WIP: "Superhero" for August Critique Arena, rough sketches - feedback welcome!

[Rebecca Jensen]

Here's some rough sketches for my August Critique Arena submission, for "Design a Superhero: Draw a character sheet of your original human superhero". I would be super appreciative of feedback, particularly while still in this 'rough' stage! Happy to hear any feedback, but in particular, I'm wondering:

• Do her powers make sense to you?
• Do you think the trampoline scene is "too much" for a character sheet?
  --My thinking was to show her using her powers for heroism, as opposed to just showing that she has powers. But character design can indicate heroic traits too... so I wonder if I'm overdoing it (especially with a whole secondary character!)
• Does she seem unique, appealing, interesting, fun? I worry that she seems a bit plain.

And finally, more generally:

• How are ya'll interpreting "character sheet"? I feel like it could go a more formal way, with character turn-arounds (front, 3/4, side, back views), or more playful by showing various action poses and annotating important features. There's no call out to do a turn-around in the description, but it does say "character sheet", which is a bit different for Critique Arena than the usual "tell a story".

[Asyas_illos]

@Rebecca-Jensen in past character design prompts they asked for 3/4 front and 3/4 back, running/jumping, sitting, and a close up. So that’s what I did for mine. I imagine once the post the current prompt on the website it will give specific instructions.

[Griffin McPherson]

The trampoline might be too much and I'm not quite sure what the other poses are showing. I'm not participating this month but this seems like a really tough prompt. Personally I wouldn't worry about conveying the characters superpowers, just make them look like an amazing and fun superhero. I say just go all in on the design and don't worry about what the powers are so much

[Asyas_illos]

@Rebecca-Jensen the requirements are up on the critique arena website now if I remember correctly it’s 3/4 neutral front 3/4 neutral back, running/walking, a close up and a superhero pose.

[Meekipink]

So cool! So she's like the Green Lantern with the ability to materialise any object she can think of? That would make for an interesting character sheet!

I was thinking the same as you, but thankfully the Critique Arena promt says we can include an "action" pose, so it won't just a hero standing there doing nothing. I'm not sure if you'll have the space to add additional characters though, so yeah the trampoline might be too much.