‘Magical Girl Support Group’ comic - Visual Development
‘Magical Girl Support Group’ is a webcomic I have been slowly working on for a few months.
It holds a darker tone than other media in this genre, focusing more on how having teenage superhero soldiers would affect society, media and marketing, and how this would affect the teens in question when they discover that magic isn’t all justice and rainbows.
Poster 1 - i wanted a gentle, soft looking poster that was coloured with pastels but still eye-catching. Simple text, straight to the point.
Poster 2 - In contrast to Poster 1, I wanted this one to be much busier and aimed for a ‘hand drawn by a young teen’ quality. Busy, lots of textured colouring, with hand written text.
Development of The Meeting Room in Eyrith Town Hall. I wanted a moody, almost sinister lighting to contrast the magical girl aesthetic (as this better fits the tone of the comic in general)
Generic Monster design 1. These are made the resemble twisted and broken magical girls/super hero aesthetic - psychological damage type. Upsetting to look at, body horror/uncanny valley, mimics the cries and voices of the heroes that it attacks.
Generic Monster design 2 - ranged attacked, dextrous.
Generic monster design 3 - heavy attack. Claws inflict bleeding damage, slow but hard hitting.
Generic Monster design 4 - surprise attack. Disgusted as a normal Magical Girl, it cries out to lure in heroes. Once within range, it can rotate it’s joints to catch them by surprise, dealing damage when they are vulnerable.