How do these characters look, and how interesting is this concept for a graphic novel I'm drafting now?"When a serial killer starts targeting the wealthy and powerful, Harley Bailey, aspiring entrepreneur and fast-food cashier, throws himself into the investigation."
also heres the inks, cause im not 100% in love with my coloring there
>>153972381I think the art style works fine. Though I must ask is Harley Bailey a potential target or do they know someone wealthy that might be at risk/got killed?
>>153972430Basically the killer is gonna take an interest in him, and frame him for some or all of the killings. Killer wants to make it look like a kind of revolution from the downtrodden of society against the elite. Im trying to fill this out, but he wants to kill Harley too, as him dying in a suspicious way, while on the run from the police, is only going to fuel conspiracy theories. He'll basically teamup, with the sister in the second act, trying to find Hayley, while also falling in love with her. She doesnt know this "journalist" shes with, is just using her to find and kill her brother
Looks cool
>>153972381I think the lighting needs to be more dramatic, there's plenty of room for large areas of total black in the shadows here, and blown out highlights.
>>153972381This peacock is not vibrant enough for my liking, but I think that is just the limitations of the style - everything is kind of lacking in vibrancy.
>>153972655>>153972694Actual comic should be more vibrant with more "normal" colors. I just wanted to try something more cinematic with this, and was really just color picking from scenes in Fight ClubDid this scene in picrel and below about a year ago, then worked on other comics since in order to improvehttps://imgur.com/a/golden-soil-scene-2-practise-IsYbLxo
The two blondes when coloured could stand to be more distinct from each other. Even if those characters are siblings you want them to be immediately identifiable at a glance.Also, somewhat reminiscent in style to Attack on Titan or Liar Game, or that general design idea at least. Where the purpose of the facial features was to describe the people as potentially sinister. Dunno if that's the intention.Also, I dunno about that name if that's your main character.
>>153972381Art is good enough, but I’d be wary of leaning too far into the “drawn by an edgy teenager” aesthetic, what with the broody pretty boy MC. Also Harely Bailey is a genuinely terrible name. Change that before trying to publish anything.>>153972387The colors were fine, but it’s the shading that really makes or breaks a render. I can’t give advice on how to do that, but I know what looks good and what doesn’t. The lighting in your colored drawing is too flat for he environment, and it’s too bright for the mood you seem to be going for.
>>153973042Yeah last thing I want is for it to be edgy and miserable. Im trying to write it to be realistic, with some absurdity with how some of the animals are drawn, like stupid background stuff like picrel>>153972878>>153973042also yeah to me right now the MC, is just still the blonde guy, so Ive gotta think of a proper name, just sorta game him that a while ago
>>153974421>empower women, with a literal pig
>>153972381>BBW Bearlady
Others are right about the lighting being off, but as long as the story is good, id read it
