Bump

It's easy to get paranoid when you’re tired

Pipes groaning and wind howling are enough to keep me up most nights

But the sounds that you know but don't expect make you freeze

A sound you know, a familiar one

Where you can pinpoint exactly what it is

Something distinct like glass breaking, or a pan hitting the floor.

It can make your skin crawl

Turn your spine to rubber

But in the dead of night

Who knows what could have made

That ruckus

Bump by Evan Leyden

When writing narratives, I tend to write either horror or tragedy. An unnerving experience is hearing the sound of a glass breaking when you’re completely alone. What happened is your first thought upon hearing that and this is the main idea of this narrative.

When thinking of using parallax to tell this story I instantly pictured a slideshow-like site filled with distinct drawings. A certain style of story telling I like to use is one that has 2 parts that are okay alone but come together well. The written aspect helps boost the background art, and the background art gives you what the writing omits. I used both mediums to their strengths and splice them together to create the project you see before you.

The hardest part of the project was making the sheer amount of distinct quality drawings. There are 6 main scenes, with a few having 2-3 variations with left me with a large amount of drawing to do to create the final project.

Overall, I am very satisfied with how this turned out. I had a great time crafting the different drawings along with the fun flavor text to go along with them. While it took a large amount of work, the final project is something I am truly proud of.