The T.O.I. Soldier Project
As you may know from looking around on my site that I am a military veteran, but what most of you do not know is that I was in a combat situation for quite a long time, and over time I developed issues as did a lot of others like me. But I had something that everyone did not, a very active imagination that was well developed under rough conditions as a child. My grandmother past away when I was 5, My Tio (who was my father figure) past away when I was 10, my grandfather at 15 ..... you get the point. As a lost rebelling child I did act out but in the Fourth Grade our instructor Mr. Hunt gave our class an assignment for Halloween, to write a short scary story. I used myself and a few of my friends as the main characters and put us in a situation that we usually would not be in. I received a C on my project but more importantly it exposed me to part of my true passion, writing, so over the rest of my days before high school I worked on my craft but I found it helpful dealing with personal situations.
I used to write on a stack of filler paper until I reached Junior High when trouble seemed more appealing to me and it progressed through my high school days so after the summer of 2000 I joined the military. I did not expect 9-11 to happen, I did not see us going to war and I did not expect to stay there for so long but it all happened. I was a Satellite Communications Tech, when a soldier on the ground wanted to talk to their family they had to come to my terminal so I had the honor to meet quite a few unique souls. We all moved around a lot, some I seen again and some I did not but I like to think that, like myself, they were sent back to the states because their time in service was up. When I returned back to a civilian life, I will not lie I had a pretty rough patch of adapting back into life until I revisited my passion of writing and took it even further. I loved to create things with my imagination and technology has advanced since the days when I was a kid ... maybe I could start to make my world come to life.
I packed up all my belongings and moved to Los Angeles to start over, it was there that I received mental wellness from the VA and Volunteers of America, I worked very hard to receive degrees in Business and Video Game Design and I overcome my homeless status with my own apartment (not in the best neighborhood of LA but a win is a win). As I worked on myself I was making my world into a reality that I called The TOI Soldier Project, it was a fictional universe that I was able to share my stories to the world which was very therapeutic. Through my life experiences I have created universes, 350 characters, even more script outlines as well as started to put my idea into motion. My wish from this point is to offer this universe to other veterans to share their combat stories in a safe environment while receiving mental wellness and receiving financial assistance through the creation of Graphic Novels, Animations and Video Games. Once my process has been perfected on the Vetrans in the Los Angeles area I would like to start expanding to all metropolitan cities in the United States to better serve our veterans. Eventually the process will be opened to anyone that has experienced a traumatic event and could be something that can be used internationally, a man has to have goals. I know that my dream is big and it will take a lot of work from a lot of people to get my vision to the finish line and I am more than willing to put in the work because I feel that this is something that the world needs, understanding.
In conclusion The TOI Soldier Project is way more than just a project to me, it is something that has saved my life multiple times and I am not ashamed to admit it. Because of my world I was able to work out my issues in a fictional multiverse that allowed me to take my aggravation, pain, sadness, motivation or whatever emotion drove me to write in this universe and allowed me to explore the "What If's" and the "Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda" of my problems allowing me to be comfortable with the choices that I had made. Sometimes after a situation we wonder what would have happened if we had done things differently, but what we must accept is that things happened the way that they did and we must move forward. I really believe that The TOI Soldier Project is that tool that will help people start to move forward, but also to give a voice to people that we have left behind (physically). Thank you for taking the time to read this and I hope that in the future when I start to produce quality work that I start to honor my brother and sisters in arms through my universe The TOI Soldier Project.
You may be asking why am I willing to bare my soul in a story like this, why am I allowing myself to fight my personal demons in such a public way, because I feel that my story is worth telling. And when I say my, I mean not only myself but every individual in the world, some of us have been through extremely extraordinary events in our lives and if you are willing to work on yourself The TOI Soldier Project is willing to work with you (when the time is right).
I used to write on a stack of filler paper until I reached Junior High when trouble seemed more appealing to me and it progressed through my high school days so after the summer of 2000 I joined the military. I did not expect 9-11 to happen, I did not see us going to war and I did not expect to stay there for so long but it all happened. I was a Satellite Communications Tech, when a soldier on the ground wanted to talk to their family they had to come to my terminal so I had the honor to meet quite a few unique souls. We all moved around a lot, some I seen again and some I did not but I like to think that, like myself, they were sent back to the states because their time in service was up. When I returned back to a civilian life, I will not lie I had a pretty rough patch of adapting back into life until I revisited my passion of writing and took it even further. I loved to create things with my imagination and technology has advanced since the days when I was a kid ... maybe I could start to make my world come to life.
