The birth of your story

Alex_C 2023-05-11 03:33:02 UTC #31

1. When did you first create your story?
Well, I created the first draft of my one and only novel in April 2022
The first two chapters didn't change much since then, but the rest? Ooh boy, It got some serious do-over.

2. What gave you the idea for it?
It was one of those spontaneous questions about what kind of superpower you would want to get, for some reason I said shadow manipulation, and so five years filled with many weird dreams later - here we are.

3. What are some fun facts about your story?
The Idea for the world of Void Merchant was brewing in my head for a long time,
at one time it was even a DnD campaign in the making, but then a great enemy struck - me being a lazy ass.

At least you can enjoy it here.

So then, come around and visit, maybe you'll like it here and decide to stick around.

BLTX 2023-05-11 06:41:05 UTC #32

1. When did you first create your story?
Production started some time around February of 2021, and released later in August of that year.

2. What gave you the idea for it?
The original idea for it was a "darker family friendly comic". Which, didn't exactly end up happening, as the story progressed. But where it ended up became a "heavily exaggerated retelling" of some issues I went through when I was younger.

3. What are some fun facts about your story?
So once upon a time, I came up with an awesome new word for a special location in this series! "Dreamscape" It's so simple, but so fitting, I can't believe no one's thought of it before...! Right?

Tursastheeternal 2023-05-11 08:53:44 UTC #33

I drew the first pages back in 2014. But since this was also the time when I was starting my higher education, I didn't finish the prologue until 2016.
Me and Sazzon co-creator were designing some of the the characters and worldbuilding back when we were teenagers, but it was just for fun at that point. When we became adults we decided to do the comic for real. Around this time I also read Berserk for the first time. That really lit the fire in me and inspired me to become a comic artist.
While I designed most of the human characters, The co-creator I mentioned designed most of the monsters and demons. Because of this, he was originally supposed to draw all of his characters, but due to issues with scheduling, we decided that I would draw everything. However, some of his drawings are still visible in some of the earlier pages.

If you're interested, his artwork is on our DeviantArt.

TheAuthor 2023-05-11 12:15:24 UTC #34

I created my 1 year ago in April and have over 30 episodes and am on season 1 after finishing season 0 in November.
I got the idea after looking at a world map which led me to think about the time difference between the U.S. and China. This got me thinking if one person is asleep then at the same time another is awake. This idea spiraled into an expansive world of action, adventure and powers.
Most of the action scenes in my novels are based on the fight moves of webtoons such as Lookism and Hanlim Gym while the training is from Viral Hit
Hope you enjoy my novel..
https://tapas.io/series/TNATL/info

SHKK 2023-05-11 16:37:07 UTC #35

1. When did you first create your story(s)?
The google docs that I use to work on the novel was created in April of this year but the story has been in the works in my head for the past year. Sounds weird I know.

2. What gave you the idea for it / them?
I'm really sounding crazy in this post but the idea came from a dream I had once like last year, idk maybe it's from reading so many fantasy novels/webtoons but yh. that dream kind of never left me and I kept thinking about it and then this happened.

3. What are some fun facts about your story(s)?
The novel's quite new I don't really have a fun fact and I can only think of something that'll be a spoiler.

Mbeau 2023-05-11 17:09:25 UTC #36

I first created the story when I was a PA at Nickelodeon. I started doodling food characters on post it notes during long meetings and began to create a cohesive story around their food world.
I love Peanut Butter and Jelly and wanted to do a high concept with food characters
Some characters are based off people in my life. Tony Bologna is based off my very gruff grandpa.

ENJOY!

ilesarki 2023-05-11 18:14:51 UTC #37

1. When did you first create your stories?
I originally created Karamador back in 2007, but the current form of Karamador came to be in 2012 and evolved into its final form in 2017.

2: What gave you the idea for it /them?
In 2007 I realized I wanted to make a medieval- and pirates- themed fantasy series with anthro characters, as I remembered my childhood fondness to these themes, and I was also very influenced by games like The Elder Scrolls, Heroes of Might and Magic, old Warcraft, Heretic, Hexen, Diablo, Prince of Persia, and D&D games like Neverwinter Nights.
Later on for the ongoing stories I got an idea to have them often include real life folk tales, legends, mythologies, and ghost stories from Finland and Scandinavia, as I've always been interested in these and also got inspired by The Witcher series.

3. What are some fun facts about your story?
Originally the main character was Zak the fox pirate, and the story included scifi- and modern day elements as it was originally set in post-apocalyptic world. Later on I set the world to be set in alternative dimension that in some parts resembles earth, and this main series be set in the past timeline of this world and being pure medieval- and reneissance fantasy, and the main character role was switched to Sir Kiljaos the lion paladin.

CoolRacoon 2023-05-11 18:20:08 UTC #38

1-When did you first create your story(s)?
I first started my novel this year in April after preparing some of the ideas in March

2-What gave you the idea for it / them?
I had been reading a lot of light novels and mangas when I decided that it seemed like fun to make my own story. I quite liked the isekai premise and I quite liked fantasy stories so I decided to make an isekai story with a lot of character development

3-What are some fun facts about your story(s)?
The MC has an insatiable drive to be strong
There are multiple POV's

grantingtherant 2023-05-11 18:23:03 UTC #39

Alright, I'll throw my hat into the ring!
1. When did you first create your story?
I came up with Whitney, Gwen, and Fiona back in High School, right about when I started getting into chill slice of life anime
2. What gave you the idea for it?
The idea mainly came from wanting to write a mockumentary "Summer Heights High" style comic about the lives of students attending a school operating entirely at night. Of them many characters I came up with, the idea of an all girl punk band stood out to me since I also really wanted to join a band in real life
3. What are some fun facts about your story?
Whitney used to be named Winifred, and she used to be a lot more bubbly than she is now. Her family is now a lot smaller too, from having three brothers and a dad to one younger brother and a mom. Fiona's heritage has also changed a bit, from half Japanese to half Vietnamese. Gwen has probably changed the least since I made her, but I did give her performance anxiety and a bully older sister

catluckey 2023-05-11 20:24:46 UTC #40

What a great way to learn more about the creators here at Tapas! Thank you, @Lazy-Gamer
I have links below that refer to the creation and inspiration of my story, "The Watchman."

