Back in December, I got a pretty bad fever, and I was bedridden for about a week. I had a thought about a mom who wanted a daughter and kept on casting a spell to turn her son into a girl. The spell worked, but he kept on hiding it. So, the mother kept on casting it. In my fever-addled mind, I thought this idea was hilarious and wanted to make a story out of it. So I made a very rough outline for the direction I wanted to take it.

I still had a fever, so I didn't want to make anything too complex. I decided to go with a single image on each page. One of the major influences for this is from a twitter comic about a guy who gets transported to a world where the female-to-male ratio is 39 to 1. (Read here) These types of comics are common, but it's what I was reading at the time.

I was also experimenting with different styles with the AI. I've always had a soft spot for manga's black and white, so I decided to go with that. I've noticed not a lot of people use AI like this because it's just as easy to do color, but I like the simpler designs, especially to make simple edits. The first name for the comic was Black and White, but I changed it because it didn't have anything to do with the story.

With an outline, style, and fever still going on, I began the comic. I followed the initial outline up until Kai left the house. Before, he went to Brandon's home, told both Brandon and Brandon's mom he had transformed into a girl, Brandon's mom gave Kai a check-up (she's a nurse), and Kai returned home, where Kai's mom turned him back in a boy. Kai's mom then gave him a bra where whenever he put it on, he'd turn back into a girl. In this version, there was no barber, and Brandon didn't follow him home.

After I recovered from the fever, I looked over the outline again and felt parts of it were a little lacking. But as a response, my output slowed way down. I couldn't do 20 pages in a day anymore. I added another transformation sequence (the barber) and gave Brandon more of a role by following her home. Brandon's mom was going to be very confrontational with Kai, but I dialed that down a lot, along with removing Kai telling her about transforming into a girl and doing the check-up (it just felt awkward when I tried to make that scene). I also didn't add returning to the barber until the last moment. I felt the payoff wasn't there unless she made another appearance.

Finally, I decided to leave it open for a sequel about halfway through. It was going to be just a one-shot, but it got a positive response and I came up with a few ideas with the direction it would go (like the magic system and wizards). Basically: Chapter 2 will be training to become a witch and Chapter 3 will go more into the conflict between witches and wizards. I try to keep it entertaining.