Is this aligned right?

[akitsukino]

Composition is kicking my butt. For a cover to a comic I'm making l decided to go for a simple approach and only put three elements; the main character, her pet monster, and a silhouette of the monster she fights in the background. Everything seems to be drawn pretty competently, but nothing feels placed very well. For instance, I'm not sure if I should move the girl over to align with the monster silhouette, or move the monster silhouette over to align with the girl. If anyone has any tips or insight I'd appreciate it.

[IdiotWithPencil]

I say that's a very good drawing and concept, I think if you move the pet and the girl so that the space between them was in the middle it would balance the drawing a bit more cause for now you have too much negative space at the left of it, hope it helps

[UzukiCheverie]

lol I don't think it matters which one you move to meet which, just make sure they're centered Right now it looks like the monster isn't centered very well within the borders of the whole page.

But yeah, definitely line them up. Otherwise the folks over at /r/mildlyinfuriated will have a field day with you lol

[velldonnabarb]

I think your style is really cute. (Even the monster in the background looks a little cute.)

Not really related to what you asked but I think the girl's hands are a bit big for her body.

If you place one hand flat on your face, with the heel of your hand resting on the bottom of your chin, the tips of your fingers generally reach your brow ridge. As it is now, her hands are each bigger than her entire head. Shrinking it down will keep it proportional.

A visual example

I tend to make my hands too small, (all the damn time, sigh), so keeping in mind the face-hand proportion helps me a lot.

[cleo_san]

The cover is not bad at all, however, I'd try to play with asymmetry and/or some more extreme perspectives =) Let the monster loom from one side (like the upper left edge) so it looks directly at the girl.
Also you could try to "overlap" your characters, like letting the mascot jump/fly in front of the girl or behind her =) As an example:

The trick is to leave not too much space between the characters on a cover. Overlapping them means connecting them, it is easier to tell a story this way.
And that's basically what a cover does, a good cover tells the content of the chapter/story. The best example I have seen so far are @shazzbaa's covers: http://shazzbaa.com/storeDetail.php?p=13

I know making covers is difficult, I myself have a hard time making them, too, so just take your time, look at other people's covers and try to find answers to these questions:

• What effect does this cover have on the reader?
• What do I like most?
• What do I NOT like?
• Do the characters interact/overlap? If yes: how?

...and so on =)

I hope I was able to help a little bit and I am curious what your cover will look like in the end! Don't forget the most important thing ever: HAVE FUN DRAWING =)

[dawgofdawgness]

Hey! I like your composition idea
I'm no professional but it looks like you have a lot of empty space, which is probably why the placing looks off.
Maybe you should make the main character bigger? Or you can draw a more elaborate background so it doesn't look too empty.

[J.Z.Castillo]

I agree with @cleo_san. Try different compositions so it doesn't look so boring. I took the liberty of making a quick sketch cover using the same characters on your original one to show you how I would have approached it.

I followed a simple law of 3s: Small, medium, large.

I tried to stay as close to your original idea by making all the characters be centered but I thought that is a boring composition unless you are making something that is completely symmetrical. I broke that line by giving the girl a more dynamic pose so your eyes are not just making an up-and-down motion.

As for the space around the figures I would use that to add lighting effects coming from the phone to show this is a magical girl and to get rid of some of that space since there's only 3 characters on the page. I would also leave that space as a form of frame for what's going on in the center and to create islands to let your eyes rest.

I would make more thumbnails before nailing down a cover but this is a good start. Personally I'd try more things with her pet because I'm still not sure about that, but take my quick sketch as a basis to go from if you want. Hope that helped you out!

Edit: I just realized I didn't leave space for a title haha oops, I'm gonna let you figure that part out!

[cleo_san]

I followed a simple law of 3s: Small, medium, large.

I did not know that law tbh =) But I definitely gotta remember it, it's a very good advice and since I'll be drawing the next chapter covers soon I gotta remember that! <3

Also I like your version of the cover, the dynamics are very good and support the message of the cover!

As for the title thingy... I often tend to forget that a title is needed which leaves me cursing afterwards Best to make a square or sth like that where the title is supposed to go °_°

In the original sketch from @akitsukino the title would fit perfectly on the bottom of the cover =)

[scarlet_wings_kaili]

Another thing to consider is:
Where are you putting the title?
The title can completely change the composition, so keep that in mind too!