Joyride Concept Artwork - 1

Another side project set in the same universe as my witch university is Joyride, a one-shot comic I'm developing featuring Veronika, a joyriding witch who traverses the badlands on her trusty broomstick, and Romy, a shy solitary witch who just wants to get by safely in an otherwise unsafe town.

Veronika is your typical bad girl, who fell in with the 'bad' crowd in her adolescence and chose to embrace the bad reputation her poverty gave her, pretending she doesn't care to hide just how much she does. She's a flirty type who loves to tease squares. She also loves the open sky, and flying is her one true passion.

Romy is a quiet, polite girl. As a solitary witch, she learned magic from connecting with her past life rather than from studying, and for that reason she has no friends. She lives with an older sister in the badlands, and is an easy target due to how weak and defenceless she appears. However, she has powerful magic that sometimes bursts out uncontrollably. She is also terrified of flying, which is all the more reason for Veronika to take her for a spin.

Two girls riding the same broom isn't exactly an easy thing to draw, so it took me a few times to practice. Somewhere in the process, I created a more unique shape for the end of Veronika's broom.

Here is a possible front cover for Joyride. Veronika and Romy are in mid flight, with Romy staring down at the world below in a combination of fear and fascination, while Veronika is secretly pleased to be giving her new companion a good show. I didn't include patterns on their clothing as I am unsure whether or not the brushes I downloaded originally are free for commercial use, as I plan to upload this to Tapastic once I've completed it.

I like the flat, bubbly style so far, and don't feel it needs to have a great amount of shading as the look I'm going for is a simple, fun comic with a youthful feeling to it.