I actually drew this out a couple of weeks ago but didn't post it here so I thought I would now, along with an explanation as to why i chose to following this workflow.
I've been working on my own graphic novel series which I hope to oneday actually get to the drawing stage on, but of course first comes the writing, and before that even comes the world building (or in this case, multiple universe building).
Above is a layout of several universes that inhabit my story (click on the image for a larger version), the names of the characters and places/events are mostly the ones I'll use, apart from a couple, one of which is on this layout - Rose is now Rhoda, the other names to be changed are characters not on this image.
Of course this doesn't make much sense to anyone but me at the moment as only I know who these people and places are, but as i build onto the world so will I build this map of it all too.
But here goes for a all be it very brief explanation....
The bubbles labelled Our Universe, The Void Member user Content Submission point, Patreon Sponsor Access point and The Void Story Files are all pages on a Website I plan to build, the one named Our Universe being the Home page much like you first arrive at when visiting any website online, and the others are sub pages from that page.
The other universe bubbles are both pages on the website, and sections of the story itself, so basically there will be pages on the website for each of the main characters, and further sub pages relating to their story.
As for the other bubbles such as the First Chimerical Universe, Harrigan's Breach, Inception of The Antius, Median and The Desinence... you'll just have to wait and see!
Laying out the different parts of the story, and website this way is a good method of keeping something this complex in easy to read and therefor easy to remember little boxes, each of these bubbles in the layout has in turn have their own layout sheet, with story elements, web pages etc laid out in the same fashion.
Attached to each character is a bio sheet also, with a ton of information on the character, their physical appearance, history, likes and dislikes, location within the story and more.
There are also these types of sheets for events and locations, along with diagrams and sketches.
the idea is once the story is underway, the website will become an interactive portal to the worlds and universes, with special sections for Patreon supporters where all of this making of material can be viewed.
So that's it for this post, I will be continuing with this in my spare time, work is about to pick up again at the day job but hopefully I'll still be able to keep it moving along at the same time.
Until next time, stay creative!