1. When did you first create your story(s)?
Waaay back in 1991 when I worked as a secretary/clerk.

2. What gave you the idea for it / them?
While working, I listened to some chill music and daydreamed a red-haired woman, her safari touting dad chasing a native man in a jeep.

3. What are some fun facts about your story(s)?
A lot of sci-fi, romance movies, music, books, anime, and even bible scriptures are a collective of inspirations for my story. They helped me keep going, giving new ideas, characters, plots, situations, and conflicts.
Check out these links for more:

On the hidden planet, Shatazar, Delah, falsely named princess and her cousin Teeabu, newly-ordained priest turned warrior, live under the powerful rule of the Watchman of Araidia. Given a mission to eradicate poisonous plants, Delah meets a boy from Earth who turns their lives upside down.

Fuzzyman818 2023-05-11 20:41:28 UTC #41

I guess it's more turn.

& 2. It was around the early 2010's when I first came up the idea for capture the flag to be a sort of homage to the classic Mad Magazine strip, Spy vs. Spy.
Some of the early episodes were inspired by actual Spy vs. Spy strips.

GodbreakerComic 2023-05-11 21:33:32 UTC #42

Like 2020-ish?

I always wanted to combine two things I loved: Melodramatic teen drama shows like Euphoria or The OC, and Shonen Battle Manga like DBZ and Hunter x Hunter.

Fun Fact: The three main characters hairstyles change when something has changed with them or is about to.

catluckey 2023-05-12 19:50:01 UTC #43

Having vivid dreams and feeling like you've known your characters for a long time is so relatable! I am so happy to see someone like-minded in that.

I've already subb'd to your story and I like it!!! Keep up the good work, my friend...and I hope you likewise sub to mines.

Well, off to the real world!

jgreene2433 2023-05-12 21:14:10 UTC #44

I officially created Sapphire Bleu, about 2 years ago, but the idea and what it finally became are about 8 maybe 10 years old.
I would watch episodes of Sailor Moon, and think to myself "she's got it easy, she'd get destroyed by someone like Thanos or Darkseid " and the idea just grew out of my comic book snobbery.
I draw the entire thing on my phone. I've done several stories and I have yet to reveal my characters actual name. currently working on two separate series with this character (one for tapas the other on Amazon Comixology).

Lazy-Gamer 2023-06-11 04:49:38 UTC #45

Thank you. We all need some fun stuff every now and then.

Oh wow, 1991 is such a long time. I mean, I was born 1991.

As a side note, I love the art piece you've shown here. It's beautiful!

catluckey 2023-06-11 13:23:09 UTC #46

Ohhh Wow, that's amazing to know you were born then! Thank you for your beautiful compliment. I really enjoyed doing that scene, along with my cohorts! You have an amazing day, @Lazy-Gamer, stay safe and health!

naladraws 2023-06-12 19:22:45 UTC #47

1.my story has been boiling in my head for the past 2 years so i decided to finally draw it !! i made my ocs over the course of a month or 2 and it all just came together they alreayd had their own personalities.
2. What gave me the idea for my story was just life and stuff. Im always creating scenerios in my head and theyve started to catagorize into these charecters!
3. Melena and Lucas were supposed to date in the original story. I decided it fits better if he and Melena dont like eachother at the start. Also Brooklyn used to be really mean omg it scares me looking back

darkraptorq8 2023-06-13 21:49:36 UTC #48

New episode of our Action/Romantic webtoon, The Bloodline Nurse first episode is now uploaded

link : https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/the-bloodline-nurse/list?title_no=863206&webtoon-platform-redirect=true

thecrystalrook 2023-06-13 22:27:04 UTC #49

Hmm, sometime in 2001 if I remember right? I originally made it as an RPG Maker game.

Tenchi Muyo! Their take on space pirates was sick, and Ryoko was a fantastic character

Kaguyo's name was originally Kagato, named after...yup, Tenchi Muyo's villain.
Now the story is a mish mosh of inspirations from not only Tenchi, but also Dragonball and Star Wars.

stiatent 2023-06-13 22:29:18 UTC #50

1) Sickboy started as a videogame Idea after having a virus years ago (pre covid, cant remem the exact year)
2) wondered what if the coughs and headache from the virus had superpower attributes to it. Friends, family and colleagues would jokingly say "stay away with your virus", understandable too as virus slows down your daily activity. Because I'm a videogame geek I rem one day at home making a game in my head out of it to not get my family sick lol, as a fan of Dead Space and Resident Evil series then I was like, what if ppl infected by you turn into monsters? lol The mechanics of Sick Boy happened XD
Evan's Spit Swords were also inspired by bringing up cold when you have the virus lol

3) The characters that became Sickboy cast were in a different story idea, was more about demons, ancient pirates and gods. That old story got scrapped and the concept of the virus became the focus.

@harlan that's interesting Elf Noir was inspired by a Pathfinder Campaign and elven slum in videogame That's sweet paying homage to your friends characters too as both major and minor characters and yep totally the opposite, Arq is awesome