The Journey of Bunneh started with me playing the mobile game Pocket Build. Here I made small stories with screenshots for the amusement of their Discord server. Out of that one special character was born.
Bunneh The rabbit.

As a writer, I took inspiration from behind the scene from "Finding Nemo".  One of the reasons they had success with that story was the many many re-writes. What works? How could this be more fun? It is like molding a sculpture. 

After 2 years of writing and reading and studying what makes a good story, I found out something: 

"It is not the story, but the way the story is told through the characters."

An example of that is the first Star Wars movie that came out, episode 4, A New Hope. 

It is a very simple plot: An evil dark knight kidnaps the princess and has a doom device, a young boy loses everything and meets a wizard, and saves the world with help from some funny friends. 

How simple is that? Or is it? 

Star Wars is not simple. Every character has a solid background, and everything in the world has a huge plot, politics, and rules. But the great thing about how Star Wars is, you do not need to nerd yourself into that background to enjoy the story but you can feel there is more to it. Everything is connected. 

So I started to take my Bunneh on her journey, and every time she met someone, I asked the question: "Who are they, and where did they come from?" I started to write that story too.

Then I took the story from the top again to see where that side story or character would fit in the main story, still told in an entertaining manner without boring the reader with heavy lore. But it is there to be found.

After 2 years of writing and having professional friends to look over my shoulders, I started to look for an artist. 

After many good attempts, some not that great, I found Nathan McWilliams. We had crossed paths before and respected each other and I knew he would deliver the style I wanted for this. 

After another two solid years of working on the project, we decided to find a concept artist and colorist to help Nathan because we realized that this story had become a real product to be made. Not just a hobby. I have watched Chita for a long time. She is a stunning artist who is pleasant to work with and someone I almost didn't dare to ask. Luckily I did and she agreed to join the team.

Some good advice for writers.

• Embrace your input

It is your story, your characters, your vision, and your world, but you need to embrace the way the artists can tell the same story better.
The more alive your team is, the more alive your story will be told.

Hello! I'm Nathan McWilliams,

I've been drawing and creating throughout my entire life, but only within the last five years have I been taking it seriously. I'm very passionate about my craft and am always finding new ways to push myself. Passion drives me to put as much effort as I can in every project I work on.

For the last three years I've been drawing and writing my own series Dragon Sparking, an endeavor I'd been planning for almost two decades. And then...Jens Richard approached me about Bunneh. I've got a few experiences I'd like to share, because this is something that changed how I viewed not only myself, but also how to work with others.

Number 1 is that I was absolutely floored when Jens approached me to do this project. I had seen him searching for collaboration partners throughout the years on the forums. I was tempted the first couple times to say something. Only I didn't. And why? I'm a nobody in the webcomic world. Had nothing to offer, really, I was just muddling around with my own comic and hoping it went places.

But...see...what other people see in you is different from what you see in yourself. And this became evident as someone sought me out.

Number 2, I joined up with Jens in 2019, and the ride has been wild, this is probably the biggest project I've taken on. It's been challenging sometimes, as anything worthwhile usually is. But I've come out the other side stronger for it, can't wait to see what the rest of the years holds.