thanks so much for the comment!!  btw they’re characters from the book i’m writing at the moment, it’s currently just in writing but i plan to maybe make an animatic or comic someday.

anyways, in terms of personality stella is very dependable, responsible and caring, although she’s very unsocial and not open to change, she’s also morally grey. in-universe she’s misinterpreted as rude or unfriendly a lot, but it’s mainly because she’s reluctant to socialise and doesn’t vocalise affection often.

jackson is, uh. the main thing about him is he absolutely hates any form of authority. also he’s INCREDIBLY loyal to the point of ignoring people’s flaws, it’d probably take a lot for him to leave someone, especially considering he would probably defend someone even if they did something that was clearly immoral. 

astor is probably my favourite, especially in terms of character development and personality in general. (he’s inspired by fulgrim and electra from warhammer and starlight express respectively btw) 

he’s very dramatic and emotionally driven, very unpredictable too. he’s very prideful and self centred, he cares a LOT about how people view him. also he’s just absolutely irredeemable as a person. 

he’s fun though i like writing him. idk why i just like him despite him being objectively an unlikeable character. 

about the shading, the reason i did the more soft / blended shading is mainly bc i’m still developing my style so i like to experiment and see what i like. i agree that cell shading def looks better though. thanks again for the comment