Comic strip images and design
Budget: $30 – $250 CAD
Two main characters. One is a 25 year old female names Jasmin. She is 5’7, skinny but strong, has read hair, blue eyes, and freckles. The second character is Matt. He is 25 year old male, 6’1 strong but thing. He has brown hair, a moustache and goatee and prefers to be wearing a hat. He has a nice mullet.
Page 1
Panel 1
Setting: A dimly lit, crowded nightclub. Music notes and chatter lines suggest noise.
Characters: Jasmin is sitting at a table, looking a bit bored. She's wearing dark jeans, a band t-shirt, and boots. Her date, a generic-looking guy in a button-down, is gesturing enthusiastically with his hands, but his back is to the viewer.
Caption: "Jasmin wasn't thrilled with this date."
Panel 2
Setting: Same as panel 1, but slightly zoomed out to show the bar. Matt is leaning against the bar, casually observing the crowd. He's wearing a backwards baseball cap, a dark t-shirt, and jeans. His mullet is partly visible.
Matt's Thought Bubble: "Whoa...she's pretty cool..."
Panel 3
Setting: Close up of the table. Jasmin’s date is walking away towards the dancefloor, and Matt is now standing near Jasmin.
Matt's Speech Balloon: "Mind if I steal a seat for a sec?"
Jasmin's Speech Balloon: "Uh, sure." (She looks slightly surprised and a bit apprehensive)
Panel 4
Setting: Close-up on Jasmin and Matt. Jasmin is looking at Matt with a curious expression, and he's smiling warmly.
Jasmin's Speech Balloon: "Jasmin."
Matt's Speech Balloon: "...Matt. Nice to meet you. So, what weird stuff is he doing?"
Caption: "They exchanged numbers and a few laughs."
Page 2
Panel 1
Setting: A bright, busy grocery store. Rows of shelves with groceries are visible.
Characters: Matt is walking down an aisle, wearing casual clothes. He looks a bit tired but focused. Jasmin is perusing the shelves, a shopping basket in her hand.
Caption: "The next day..."
Panel 2
Setting: Matt is quickly walking behind Jasmin, hand on his ear piece.
Matt's Thought Bubble: "Is that...? No way!"
Panel 3
Setting: Close-up of Matt and Jasmin. Matt has a noticeable black eye.
Matt's Speech Balloon: "Hey, Jasmin, fancy meeting you here!"
Jasmin's Speech Balloon: "Matt? Wow, what happened to your face?"
Panel 4
Setting: Medium range shot of Jasmin and Matt, both laughing.
Matt's Speech Balloon: "Let's just say, undercover security can be a rough gig sometimes."
Jasmin's Speech Balloon: "Undercover security? At a grocery store? That's hilarious!"
Page 3
Panel 1
Setting: The dimly lit exterior of a strip club at night. A neon sign reads "GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS".
Characters: A few generic women standing outside, Jasmin and her friend are walking towards the entrance.
Jasmin and friend's speech bubble: "Tonight is a night out!"
Caption: "A week later..."
Panel 2
Setting: Inside the strip club, Jasmin, her friend, and Matt are standing by a wall. Jasmin and her friend are both looking at Matt with smiles.
Matt's Speech Balloon: "Seriously, you guys came all the way here… for me ?"
Jasmin's Speech Balloon (with a wink): "Well, someone has to make sure you're playing it safe."
Panel 3
Setting: Inside Matt’s black jeep at night. Matt is driving, with Jasmin in the passenger seat and her friend in the back.
Matt's Speech balloon: "Drop off 1 and then drop off 2?"
Caption: "Matt drove them home."
Panel 4
Setting: Jasmin’s Living room, it’s dark with only the light of a lamp. Jasmin and Matt are both sitting on a couch, talking.
Jasmin's Speech Balloon: "So, undercover security, huh?"
Matt's Speech Balloon: "It's not as glamorous as it sounds."
Caption: "They talked until sunrise."
Page 4
Panel 1
Setting: A montage of smaller panels overlapping : Jasmin and Matt at a cafe, Jasmin and Matt going on a hike, Jasmin and Matt watching a movie, Jasmin and Matt drinking beer, and Jasmin and Matt in a car driving down the highway.
Caption: "For a few good months..."
Page 5
Panel 1
Setting: Jasmin’s face looks sad. It's simple, and in grayscale. They are breaking up in Matt’s apartment ent. Just too many things to balance in life
Caption: "She had to move back home."
Panel 2
Setting: Gloomy day, driving down the highway
Characters: Jasmin in her car driving home in tears.
Panel 3
Setting: Matt’s apartment, a gloomy look to it.
