graphic storytelling studygroup

[Amit Dutta]

Hmmm, I think I might dabble a bit here. I'm halfway through a script for a short comic (10 - 20 pages) Had to ditch it in the last 3 months to concentrate just on the folio. I'm not sure if I can complete "assignments" towards the final and what not but it would be nice to wade back into the water every now and then just so I don't lose sight of it completely.

My idea started from this 1 hour speedpaint.


A tribe of gaunt figures tracks across a strange desert on their annual pilgrimage. They travel by instinct. Most of them can't remember why they do it, or even who they are but they are lead ever onwards by the matriarch and the tribe pathfinder. The landscape is strange and alien but also strangely familiar at the same time. Where do they go and why? What is at the end of their journey?

I kinda have the general gist of the story down in broad sweeps, but I need to flesh it out to create more interest for their "quest". Not much dialogue...it will probably be mostly narrated.

This is a really useful resource I stumbled upon really recently. You will find pretty much every type of character, plot, theme, device etc that is in the common public consciousness about storytelling here: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage