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The courageous sloth and the sleepless prince

Year

2018

Tools

Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe After Effects

Role

UI/UX Design
Copyrighting
Illustrations

This is one of my favorite projects, as for it I did 2 of my favorite things: writing and design. The story present us a prince which was coursed to not be able to sleep and who needs to regain this valuable ability back, by fighting with a terrible ghost called CGasper.

On this adventure he gets help from an unexpected character.

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Headings – Princess Sofia

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Paragraph – Bellefair Regular

It is written on the sheets of fate that only the prince can overcome the ghost, with a help from somebody he does not expect.
Once upon the time, there was a mightful and wise King that ruled with kindness in his realm. He had a strong and smart boy of whom he was very proud. One sorrow had the king, though: the young prince couldn’t sleep at nights.

The king spread the word in the kingdom that he who finds a cure for the insomnia of the boy will gain great fortune and royal gratitude. There came the greatest scholars of all the lands and the most famous doctors, but whatever they tried, nothing could help the prince to regain his restless sleep.

And when he was ready to give up, on a cool autumn night, an old lady came to the palace and asked to speak to the King.

–  Great King, I know how the prince can be liberated from the curse of the sleeplessness that haunts him, said the old lady.

– Oh, mother, name the cure and I’ll give you everything your heart wishes for!

– My Merciful King, I can only help the prince with an advice, as he has to find the sleep by his own. And let him know that his sleep is not here in the palace, hidden among the soft pillows, but in the ruins of the old palace of Black King. Gasper, an evil ghost, has sheltered there and steals the sleep of all your subjects, leaving the poor of them to walk sleepless day and night.

– I cannot believe that the bloody ghost is harassing my innocent subjects! Order the immediate gathering of the army! We go to war against the wretch of Gasper!

– Do not rush with weapons against the ghost. You cannot handcuff it and you cannot cut it with the iron of the sword, as you would do with a human being. It is written on the sheets of fate that only the prince can overcome the ghost, with a help from somebody he does not expect.

– If you are right, I will cover you with gold when the prince is going to be back!

The next morning, the prince said good-bye to his parents and started his long journey to Black King`s castle. On the seventh day of ride, he found himself in front of a huge forest with old and tall trees, so dense that even the fog could barely make its way through them.

© Eugen Stoicov – 2020

eugen.stoicov@gmail.com