Once upon a time on an Island called “Bora”, there was a need of young leader protectors for the island. In bora island there were 7 boys who were all living in different small towns who were destined to meet to become the greatest protectors of their island that changed the future of the island. Throughout their lifetime, the number seven would always appear in some way or form, people would often joke they were the lucky 7s. The way their team formed and worked was as if the stars had aligned their destiny together prior to their formation as a group. Throughout their lifetime, people would often be jealous of the boys with how successful and popular they were and just how much people from the island loved them. The boys never thought of how their lives were in a way predestined, they would have their ups and downs as a group but in the end, everything would always work out for them regardless of the challenges and bad energy they would face. So how were the greatest protectors of bora island formed?
The first member to be a part of the group was Rey. Rey was always a team leader throughout his life, he was the type of person who brought comfort and had a natural gift of being able to inspire whomever came his way so naturally he was the leader of the bora boys. Rey began forming bora boys with the hope that one day the group could become the greatest protector of bora island. So, Rey began to travel to look for his future 6 members of bora boys. His natural gift with poetry, wisdom, connection with nature, and way with words were what moved the island to love and adore the leader of bora boys
Jian was the second member to join the bora boys. Jian would be the oldest member of the group. Jian met Rey when he was taking a train home and Rey would encounter him and ask for directions to a location where Rey was really unfamiliar with. Jian helped Rey as the directions Rey was looking for were conveniently his direction to where he was headed to. Rey and Jian became instant buddies and Rey would mention Bora boys to Jian and lucky enough Jian was thinking of auditioning to a similar group of protectors for the island. Jian became known as the bora boy with the funny humor as he would fill the atmosphere with light hearted energy whenever the air would become tense. Jian would be a leader similarly to Rey as the oldest member but remained the youngest in spirit with his fun personality. Jian would grab the love from the island as he was viewed to be very responsible as a member even with his carefree personality
Agust would become the third member to become a part of bora boys. Agust was discovered by Jian who saw his artwork as he passed by the street where Agust was selling his artwork. Jian was impressed and gave Agust his contact information mentioning how he believed Agust would bring great talent to the bora group. Jian would be proven right as Agust would inspire millions in the Island to embrace their artistic dreams and encourage people to begin their own journey. Agust would bring comfort to the group as he would be someone the members always went for advice as he would push members to their potentials. Agust was the member who encouraged the island that even though stuff may not always work out the way you believed to have worked, there's always time and second chances in life to keep trying
The fourth member to join bora boys was Jay. Jay had been auditioning to several groups to become a member of a group whose goal was to be a part of the young leader protectors for the island. Unfortunately Jay was not chosen on the auditions he participated in, that was until he stumbled with Agust,Jian,and Rey at a restaurant and overheard them discussing their plan on how they would gather more members to join Bora boys. Jay was always an extrovert and filled with an aura of hope so he managed the courage and turned to the boys and asked what he had overheard. Jay became known as the member who radiated hope as he was always seen with a smile on his face regardless of fall downs the group experience which made many people realize how even though one may experience darkness, there's always hope and light in the end. Jay always filled the island with encouraging words to push help bring light into darkness
Jimmy was the fifth member who was discovered by Jay when he saw JImmy perform his dance abilities in a way where he felt a spark he had never felt seeing someone perform. Jay approached Jimmy and let him know how beautiful his performance was and informed him about bora boys and how he should consider joining them. Jimmy years later would help embrace other dancers to showcase their own dancing abilities and help gain confidence the same way the bora boys helped him gain confidence within his own skills. Jimmy inspired the island to continue their dreams and goals even when your art form may not be viewed positively by people at first but rather you must push to keep your art form alive
Vincent became the sixth member to join the group. Ever heard about being in the right place at the right time? And taking the opportunity to your advantage that the universe set out for you? Well that was the situation for Vincent. In short Vincent accompanied a friend to the audition with the bora boys. His friend encouraged him to audition too because who knows? It wouldn't hurt to try on the opportunity, he was already there. And that's exactly what happened. Vincent was a chosen member and his friend didn't but Vincent became an inspiration to many on how it's important to take chances in life, how sometimes taking a risk is important. Sometimes the talent you view as not enough is enough and viewed beautifully to others
The seventh member, with the addition of Jake to the group, was like the stars aligned perfectly to place Jake in the right moment for the members to meet him. Jake saw a small presentation of the group's goals moving forward to head towards the audition as a group for the young leader protectors for the island audition. Jake was mesmerized with the way the bora boys presented themselves and felt connected to them. The bora boys mentioned how they still had faith for one last member to join the group as it would create perfect balance between the group. Jake approached the boys that day and the rest was history. Meeting Jake, the boys felt that same connection of completion with Jake as a group. Jake would be the youngest member of the group but the inspiration for many as his age was a shock to how successful he was at such an early age. Jake became an inspiration for many to start their dreams and goals early on and not feel scared of their age and potential
Success followed the bora boys group throughout their lifetime, for many they were the biggest pride from their island as they did a good job representing the island with empowerment and encouragement for the younger generations to come. They advocated for important topics relating to self love,mental health,and much more.
It wasn't until their 7th year as a group together where people pointed out that the locations of birth for each member formed a number seven connecting though the island. Additionally many pointed out how each moon of each member during their birth was perfectly aligned with each other.
This wasn't such a small coincidence the members could simply just brush off, perhaps maybe it wasn't always a coincidence, it was just the universe and stars aligning their path for them in this lifetime. The number seven was indeed their lucky number and the number that followed their careers throughout their life. Like the members always said to one another “what a relief we are seven, what a relief we have each other” because without each other the balance between the success of being leader protectors for the island, would have never worked out without each and one of them together as a group. Each member brought traits and uniqueness that created perfect balance between the members.
For this project I created a story with parallax scrolling. Through the use of my images throughout the story, I tried to give my characters a sense of personality for the user to visualize while reading my story. Initially my idea was to link each character's story to their own page with the image map with the seven in the introduction section of my website. I changed my route and with the use of parallax scrolling, I was able to create a story visually where the story brings my character's together with the ongoing theme of fate/soulmates I have with my story with the imagery. My only biggest challenge was learning the use of parallax scroller but once I understood how it worked, I was able to style my images to fit in with my story