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← Das gruselige Schloss im Nebel

Production notes

Every story starts as a cast and a setting. Those are drawn once, then used as reference for every picture in the story, so the characters stay themselves from beginning to end.

The cast

Model sheet for Lina

Lina the mission commander

human female, short brown hair, wearing a sleek silver spacesuit with dark blue trim, carries a compact helmet under one arm

Sounds calm and authoritative.

Model sheet for Max

Max the engineer and technician

human male, tall and lean, with closely cropped blond hair, wearing a bulky white spacesuit with bright orange patches, has a toolbelt attached to his waist

Sounds clear and practical.

Model sheet for Tilo

Tilo the medical officer

human male, medium height with curly black hair, dressed in a smooth green and white spacesuit with a red cross emblem on the chest, glasses with a thin frame

Sounds gentle and reassuring.

Model sheet for Mira

Mira the scout and navigator

human female, slim with short silver hair, outfitted in a dark purple spacesuit with reflective panels, a small digital map device attached to her wrist

Sounds quick and curious.

The setting

Background painting of An ancient alien castle shrouded in eerie light on a hostile planet.

An ancient alien castle shrouded in eerie light on a hostile planet.

A vast, ancient alien castle perched on a jagged cliff under a blood-red sky, illuminated by eerie green bioluminescent plants entwining its cold, jagged stone walls; the architecture is an unsettling mix of gothic spires and strange, otherworldly geometries, with deep shadows casting ominous shapes over vast, echoing halls and narrow, twisting corridors.

blood red eerie green cold grey midnight black

The plan

  1. Die Mission kommt am alten Schloss auf einem fremden Planeten an, aber etwas fühlt sich seltsam an.

    ruhig und gespannt wide establishing shot Lina, Max, Tilo, Mira

  2. Als sie das Schloss betreten, sehen sie Schatten und hören seltsame Geräusche, die Angst machen.

    unheimlich und besorgt medium shot Lina, Max, Tilo, Mira

  3. Die Technik fällt plötzlich aus, und die Gruppe ist im Dunkeln, was die Situation verschlimmert.

    angstvoll und chaotisch close-up Lina, Max, Tilo, Mira

  4. Tilo entdeckt eine geheime Tür, die zu einem inneren Raum führt, und sie hoffen auf Rettung oder Antworten.

    hoffnungsvoll und neugierig long shot Lina, Max, Tilo, Mira

  5. Im inneren Raum finden sie alte Aufnahmen, die erklären, warum das Schloss so unheimlich ist, und können den Rückweg planen.

    erleichtert und entschlossen medium shot Lina, Max, Tilo, Mira

How it was made

Pictures drawn
11
Words written
1057
Generation steps
19
Time to make
5 min

Drawn in painterly. Written in German at level B1, for teen readers.

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