Characters: Matt looks solum sitting on the couch doing paperwork
Panel 4
Setting: sitting in an ambulance
Characters: jasmin is working, still looking kind of sad. Trying to be happy but failing at it.
Jasmin's thought bubble: "I just can’t shake this funk"
Panel 5
Setting: A crowded gym, everyone smiling, music playing, people working hard
Characters: Matt working out by himself, big headphones on. Focusing on turning his sadness into something useful
Matt’s thought bubble: "Just gotta stay busy and focused"
Page 6
Panel 1
Setting: Jasmin is at an outdoor concert with her girl friends, she looks a little sad, then perks up and sends a text
Characters: jasmin at an outdoor country concert with her friends
Jasmin's thought bubble: "I can just tell what’s missing."
Panel 2
Setting: A bar, not super busy, everyone’s drinking and laughing
Characters: Matt looks a bit sad but engaged with his female and male friend he’s with. Then his phone buzzes and he looks at it and smiles.
Panel 3
Setting: A deserted bus stop on a summer night. The air is thick, with visible heat waves suggesting summer.
Characters: Jasmin, looking surprised and happy, is walking towards the bus stop, Matt is near the bench looking at her.
Jasmin's Speech Balloon: "Matt, thanks for meeting me"
Panel 3
Setting: Close up of Matt and Jasmin, both smiling at each other.
Matt's Speech Balloon: "Hey, how have you been"
Jasmin's Speech Balloon: "good, guess I couldn’t stay away?"
Caption: "Some things are meant to be."
Page 7
Panel 1
Setting: mountain, both are on a hike
Panel 2
Setting: Matt and jasmin are at a rooftop patio drinking beer
Panel 3
Setting: Medium range shot Matt and Jasmin staying at a nice outdoor tent with a picnic table under the tents canopy playing cards.
Caption: "Glamping at its finest."
Panel 4
Setting: a montage of movie theatres, attending plays, going on runs, and phone calls with Matt’s mom
Page 8
Panel 1
Setting: Jasmin is in Matt’s apartment, her stuff is surrounding her. Matt is holding a box.
Jasmin's Speech Balloon: "Just until I finish school."
Matt's Speech Balloon: "No problem."
Panel 2
Setting: Matt and Jasmin are sitting on the couch, looking at each other smiling.
Jasmin's Speech Balloon: "So..."
Matt's Speech Balloon: "So..."
Panel 3
Setting: Medium range shot of Matt and Jasmin holding hands.
Caption: "And that's how they started dating.”
Page 1
Panel 1
Setting: A dimly lit, crowded nightclub. Music notes and chatter lines suggest noise.
Characters: Jasmin is sitting at a table, looking a bit bored. She's wearing dark jeans, a band t-shirt, and boots. Her date, a generic-looking guy in a button-down, is gesturing enthusiastically with his hands, but his back is to the viewer.
Caption: "Jasmin wasn't thrilled with this date."
Panel 2
Setting: Same as panel 1, but slightly zoomed out to show the bar. Matt is leaning against the bar, casually observing the crowd. He's wearing a backwards baseball cap, a dark t-shirt, and jeans. His mullet is partly visible.
Matt's Thought Bubble: "Whoa...she's pretty cool..."
Panel 3
Setting: Close up of the table. Jasmin’s date is walking away towards the dancefloor, and Matt is now standing near Jasmin.
Matt's Speech Balloon: "Mind if I steal a seat for a sec?"
Jasmin's Speech Balloon: "Uh, sure." (She looks slightly surprised and a bit apprehensive)
Panel 4
Setting: Close-up on Jasmin and Matt. Jasmin is looking at Matt with a curious expression, and he's smiling warmly.
Jasmin's Speech Balloon: "Jasmin."
Matt's Speech Balloon: "...Matt. Nice to meet you. So, what weird stuff is he doing?"
Caption: "They exchanged numbers and a few laughs."
Page 2
Panel 1
Setting: A bright, busy grocery store. Rows of shelves with groceries are visible.
Characters: Matt is walking down an aisle, wearing casual clothes. He looks a bit tired but focused. Jasmin is perusing the shelves, a shopping basket in her hand.
Caption: "The next day..."
Panel 2
Setting: Matt is quickly walking behind Jasmin, hand on his ear piece.
Matt's Thought Bubble: "Is that...? No way!"
Panel 3
Setting: Close-up of Matt and Jasmin. Matt has a noticeable black eye.
Matt's Speech Balloon: "Hey, Jasmin, fancy meeting you here!"
Jasmin's Speech Balloon: "Matt? Wow, what happened to your face?"
