

VISUAL DEVELOPMENT! GO GO!!!

Pouya just looked over my blog. Said everything was good, but that I had to create a visual embodiment of both Saga and Nexus. That and lots of visual development.

I've kind of already decided that Nexus is going to be some giant hulking mass of black/blue/purple fire with an evil face. I mean it's not concrete, but yeah... Still working on that.

Also, in development is Chapter 3. Halfway done with that. It'll be up on the blog soon.

ACTS

Have to write a summary of my first two chapters in ACTs for Conceptual Storytelling.

ACT I

Clarence is scootering around making deliveries for his parents bakery. The wind pushes him down an escalator and into angry gang members. Clarence escapes, but loses his deliveries. He walks away depressed and gets surprised as he accidentally bumps into a boy named Ken, with a high and mighty attitude. Ken get pissed off and pushes Clarence into a wall. The two spirits, Saga and Nexus, enter Clarence's and Ken's bodies respectively and Ken walks away unknowingly.

ACT II

Clarence begins to walk away when suddenly an explosion far in the background stops him in his tracks. Clarence stops to look out of curiosity. Saga's voice comes out of his mouth asking if he's just going stand and watch. Clarence flips out as Saga starts having a conversation with him through his own body. After no explanation is given, Saga takes full control of Clarence's body and  runs off to the burning building.

ACT III

Clarence's body races down the sidewalks and finally reaches the building. Clarence shoots up the stairs and out on the 49th floor. As Clarence enters the room, a blue fire ball is shot at Clarence face. Clarence's body bends backward and pulls off an incredible dodge, but then falls backwards. Saga reveals that he can only control Clarence for one minute a day and from this point on, he's on his own. Clarence flips out once again to find out the one who caused the explosion and the fire ball was the boy Ken he had met earlier. Ken is now possessed  with the spirit of Nexus, an evil time traveling demon. Clarence then learns that the spirit's name that possesses him is named Zero, but then changes it to Saga. Saga tells Clarence how to fight, but Clarence uses the powers incorrectly and nearly collapses the building. Ken jumps away and escapes and Clarence runs for the stairs as emergency sirens could be heard in the streets below.

Scraps/Brainstorming

It's not really much, but I thought I post some brainstorming/scraps that I've been using I have more I'll post up later.

Damn grammar nazi...

Lawrence Ou went on a grammar spree all over my first two chapters. Pouya suggested that I pay him in candies. Lawrence said that for every grammar mistake I got wrong, I owe him a candy. I now owe him 47 candies. I need a pinata *sigh*.

EDIT: He just corrected this post. I now owe him 49 candies. DAMN IT.

Storyboarding (WIP)

The storyboards I have were done very quickly so I need to go back and make them clearer and more presentable.

Character Name Background

Some background regarding some of the character names and personalities.

Clarence
Clarence is named after one of my cousins. I chose to name him that because of the growing up journey
Clarence has to do in order to defeat Nexus by the end.

Now, my cousin Clarence was never the strongest of people. Swayed easily by peers, picked on, not physically strong at all, not very social, and extremely awkward and shy. Looking back on all of that and seeing how much my "little brother" has grown up, has shown me how much a person can grow with just the right guidance and motivation. Now, he is the most one of the most powerful, bravest, and social people I know. (I don't mean that literally because I'm still stronger than him. WHAT UP!?! =D)

His design was made by Taylor Ash.


Saga
Saga's name has been the hardest name to come up with and I still don't know if it's going to stick.
Originally, I was going to name him Spirit because 1.) I wanted Clarence to name him and show that he has no creativity and 2.) I couldn't think of anything cooler.

And so I named him Zero (Thus the name "Project Zero". There's a back story behind it, but I'm not going to get into it.) But I wanted Saga to change his name (as to keep it covert), so I gave him the name Legion.

I named him Legion because that was the name of the Geth squad-mate you receive in BioWare's Mass Effect 2. But that was just a placeholder name because it was definitely better than Spirit and I thought it was a great meaning behind it. ("Mark 5:9 in the New Testament —  "And he asked him, What is your name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many." The Geth accepts this to be an "appropriate metaphor" and is henceforth known as Legion.)

Again, the problem was that I didn't think it fit the personality of Saga and there was only one of him so the name Legion wouldn't make any sense.

And so after lots of thinking, I decided to name him Saga.

sa·ga 

[sah-guh] 

noun

1. a medieval Icelandic or Norse prose narrative of achievements and events in the history of a personage, family, etc.

2. any narrative or legend of heroic exploits. Synonyms: epic, tale, history.

3. Also called saga novel . a form of the novel in which the members or generations of a family or social group are chronicled in a long and leisurely narrative.

4. a dramatic history of a group, place, industry, etc.: the saga of the transcontinental railroad.

5. any very long story with dramatic events or parts: the sad saga of her life in poverty.

Taken from Dictionary.com

Honestly, it fits him very well, considering his back story and the fact that a saga can be used to describe a certain span of time.


Ken
Ken's name really has no significance other than I kind of used it from the series, Digimon Adventure 02, when the main antagonist's name from the first arc of the series, was named Ken, in which he was the Digimon Emperor.

After that, I've always wanted to use the name of Ken for an antagonist.

His design was also created by Taylor Ash.

Nexus
Nexus's original name was Nightmare. Now, as terrifying as the name Nightmare is, it's already WAYYYY too cliche. So, I came up with Nexus.

nex·us   

[nek-suhs]

noun, plural nex·us·es, nex·us.

1.a means of connection; tie; link.

2.a connected series or group.

3.the core or center, as of a matter or situation.

4.Cell Biology . a specialized area of the cell membrane involved in intercellular communication and adhesion.

Taken from Dictionary.com

 Considering his back story, Nexus was a very appropriate name for this antagonist. Plus, I've always thought that Nexus sounded like a evil name.