Art assets for fantasy visual novel

[Salem Orrery]

I'm the artist for a fantasy visual novel currently in development, titled Revenant March. We're aiming to release it sometime next year, but in the meantime I've gathered some of our assets for the project to show here. I hope to post more in the days to come as development progresses, as well as art for other projects. Feedback is always welcome.

Olenine, an exorcist and the protagonist of Revenant March.

Ennet, a boy from a besieged town.

Tanith, the leader of the townsfolk.

Seilana, a rival exorcist.

One of the ghostly soldiers besieging Tanith's town, and the leader of the ghosts.

[gekiganwing]

All of the characters that you've shown have white eyes with no pupils. Is this design choice influenced by the "blunked out" style which was used in the vintage Little Orphan Annie comics? (I assume that your characters don't have unusual eyes affected by magic / superpowers, glass eyes, or vision-related medical conditions...)

Eyebrows help a character become more expressive. If the reader can't discern a character's mood from their eyes, then you can always rely on their eyebrows to show expressions.

After looking at the drawings, I noticed that many of the characters are wearing either gloves or armor over their hands. If you find this easier, then this is a reasonable design choice. In the drawings of Seilana, I think that it looks normal when he's pointing, but when his hand is stretched out, I think that two of his fingers look oddly long. In the drawing of Ennet in which his hand is visible, I think that his fingers look unnaturally curved and almost claw-like. ...Unfortunately, I'm not sure what to suggest in terms of how to draw hands and fingers.

[Salem Orrery]

I do recall picking up the eye style from comic strips, though I'm not sure it was Little Orphan Annie. I've also tried filling them in with a solid color, though I was ambivalent about the results, since the contrast of the white was one of the reasons I chose the style. I'm hoping the eyebrows will help make their expressions clear, though.

Thanks for the critique on the hands as well! They're definitely not my strong suite. I've tried making some revisions on the two you mentioned, hopefully for the better.