Ghost

Ghost, spirits. Most movies and tv shows portrait them as evil and horrifying. Some even says that they have supernatural power that could affect the real world and people.

 I was never too big of a fan of horror and scary films because they often scare the hell out of me. But I still like story materials that consist of supernatural things because they show human's imagination in them.

No one knows for sure what ghosts are, or even do they really exist, it's human's imagination thinks that they are scary because humans are afraid of things they don't understand. Even if we assume they  do exist, maybe they aren't all evil. This is something I often think to myself. A story that's a good ghost story. Like Casper the friendly ghost, except this time all of the ghosts are actually friendly and nice. It's only the humans misunderstanding them and thought they are evil. Who knows? Maybe someday there might really be a movie like this!

Characters... A lot of characters.....

I've loved fighting games for all my life. Characters with different genre, superpower, fighting style, battling each other.









I feel like the only downside of these games is that they don't really have a consistent storyline, like how most of these kind of games have endings of the winning the championship for every characters.








Despite that, I still love the idea of mixing together all kinds of character those are so different, and write a story about them. Doesn't it make you wanna create a whole bunch of your own characters just by watching these games?

This picture above is a set of drawings that I did base on my high school classmates. I did them as a parting gift after our high school graduation. I tried my best to make each and every character different from each other, although some might have overlap genre a little. Now when I look back at them, I wonder if all of these character were to put together into a story, how will it be? Who will be the main character? Will they be split into different gangs or clans and fight each other? These questions in my head are exactly the reason why I love all these many characters story thingy!

Reboots

Nowadays there's all kind of movie reboots been made. Fairy tale movies are one of them, and some are actually very well done. The movie Maleficent is one great example.

It surprises me how a remake movie which the plot was changed so much from the original source can still be that great! It's not about the story, it about how YOU make the story! Maybe one day I shall make a movie/show remake of my own, and see how well I can do. Probably.

Arm(s)

There's this movie I really liked, Soul Surfer. It's an american film from 2011.
The movie tells a true story of Bethany Hamilton. A female surfer who lost her left arm to a shark attack. It showed how she felt, suffered, and overcomed from her loss.

This movie made me think, what if I too lost my arm in an accident or some sort? What if I lose my right arm that I use to draw? Or worse, what if I lose both my arms?? Not only I couldn't draw anymore, I would even have problems just living out my life! Will I ever come back from that?

I gave it a lot of thought, and then this idea came to my mind. A story that stimulates me became disabled. Yes this kind of story has been done before just like this movie Soul Surfer. But it really makes me wonder how would I approach this kind of storyline. Will I have the character overcome his loss like this movie? Or will I let the character live out a really tragic and miserable life?

Summoners/Master

A lot of tv shows and games consist the concept of summoner or something similar in it. These characters summons unreal creatures or maybe the undead to fight for them.

I like this kind of battle more than something like a simple battle action between 2 kung fu fighters. Mainly because it's more about the battle between the summoners' mind and strategy rather than fighting actions. It creates more depth into the battle but not just with flares and explosions.

 1 of my favourite story that have the similar concept to a summoner is the manga Yu-Gi-Oh. It's a story about players fighting each other with monster trading cards game. The monster aren't exactly real though since they're actually just 3D projection of the card's monster to make the battle seems more intense.

These kind of characters and stories inspired me to a story like this but not exactly the same. As most summoner characters on screen summon other things to fight, like dragons from up the sky or skeletons from another dimension. What I have in mind is the summoners actually summon their something that's inside them rather than something outside. Maybe in a world, people with potential could summon their inner-self or their other personality into a physical form and uses them to do things and even fight or battle. This could be really interesting. Think about it, what if a character that's a total kind and gentle guy summoned his inner-self and turns out it's a psycho and a killer maniac? This kind of story could turn out dark or funny either way!!

Video games and Story

There's an idea that's been in my head for a few years now, what if I write a story about people that plays video games?

Video games nowadays are the pop culture of the society. You can see video games stuff at almost everywhere.

Although there's already shows that's similar to my idea had been made, such as the anime Accel World and Sword Art Online. Both of them is about a virtual reality world game that's set in the future. But what I have in mind is something more modern, something closer to our society and period of time.
Can a story that's about a person playing video games as good and intense as a story that's about a person racing cars? The one question I've asked myself countless time and have yet to find out the answer.

Water-themed

I've always liked water-themed arts and ideas. It's beautiful and graceful! And the creativity of the people that did them is fascinating!



left:  http://sachakalis.deviantart.com/art/Alice-129462584

                            

Everytime I look at them I think to myself, I want to make a story based on a character that has something to do with water. And thus the birth of my Original Character.

left: http://miyukiko.deviantart.com/art/Water-362457097 

This original character of mine, I call her Undine for now. Her character is still underdeveloped. I've thought of many roles and stories for her, such as the spirit of the sea, or maybe the goddess of the lake, but none of these feels good enough for me.

Her body is made mostly out of water, which is inspired by this character on the left from the manga M.A.R. She's a water creature who fight for her master in the manga.

 In order grab a hold of what kind of character she really is, I did a lot of drawings and sketches of Undine. Hopefully one day she will be completed and I'll be able to give her a great story for her to live in!