Aloha Guys,

for this weeks submission, I have created the "Basic" Story Spine and then expanded on it in the Video, so that you can get full context of what I have in mind. I've placed my basic story spine below the expanded one.

Note: art work is WIP and experimental (i'm learning to draw during this course). For now, my main priority is Story. Illustrations are far from perfect. Due to time issues/not being able to draw pictures fast enough, I have not fully illustrated everything I had hoped to illustrate for this weeks submission. The video however should give you a rough idea of where I'm heading with this.

FULL EXPANDED VERSION (script in video):
Once upon a cold snowy winters night,
Santa lay, next to the his deceased loved ones, pondering his purpose, and reasoning with his dark twisted fate, living now, in a world where people no longer needed or believed in the magic of Father Christmas.

Every day…
through his magic snow globe, he watched, as the people of earth slowly removed every trace of his existence. Feeling heartbroken, Santa wandered aimlessly around his home, reminiscing a happier time, when people believing in him, gave life to all in the North Pole, from his reindeer, to his elves to Mrs Clause.

Until one day…
He felt a dark presence looming over him, like a predator stalking its prey. Santa, feeling fearful, that his end was near, realised the only way to escape this feeling, and this lurking entity, was to find a way to make people believe in Santa again.

Because of this…
Santa decides, if this is to be his end, he’s wants to go out doing what he loves. Bringing Christmas joy to all. He want’s to see the happiness on peoples faces, one last time, in hope they’ll believe again. Day after day, night after night, alone in his workshop, Santa works his magic, to prepare everything for Christmas, giving it his all, heart and soul.

Santa fearful of what is t o come, wonders if he can change peoples minds or will this entity take him. Determined, he embarks on his quest. Without his reindeer, he walks thousands of miles battling the winter cold. He finally arrives at the village that hates Christmas. For if he can convince anyone there to believe, he can make anyone believe.

Because of this…
He uses his powers, to bring Christmas magic to the village. From lighting the village with enchanting decorations, to offering gifts, to instigating joy,

Santa wanted all to feel the Christmas spirit. Yet it was all in vain, no matter how hard he tried, the people ignored all that he done.

Defeated, Santa gives ups and cries. The entity stalking him, finally manifest into death. He accepts he is no longer needed and goes to embrace death, whose been waiting for him to break.

Because of this…
a kid, unknown to Santa and death, amazed at seeing all that Santa had done, runs to save Santa, throwing snowballs at death. Death in anger rushes towards the child. Santa refusing to let anyone harm a child, “dances with death”, using his magic to do all he can to save the kid from deaths touch.

Until finally…
unable to beat death, feeling even more useless, in his last act of love, embraces the kid to protect her. As the final blow is about to land, the ghost of Santas loved ones appear stopping deaths touch. Facing death, they gesture for death to go and he vanishes.

Santa, feeling touched, goes to hug his loved ones not wanting to let them go again. Mrs clause, touches his head, causing flash backs, making him realise, that his purpose was never to be remembered or to be believed in. She then point towards the kid, Santa seeing the kid smiling in amazement of his existence, finally learns, he is still needed, just not in the way he thought he was meant to be.

They say their final heartfelt goodbyes and his loved ones vanish. The kid goes to hug Santa and says “thank you Mr magic man, our village needs a guy like you”, Santa smiles.


And ever since then…
Santa no longer existed. Instead,
Mr Magic Man was born, who used his powers, not only on Christmas, but all year round to help people, giving them the same feeling of excitement and wonder as that kid had felt, when she met Santa, on his last Christmas.

The moral you ask?
Even if we feel like our life’s have no a purpose, we all DO have a purpose.

Our purpose in life, is not always what we think it’s meant to be, sometimes we just need to Look at our life’s from a different perspective, to see our true purpose.


Basic Story spine:
1:
Once upon a cold snowy winters night, Santa lay sadly next to his deceased loved ones, pondering his life’s purpose, in a world where people no longer needed or believed in of Father Christmas.

2;
Every day, he watched, as the people of earth slowly removed every trace of his existence. Feeling heartbroken, he spent his days reminiscing about a happier time.

3:
Until one day, Santa began to feel a dark presence loom over him. Fearing that his end was near, he realised the only way to escape this, was to find a way to make people believe in the magic of Santa again.

4:
Because of this, Santa got to work in his workshop, preparing for what may be his last Christmas. He travels to the village that hates Christmas, as if he can convince anyone there, he can convince anyone he exists.

5:
Because of this, he tries to bring the magic of Christmas to the village. But fails, as the people ignore all he does. Defeated, Santa gives up, causing the looming dark presence to manifest into Death. Accepting he no longer has purpose, Santa goes to accept his fate.

6:
Because of this, unknown to Santa and death, a kid who saw all Santa did, runs to save Santa, Provoking death, death goes for the kid instead. Santa refusing to allow a child to be harmed, uses his magic to protect the kid from deaths touch.

7:
Until finally, powerless against death, Santa embraces the kid. Before Death can touch them, the ghost of Santa’s loved ones come to the rescue, banishing death. Embracing Santa, they open his eyes to his true purpose. His loved ones disappear, and the kid not knowing that he is Santa, hugs him and call him Mr Magic Man. Santa smiles.

8:
And ever since then, Santa no longer existed. Instead, a Mr Magic Man was born, who used his powers all year round to help people, giving them same feeling of excitement and wonder as that kid had felt meeting Santa, on his last Christmas as Santa.