Project 4 Concept in Progress

I feel like this is better explained verbally than visually at the moment. I want to impliment the idea of three images together, but merge them into one with the use of transparency and opaque backgrounds. For example, the castle will be to the left, but the character in the center will be translucent to show he faces a different direction every time. The other idea I have is to be a comic book page, because that's much closer to a "visual narrative."

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