Slipping Through began as an idea for a three character team that dealt with magical problems: a shape-shifter who appeared as a disembodied trench coat and fedora; a magician wearing a three-piece suit and cape; an old man with incredible strength and invulnerability.
Over time the story has become so much more than that, with a cast of dozens, set in multiple worlds, all coming together due to a common threat. Characters have been created brand new for my purposes, others have been pulled from my efforts of years past, nipped and tucked to fit into the story.
The basic plot is that many worlds are facing a singular problem: the skies are cracking open, their worlds are crumbling. Reality is unraveling, the past is malleable, and someone--something--is deliberately causing this. They must find out who or what, and how to stop it. Except . . . Except that this has happened before. All of this, and no one can remember.
Worlds where magic is the norm, a culture who grow their cities out of rock, a ghost that haunts the walls of a city under its protection, typists who melt, a magician made of glass, corrupt corporations, masked villains . . . All in Slipping Through.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
About Slipping Through: Creation
About three years ago I decided I wanted to draw my own comics. This was heavily inspired by my college roommate's own efforts, drawing a comic based off the Evil Overlord list. She is a naturally talented artist who has been drawing since she could hold a pencil.
My own drawing efforts were insignificant until five years ago, when I took a chance and enrolled into a drawing class, thinking I had no particular love of or skill in art. I adored that class, and broke the grading curve by getting an A+. Today, I am an artist, planning to go to graduate school for a ceramics program.
For three years I've been teaching myself how to draw comics, working towards the goal of drawing this particular story. This is the third time I have attempted to draw the story, restarting completely each time, because I found my art lacking. Still, I find my art less than what I want it to be, but it is sufficient for my purposes of the moment.
For about nine years I have been writing stories, and I have a folder in my computer filled with plots, outlines, character ideas, whole chapters of stories, and some works with fifty or more pages to their name. Many of these projects have been incorporated into the story of Slipping Through. So, in a way, this project has been in the works for nine years, instead of just three.
My own drawing efforts were insignificant until five years ago, when I took a chance and enrolled into a drawing class, thinking I had no particular love of or skill in art. I adored that class, and broke the grading curve by getting an A+. Today, I am an artist, planning to go to graduate school for a ceramics program.
For three years I've been teaching myself how to draw comics, working towards the goal of drawing this particular story. This is the third time I have attempted to draw the story, restarting completely each time, because I found my art lacking. Still, I find my art less than what I want it to be, but it is sufficient for my purposes of the moment.
For about nine years I have been writing stories, and I have a folder in my computer filled with plots, outlines, character ideas, whole chapters of stories, and some works with fifty or more pages to their name. Many of these projects have been incorporated into the story of Slipping Through. So, in a way, this project has been in the works for nine years, instead of just three.
Slipping Through Chapter Covers
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