Edit: At suggestion, I expanded on the synopsis and made brief info available about my two main characters. ^^
So I'm currently working on a Manga-styled horror comic that I'm planning to post on here and (hopefully) at Line Webtoons, and I thought I'd get some feedback on what I have so far. ^^
Title: Oni Night
Synopsis: Keiko and her friends from their former student council have a problem. With high school over for them and summer's end just around the corner, they have only so much time left to spend together before the calls of university and careers scatters them across the wind! With that, they enact a plan to spend a week together out in the lush woods of Mount Emururu National Park! Even tagging along is Keiko's oldest (and troublesome) delinquent friend Reiko! This vacation is going to be one none of them will forget, with laughter, intimacy, romance, and summer fun as these kids give their last hurrah until adulthood.
...at least, that was the plan.
Unfortunately, this is not that kind of story. While enjoying the lake and trails of Mount Emururu, some of their party (with more financial goals) Will unwittingly unleash a horrific evil upon themselves and the entire park, one of unstoppable violence, and terrifying sadism. In the face of this horror, who will survive, and who will keep their "masks" intact?
Fear has a way of removing the masks of personalities we all wear, and who will be under that mask when it is forced away?
. Pretty much this comic is a send up to slasher movies of old like Friday the 13th, Halloween, and many more, but with several twists to the typical conventions and archetypes, besides starring characters you'd usually meet in a more down to earth manga. These characters will seem like you know where they're going personality and character wise, but as I said above in the synopsis, fear has a way of forcing off our "masks," and a lot of these characters are far from how they appear...
I'm working on it with a talented artist named Vinicious Oliveria, and over the next couple of months I'll be posting character sheets and seeking feedback on a few ideas. Chapter 1 is currently being drawn, and (given past webcomic experiences) I'm hoping to have a MASSIVE buffer made before I start posting given the detail and quality of Vinicious' art.
So starting off I wanted to share some production art of two of it's leading ladies, Keiko Shimuzu and Reiko Yamada!
Name: Keiko Shimuzu
Age: 18
Status: High School Graduate/upcoming University Student/Former Secretary of her High School's Student Council.
Personality Traits: Shy, submissive, very soft-spoken and kind-hearted.
Bio: Keiko has always been a passive girl. She usually went with the flow, never tried to stand out, and never tried to bring attention to herself. Hey only "vice" (to those around her) was her friendship with the rowdy and often ill-mannered Reiko. The two have been close since they were children, even when issues in Reiko's life made them being together complicated. Keiko is very studious and quick to play peacekeeper, which helped with her tasks as her high school's student council secretary. Although she's worried about how Reiko and her more straight-laced student council chums will interact during this summer vacation, she wants to make fond memories with all of her friends before they all split off to their upcoming universities and jobs.
Name: Reiko Yamada
Age: 18
Status: High School Drop Out/Tatoo Artist
Personality Traits: Brazen, ill-mannered and foul mouthed, fiercely protective of her friends.
Bio: Reiko is that girl that most parents would tell their kids to stay away from, doubly so for parents in Japan. But under the foul mouth, intimidating personality, and the lack of respect for typical social queues there lies a brave, but lonely young woman. Reiko has had a rough life, between her horrid home life and the nasty rumors that popped up around her over the years, Reiko has been formed into a tough and angry badass who doesn't bother caring about what others think of her. The only good thing she considers worthwile in her life is her friendship with Keiko, whom she's violently protective of. While she's not thrilled to be sharing a summer home out in the woods with a bunch of uptight "elite" school chumps, if it means spending one last summer with Keiko before she heads off to University, she's willing to reign in her rowdy personality...if only a little.
So yes, I would love to hear what anyone thinks about my upcoming project's story/cast/art direction. ^^ I will warn everyone that it will get violent and gorey (as with most slasher stories) so keep that in mind. ^^;
But thank you all for any interest/feedback on this project!