Redesigning (standardizing?) my webcomic characters. Critiques and suggestions most appreciated

Sarah LuAnn

These look good to me, but it would be easier to give feedback if there were a few different poses for each character, to get more of a feel for their personality as well as consistency in design.

Chip Valecek

@art-of-b the lines look good, a little fuzzy but that is prob due to the compression of the upload. Most of my images uploaded into the forums get fuzzy. As far as the boys legs, they are short. Maybe if you lifted his waist up, i believe the waist should come around the middle of the forearm.

Buddy Skelton

I like the style. The boys feet look too small from what I'm seeing compared to the other character. Good start though.

braden H

@sarah-luann

Doing a character reference sheet for each character is probably something I should do anyways. I think I'll do that sooner rather than later. Thanks

braden H

@buddy-skelton

Thank you! getting proportions right is one of the reasons I'm trying to really nail down the designs.

Those ARE tiny feet XD

braden H

Adding a couple of extra poses/characters as suggested. Also kinda changed a few things already... (damn you, consistency).

Other than keeping character references, does anyone have any tips for staying consistent from page to page?

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jimsz

Looks good! Are you using photoshop?

Chip Valecek

I am not great at staying consistent, but I feel what helps is if you do all your sketching on one day, then inks on another and then color on another that will help. If i go page by page, i start to see a shift in how I am painting/inking.

braden H

@jimsz

Thanks! I'm using Corel Painter instead of photoshop. Weird choice, I know, but I'm used to the program at this point.

braden H

@chip-valecek

Thanks for the advice! This is the advice I got from the how to make graphic novels vid as well. I think the next chapter I'll definitely give it a try.

Jon Anderson

@art-of-b These look good and I really like the expressions. As for consistency part of the trick is drawing the characters repeatedly over and over instead of just doing a couple of character references alone. The more you draw and put them in different poses and angles you'll begin to commit the shapes and quirks that make up that character to memory so that it's easier to draw them when it matters. Keep it up!

braden H

@jon-anderson

Thanks! I suppose once I commit to drawing them the same from page to page the designs will kinda cement themselves.