I'm not really a drawer - in fact, I kinda suck at drawing overall - but I do have some art in the form of Photoshop muckery to fling around (especially with my Design modules in my course), so I've signed up for DeviantArt and got me a few pieces up.
These two pieces are for a comic I've been working on with Rachel - I wont divulge all the details, but I will answer any questions about the concept etc if anyone is interested enough to ask.
Production of the comic itself will probably take quite some time, and so I've been working on these 'promo' or introductory images in the meantime to both get some awareness of its existence out there and to keep myself hyped up in it to work on writing it.
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This first image introduces what would probably be recognised as the 'main' character - certainly, she leads the readers into the comic. Her name is Codename: Thunder - or as she'll be referred to a lot more often as - Amber (I haven't decided on a surname yet for various reasons), and ends up with the power to control an electrical output from her body. Being fairly proficient in hand-to-hand fighting skills to begin with, she uses this ability in tandem with basic combat - hence one of the major thematic images of the series is Amber's fist sparking with electricity.
The fist is actually mine. As I didn't actually have any access to any female fists at the time for the image... So, it is kind of a big hand for a female protagonist - but I'd like to hope it's as gender ambiguous as possible - as the final logo design will definitely be aiming to just be seen as a "hand" not a "male hand" or "female hand" for various reasons.
Because I'm not drawing these as they will eventually be drawn, everything is very much 'stock' for now. The building in the background that is used to symbolise the Crescent Library - a headquarters, essentially - of the Crescent Warriors is very much just "a tall building" for now. In the final comics and art, the building will be a lot more stylised.
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This second image focuses on another major character in the series (one of the first four main cast characters to appear): Hawk. You can read the description on DA if you want the full information on his character. As far as the picture goes, again it focuses on key imagery for the series - the crescent moon, you can see the Library in the distance as the tallest building in the city and highlighted with a bit of extra activity on the top floors.
Hawk himself was pretty tricky to get looking right. The design for his character hasn't been completely finalised yet, so I couldn't be too committed to any specific hair style or build - but I'd say this sort of averagely well built body and short, spiky hair is what will make it through to the finished product. I tried to highlight areas like his arms, trousers and knees to just give the silhouette some basic distinction in his body shape. I'm not convinced it works 100%, but I'm not sure what I could do about it... so, yeah...
Featured in this picture is the concept of Hawk's 'Emblem'. Every character has an emblem to go with their names and abilities - and although when we finalise what we'll do for each character's emblems they'll be - obviously - hand drawn and a lot more simplistic, the basic theme of a Hawk or identifiable bird of prey for Hawk's emblem is pretty obvious. Amber's, for example, will be her signature image of her fist electrified and so on.
Soo... yeah, comments, critiques, feedback and questions very much welcome - thanks.
These two pieces are for a comic I've been working on with Rachel - I wont divulge all the details, but I will answer any questions about the concept etc if anyone is interested enough to ask.
Production of the comic itself will probably take quite some time, and so I've been working on these 'promo' or introductory images in the meantime to both get some awareness of its existence out there and to keep myself hyped up in it to work on writing it.
(Larger)
This first image introduces what would probably be recognised as the 'main' character - certainly, she leads the readers into the comic. Her name is Codename: Thunder - or as she'll be referred to a lot more often as - Amber (I haven't decided on a surname yet for various reasons), and ends up with the power to control an electrical output from her body. Being fairly proficient in hand-to-hand fighting skills to begin with, she uses this ability in tandem with basic combat - hence one of the major thematic images of the series is Amber's fist sparking with electricity.
The fist is actually mine. As I didn't actually have any access to any female fists at the time for the image... So, it is kind of a big hand for a female protagonist - but I'd like to hope it's as gender ambiguous as possible - as the final logo design will definitely be aiming to just be seen as a "hand" not a "male hand" or "female hand" for various reasons.
Because I'm not drawing these as they will eventually be drawn, everything is very much 'stock' for now. The building in the background that is used to symbolise the Crescent Library - a headquarters, essentially - of the Crescent Warriors is very much just "a tall building" for now. In the final comics and art, the building will be a lot more stylised.
(Larger)
This second image focuses on another major character in the series (one of the first four main cast characters to appear): Hawk. You can read the description on DA if you want the full information on his character. As far as the picture goes, again it focuses on key imagery for the series - the crescent moon, you can see the Library in the distance as the tallest building in the city and highlighted with a bit of extra activity on the top floors.
Hawk himself was pretty tricky to get looking right. The design for his character hasn't been completely finalised yet, so I couldn't be too committed to any specific hair style or build - but I'd say this sort of averagely well built body and short, spiky hair is what will make it through to the finished product. I tried to highlight areas like his arms, trousers and knees to just give the silhouette some basic distinction in his body shape. I'm not convinced it works 100%, but I'm not sure what I could do about it... so, yeah...
Featured in this picture is the concept of Hawk's 'Emblem'. Every character has an emblem to go with their names and abilities - and although when we finalise what we'll do for each character's emblems they'll be - obviously - hand drawn and a lot more simplistic, the basic theme of a Hawk or identifiable bird of prey for Hawk's emblem is pretty obvious. Amber's, for example, will be her signature image of her fist electrified and so on.
Soo... yeah, comments, critiques, feedback and questions very much welcome - thanks.
I really like the texture of the background, and how the flower is rather faded in the background. The text on the stem of the flower is nice as well.
" ... is one way I can interpret that new signature, lol. 
