I’m considering adding a digital inking stage to the web comic to clean it up. I’m defiantly trying to refine the shading too. I’ve never really worked in a high contrast style like this so each strip is gonna be a little different until I figure out what I like and what I don’t. I already figured out that I don’t like the heavy shadows on the face and skin. I tried to use a light grey on the skin in the last one to supplement the black but i think that’s what’s causing the dirty muddy sense you’re mentioning.

I should have this all figured out in the next few strips. I’d love it if you’d comment again in a week or two and let me know what you think of the transition.

Thanks again. :-)

I know this is supposed to be “shaded areas,” but a bunch of heavily shaded people in front of a white background don’t look shady. They mostly look… Muddy.

The strips you were doing before were mostly bright-colored–and in fact had very little shading–but they were still every bit as dark as you were going for. The dialogue (which is awesome–I wouldn’t be bothering to critique you if the strip weren’t worth it) and the cynical expressions on everyone’s faces did that. You don’t need a lot of literal shading to make the strip feel shaded.

Particularly not when it makes the hot chicks look like they’ve been wrestling in the mud.

I’m very excited this has come together so well :)