Applied Illustration: Megacrit Feedback and Research

After the megacrit I got a lot of answers that I had been looking for.  I wasn't sure if moving forward with modern day characters was the right thing but there was a positive reaction to it. I left a note by my work asking people whether I should keep all 4 comics in the same time era (the fifties) or whether to span them out over more (each with it's own colour palette). Most people agreed that spanning them out was better. 
I also asked how people would feel about the story being slightly changed in order for Persephone to get a happier ending, again most felt that it was acceptable to do that. 

In my suggestions a lot of people put recommendations for movies that were adaptations of famous pieces of work. One was Joan Cocteau's Orpheus (1950) to look at so I could start to develop Hades as a character. I watched it and it was very tangible and I liked that it was in black and white because it made it easier to focus on the strange details. I knew I wanted Hades to be dark but with a fun loving side. 
I also looked into other adaptations, Brother Where Art Thou is an adaptation of The Odyssey which works really well. I also looked at West Side Story, 10 Things I hate About You, She's the Man and Baz Luhrman's Adaptation of Romeo and Juliet for some inspiration on where next to go with my work. 

People also encouraged me to try out gouache for a stronger colour than the current ink I was using and to consider composition, this included trying out ovals and various shapes to frame my characters.