Aidan Manus

Despite the fact that, in general, the comic will be consisting of black and white pages, it was still a good idea to put careful thought into the color choices for the Thirdstar cast. It definitely helps to paint a better picture of things.

When deciding on color choices, Conor and I took into consideration several things:

1. Do the colors compliment their personality?
2. Do the colors work well with the colors of other characters?
3. Do the colors help each character stand out?
4. Are the colors wicked sweet?

The first three were our main concern for the most part, so we concentrated on those. For Aidan, who's a rambunctious little guy by nature of his age, we wanted to go with bright, warm colors (by "warm" meaning reds, yellows, oranges, etc.).

After coming up with some of the finalized colors (as seen in the image with the text), we opted for an alternate shirt color. The final color scheme is his red shirt.

Model Citizen

Last but not least we have Meixiu Yu. Aka "Mei" or "May". She's Allie's right-hand-woman, her confidant. She's an ex-model, and also the same species as Sunny, with the four arms and such.

Up next, finalized colors for the kids and the adults. After that, a round of sketches for the supporting cast of characters.

SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!!!

Here we have Iristia "Iris" Skaala. She's a bubbly sort of personality, and a bit on the pudgy side, but no less pleasant for it. I admire that.

Robot Rock

This guy goes by the name of Ondrew "Trivvy" Bachor. A toughie to pin colors on but I think the end result worked out nicely.

Stone Cold Cuts

Deft Goro. AKA "The Aegis" AKA "Sarge". This guy's an ex-military leader who gave up the combat life for something simpler and is now Thirdstar's chef. He's a rock-like species like Effy, although made from a lot tougher stuff. Regardless, Deft still has a soft spot in his heart for the kids.

Color Tests: Back in Action

First of the Adult cast is Althea Damalis. Also called "Allie". She's of the same species as Lenny. She's also the boss of the Thirdstar and originally got the place up and running.

Sketches Part Deux

And the rest of the cast. Up next, more color tests.