"Beyond the Veil"

So... I just sent off the pitch for this oneshot short to Netflix Canada and I have no idea they'll even be interested, but at least I have some stuff to show you guys!!

I actually found a bunch of unfinished comic pages in my sketchbook for this short story, from early 2016... like wow, it's been over 4 years since I started putting this down. The designs were quite outdated so I sketched over a few of them real quick.

Here is the final synopsis for the pitch: 

A witch is someone who is typically born with the ability to summon and interact with the powers and entities of the spiritual plane, one which exists superimposed to the mundane world. Jaime wasn't born with this intuitive talent, but instead develops this ability after an odd dream. She starts feeling things, "seeing" flashes of scenes and creatures from the Other realm -- a realm that she can barely perceive. But the trouble is less that she can barely navigate this side of the veil, and more that she is defenseless against its otherworldly residents... who all seem to want a piece of her. Even with guidance she finds along the way, her magic seems feeble at best. She is soon blessed with one hazardous encounter with a vampire, who attempts to violently possess her. But where she should have responded in fear and anger, Jaime asks her assailant in earnest curiosity, who he is. Taken aback, the demon finds himself wanting to know who she is too.

This is the beginning of Jaime's story about uncovering the healing nature of her soul, her magic, and her calling to heal a world scarred by abuses of power.

"Beyond the Veil" is more of a chapter title -- the working title I used for the pitch was "A Witch's Light." Basically, I wasn't comfortable pitching AWC in its entirety, so I offered up how the story begins so they might consider it for a standalone animated film. I think it's a cute little open-ended story, so... if anything comes of it, I think it would be very cool! I am not expecting much, though. I've never pitched anything to anyone before LMAO. Also, I don't talk too much about the actual plot/story of AWC outside of my Discord server so I think this is a nice treat for everyone here either way. :3

I hope everyone is enjoying their week!