Panel 4
Setting: Medium range shot of Jasmin and Matt, both laughing.
Matt's Speech Balloon: "Let's just say, undercover security can be a rough gig sometimes."
Jasmin's Speech Balloon: "Undercover security? At a grocery store? That's hilarious!"
Page 3
Panel 1
Setting: The dimly lit exterior of a strip club at night. A neon sign reads "GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS".
Characters: A few generic women standing outside, Jasmin and her friend are walking towards the entrance.
Jasmin and friend's speech bubble: "Tonight is a night out!"
Caption: "A week later..."
Panel 2
Setting: Inside the strip club, Jasmin, her friend, and Matt are standing by a wall. Jasmin and her friend are both looking at Matt with smiles.
Matt's Speech Balloon: "Seriously, you guys came all the way here… for me ?"
Jasmin's Speech Balloon (with a wink): "Well, someone has to make sure you're playing it safe."
Panel 3
Setting: Inside Matt’s black jeep at night. Matt is driving, with Jasmin in the passenger seat and her friend in the back.
Matt's Speech balloon: "Drop off 1 and then drop off 2?"
Caption: "Matt drove them home."
Panel 4
Setting: Jasmin’s Living room, it’s dark with only the light of a lamp. Jasmin and Matt are both sitting on a couch, talking.
Jasmin's Speech Balloon: "So, undercover security, huh?"
Matt's Speech Balloon: "It's not as glamorous as it sounds."
Caption: "They talked until sunrise."
Page 4
Panel 1
Setting: A montage of smaller panels overlapping : Jasmin and Matt at a cafe, Jasmin and Matt going on a hike, Jasmin and Matt watching a movie, Jasmin and Matt drinking beer, and Jasmin and Matt in a car driving down the highway.
Caption: "For a few good months..."
Page 5
Panel 1
Setting: Jasmin’s face looks sad. It's simple, and in grayscale. They are breaking up in Matt’s apartment ent. Just too many things to balance in life
Caption: "She had to move back home."
Panel 2
Setting: Gloomy day, driving down the highway
Characters: Jasmin in her car driving home in tears.
Panel 3
Setting: Matt’s apartment, a gloomy look to it.
Characters: Matt looks solum sitting on the couch doing paperwork
Panel 4
Setting: sitting in an ambulance
Characters: jasmin is working, still looking kind of sad. Trying to be happy but failing at it.
Jasmin's thought bubble: "I just can’t shake this funk"
Panel 5
Setting: A crowded gym, everyone smiling, music playing, people working hard
Characters: Matt working out by himself, big headphones on. Focusing on turning his sadness into something useful
Matt’s thought bubble: "Just gotta stay busy and focused"
Page 6
Panel 1
Setting: Jasmin is at an outdoor concert with her girl friends, she looks a little sad, then perks up and sends a text
Characters: jasmin at an outdoor country concert with her friends
Jasmin's thought bubble: "I can just tell what’s missing."
Panel 2
Setting: A bar, not super busy, everyone’s drinking and laughing
Characters: Matt looks a bit sad but engaged with his female and male friend he’s with. Then his phone buzzes and he looks at it and smiles.
Panel 3
Setting: A deserted bus stop on a summer night. The air is thick, with visible heat waves suggesting summer.
Characters: Jasmin, looking surprised and happy, is walking towards the bus stop, Matt is near the bench looking at her.
Jasmin's Speech Balloon: "Matt, thanks for meeting me"
Panel 3
Setting: Close up of Matt and Jasmin, both smiling at each other.
Matt's Speech Balloon: "Hey, how have you been"
Jasmin's Speech Balloon: "good, guess I couldn’t stay away?"
Caption: "Some things are meant to be."
Page 7
Panel 1
Setting: mountain, both are on a hike
Panel 2
Setting: Matt and jasmin are at a rooftop patio drinking beer
Panel 3
Setting: Medium range shot Matt and Jasmin staying at a nice outdoor tent with a picnic table under the tents canopy playing cards.
Caption: "Glamping at its finest."
Panel 4
Setting: a montage of movie theatres, attending plays, going on runs, and phone calls with Matt’s mom
Page 8
Panel 1
Setting: Jasmin is in Matt’s apartment, her stuff is surrounding her. Matt is holding a box.
Jasmin's Speech Balloon: "Just until I finish school."
Matt's Speech Balloon: "No problem."
Panel 2
Setting: Matt and Jasmin are sitting on the couch, looking at each other smiling.
Jasmin's Speech Balloon: "So..."
Matt's Speech Balloon: "So..."
Panel 3
Setting: Medium range shot of Matt and Jasmin holding hands.
Caption: "And that's how they started dating.”