Mine came up from my personal experiences or what I saw or feel. I also wanted to work on my sense of humor, so there's that. I initially started mine as a means to experiment on panel composition. Nowadays, I became unexpectedly invested to it.
Mine has come up from an idea I had as a 13 year old, way back in the early 2000s.
Originally my main character was just a Sonic OC. Then the concept for the story changed as I aged, and finally in 2009 I had an idea for a Battle Shonen with a dinosaur mc of epic proportions.
Then the story continued to evolve for another 7 years until I finally, finally after many variants and failed starts I buckled down and decided to take the plunge into it. And in January 2017 I finally started and stuck with it and built up a buffer and released it in August 2017.
As for how I came up with it, it's just a mixture of my interest in dinosaurs, action cartoons, and heavy metal music.
What can I say, I'm a stubborn dreamer XD I really just wanted to get to a point where my story becomes an animated series or even a movie.
No, i have good visuals and all that. It’s a full dragon when he shifts and a human knight when he doesn’t, so the imagery is familiar. In the first book, he becomes a dragon as the ending. It’s just wasn’t what people wanted to read.
Definitely. That stubbornness has kept me going through a lot of difficult times, burnouts, and depressions. No matter what I always try to put pen on paper (or drawing tablet xD) even if I don't feel like it.
The looks is not what draws people to werewolves and explains their durability vs vampires or elves. The hierarchy that provides built-in inequality, the fitting in, the fated/forced nature of romance paired with loyalty, the discovery of being a magic boy/girl, they promise those popular staples. The other shifters do not have the same promise, no matter how they look. Obviously, if you draw, and you get a drop-dead gorgeous/intriguing man-image, it helps to titillate but yeah, the magic of werewolves has more to it than the muscular hairy chest
For me, my comics started off as a one off about teenagers who were training to be ninjas called "The Action Society". But for shits and giggles, I did a little sketch of an apple ninja who could've also been a teenager and a part of the group.
Although, I really wanted to stand out. So instead of making them human teenagers, I made the ninjas all giant sentient fruits who were teenagers instead and ran with the idea. Yep, that was several years go and since then, they've been called "The Action Fruit Society". I doubt you'll find any other cartoons similar to mine about fruits (or any food items who are crime-fighters in general). It just goes to show you that a kid's imagination is filled with endless possibility 
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There is actually a long classic MG novel from an Italian writer, immensely popular in Russia about preteen sentient fruits and vegetables overthrowing the aristocracy
Basically I came up with my main characters after a spate of activity and posts I witnessed surrounding monster x human relationships. A creator I follow was talking about how Ancient Magus Bride was problematic and after hearing other people's issues with it, I'd agree (even though I'd never read it or watched it myself). The creator was making their own monster x human story at the time and I also saw a scattering of related posts on various sites. It got me to wanting to make my own monster x human couple but with my signature spin on it.
1st spin: The human in my case isn't some fair virginal maiden. Well, yes, she's a virgin at the start of the story, but I'm talking about more of a virginal mindset as portrayed in mainstream media. Like the pure, innocent, removed from her own sexuality kind. For my protagonist, I wanted her to enjoy sex and not be ashamed of it or shamed for it by any rhetoric in the narration or by her close friends.
2nd spin: Power balance. Since this is one of the main talking points about Ancient Magus Bride, I wanted an equal "need" between the human and the monster. The monster essentially needs the human as his host to be alive, and she needs him for the company. Here I was largely inspired by the relationship between Eddie Brock and the Venom symbiote (of which also inspired some of my monster's ability).
3rd spin: No gentleman monster here! Unlike a lot of the more civilized monsters, Beast (Beauty and the Beast), Teacher (Girl from the Other Side), Elias (Ancient Magus Bride), and various others from pros and indie creators alike, I wanted mine to be a bit more … feral? Like he can be nice and gentle if he wants, but he can be super possessive, aggressive, and act like a petulant child at times. He'd rather tear his lover's clothes off in an alley than draw a bubble bath surrounded by lit candles for them let's say.
But with those core elements outlined, I basically came up with a story around how my monster and human meet, and how they reach a point where they trust and love each other.
I came up my story idea after my years of RPing. What helped form my story the most is that I had an older draft of my characters with a different story line but somewhat the same to the one I was writing now.
What I did is make some changes like the characters' ages and cut the unnecessary fat from the story then start it all over again.
That how I got my story.
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