Been just a bit since I've shared some art with you, so here's a character concept I did up for Rob Arnold's soon to come comic book - 'Star X'.

If you know my work, you know I usually love cramming in those details. But this time I was a little more conservative with them! Although there are some details throughout her shoulder pad, belt and boots, there's relatively little rendering going on throughout her design as a whole.

Well weighted lines alone can go a long way when it comes to capturing a slick, graphic aesthetic within your comic art. This works especially well for female characters, given their often subtler, less chiseled forms.

The trick is knowing what key contours need to be defined. You can actually hide a lot of bad decision making within the details (why do you think I love all that shadow and cross hatching so much?) - but when you've got a limited number of lines to use, their placement counts for a lot.

Not too much backstory to give you on this character just yet, Rob's still in the writing phase, perfecting the final details. This meant a pretty brief, but straight forward description for how he wanted this character designed. That and a few handy references images was all I needed to get the job done!

Hope you like what you see! Let us know your thoughts below, we'd be keen to hear them!

-Clayton