COMICS
FOREST FLOWERS: Sample Pages
This is a story of two 17 year old girls, Kalyani and Mala, who are recently widowed. They are childhood friends, and after the tragedy they run away to the forest together with their kids to escape from being forced to remarry. This comic shows their journey as they make a home in the wilderness despite all the dangers, experiencing more freedom out there than they ever did in their village.
We follow them on their adventures against bandits and monsters, and watch them goof around with their kids, as they gradually build a deep inseparable bond as a family.
Some initial concept art to explore the characters in their environments:
Some sample cover pages proposed for the initial issues of the comic:
PRINCESS MONONOKE IN MEAL TIME: Sample Pages
These pages are adapted from the story and characters established by Hayao Miyazaki in the movie Princess Mononoke. This narrative envisions a day when Ashitaka is tired of the raw uncooked meals he often shares with San, and enthusiastically decides to prepare a meal with spices and other ingredients in it.
SOARING SPIRITS
This story is about a little forest creature, Ila, who lives in a community whose members travel around by surfing the wind on leaves. There is a tradition in her village where its members befriend and bond with wild forest spirits and become lifelong companions. They form this bond by the music of whistling, which Ila is unfortunately terrible at. So, this comic follow her journey of finding her wind spirit companion in her own unique way.
Colour concept - 1
Visualising the movement of the Wind Spirit
Colour concept - 2
SOME SHORT GAGS
Torn
A bookmark promoting a zine
THE ESCAPE
This story is about a girl with social anxiety, who always finds it hard to be a part of any social situation. She finds peace and friends on a Himalayan expedition and begins her journey of overcoming her fear of socialising one step at a time, just like trekking up a mountain.