I packed up all my belongings and moved to Los Angeles to start over, it was there that I received mental wellness from the VA and Volunteers of America, I worked very hard to receive degrees in Business and Video Game Design and I overcome my homeless status with my own apartment (not in the best neighborhood of LA but a win is a win). As I worked on myself I was making my world into a reality that I called The TOI Soldier Project, it was a fictional universe that I was able to share my stories to the world which was very therapeutic. Through my life experiences I have created universes, 350 characters, even more script outlines as well as started to put my idea into motion. My wish from this point is to offer this universe to other veterans to share their combat stories in a safe environment while receiving mental wellness and receiving financial assistance through the creation of Graphic Novels, Animations and Video Games. Once my process has been perfected on the Vetrans in the Los Angeles area I would like to start expanding to all metropolitan cities in the United States to better serve our veterans. Eventually the process will be opened to anyone that has experienced a traumatic event and could be something that can be used internationally, a man has to have goals. I know that my dream is big and it will take a lot of work from a lot of people to get my vision to the finish line and I am more than willing to put in the work because I feel that this is something that the world needs, understanding.
In conclusion The TOI Soldier Project is way more than just a project to me, it is something that has saved my life multiple times and I am not ashamed to admit it. Because of my world I was able to work out my issues in a fictional multiverse that allowed me to take my aggravation, pain, sadness, motivation or whatever emotion drove me to write in this universe and allowed me to explore the "What If's" and the "Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda" of my problems allowing me to be comfortable with the choices that I had made. Sometimes after a situation we wonder what would have happened if we had done things differently, but what we must accept is that things happened the way that they did and we must move forward. I really believe that The TOI Soldier Project is that tool that will help people start to move forward, but also to give a voice to people that we have left behind (physically). Thank you for taking the time to read this and I hope that in the future when I start to produce quality work that I start to honor my brother and sisters in arms through my universe The TOI Soldier Project.
You may be asking why am I willing to bare my soul in a story like this, why am I allowing myself to fight my personal demons in such a public way, because I feel that my story is worth telling. And when I say my, I mean not only myself but every individual in the world, some of us have been through extremely extraordinary events in our lives and if you are willing to work on yourself The TOI Soldier Project is willing to work with you (when the time is right).
T.S.P. Basic Storyline
The setting is in space and it follows a family that has existed long before the big bang occurred, in fact in this reality they are the cause of it. They are still entangled in a war filled with a lot of emotion, action, art and possibilities with each character's avatar participating for their own personal reasons. Sometimes their paths align and at times they conflict but whatever the reason they react in a way that is unique. The world is revealed to the people of earth through a being named Keifer who is one of the current family members guardian (he does not believe this himself), but after so much of this world has been exposed to him it is kind of hard to deny the possibility. Eventually once Keifer comes out of his coma and his secret is eventually revealed to the world it is only a matter of time before everything everyone loved will be in jeopardy.
There is a lot of other details, scripts, outlines, wars, documents and other assets that are associated with this storyline but I don not want to give too much away. I used my own life experiences to form the outline of this alternate multiverse so this project is very personal to me, I used it as a way to communicate with the world but I have not published much of it. It was therapeutic in the creation process but I feel that this project can help millions and that is why I am trying to leave my introverted ways behind so that I can bring this benefit to mankind.
There is a lot of other details, scripts, outlines, wars, documents and other assets that are associated with this storyline but I don not want to give too much away. I used my own life experiences to form the outline of this alternate multiverse so this project is very personal to me, I used it as a way to communicate with the world but I have not published much of it. It was therapeutic in the creation process but I feel that this project can help millions and that is why I am trying to leave my introverted ways behind so that I can bring this benefit to mankind.
T.S.P. Created Assets
Everything that I have created on this website will have something to do with the universe, although my work is a little rough (I am not giving myself an excuse but I am trying to do what it takes 100's to do in a big company). I will continue to work on my universe and I will polish off everything that I have until I inspire someone enough to help me start creating a business, I know that I am a blessed person destined to show others that they have been blessed too.
But in order to better facilitate my vision there is three more additional pages that will be added to The TOI Soldier Project section dedicated to our Graphic Novel Series, Animated Series and our Video Games. I will do my best to keep improving the quality of my assets although the point of this website is really to inspire people to offer help with what they can, I have a big vision but I can't do it by myself.
But in order to better facilitate my vision there is three more additional pages that will be added to The TOI Soldier Project section dedicated to our Graphic Novel Series, Animated Series and our Video Games. I will do my best to keep improving the quality of my assets although the point of this website is really to inspire people to offer help with what they can, I have a big vision but I can't do it by myself.
The TOI Soldier Project's First Demo Reel
As I prepare my materials for a presentation sometime in the near future I wanted to create an animation that shows my world in action, to do this I chose to create a fight scene between a gray, white and black character set to music (I chose Tech N9ne's "Strange 2013" Featuring The Doors) The reason that I chose to do a song rather than to take portions of my scripts to animate because I do not have the equipment to record voices for my characters. I have been in contact with Strange Music and that is why I have not released the actual animation, I would like to get their approval before that day arrives. But I believe that one day in the near future that I will be working closely with artist that have been making their impact to their craft and hopefully use their work to enhance mine. Enjoy the slideshow, this is from the environment construction and first three seconds of animation in 3DS Max 2014.