This is the art I received for my main character.
In a space-age afterlife where your body (and some relevant aspects of your mind) is determined by what your psyche wants, Chris Foster becomes a very young child again so they can deal with trauma. Here they choose the name “Solemn” and embark on their personal journey of self-discovery, mental health tools, and what it means to have real, loving family for the first time.
But when political activists kill off the seraphs (the afterlife’s demigod social workers and keepers of the peace) it is up to Solemn— who for non-convoluted reasons has become a seraph themself— and their newfound family and others who will fight to restore the compassion and dignity of this afterlife.
My novel is in its third draft and it’s super rich and I love to talk about it any chance I get. Ask questions or offer to look at the public draft, please! 💙
Sorry, it wasn’t meant in any negative way, and could have been worded much better. I can see how that would be annoying, and I’ll try to do better in the future 😊
I’d love to see the sketch work, curious how your vision of Solemn differs from the end result 🙂
All the characters in my novel are supposed to have very accurate body and face curves, and accurate feature proportions and shapes. It’s almost like anti-stylization in that area. In my head I don’t see a lot of fine detail; but the accurate curves and shapes help give the idea that the work is more adult and sophisticated; while the flatter semi-watercolored colors I see in my head really help with the science fantasy look and with the moodiness the work often has. Eventually I’ll get the professional artist who will capture this!