RAIKIRI

Raikiri is the webcomic I’ve been working on ever since I first taught myself to draw and edit.
It’s the ongoing story of a pair of sisters who set out on their first adventure and form a mercenary party, only to discover that the life they’ve chosen is far more deadly than they imagined.

Published work

The series is collected in paperback volumes and sold through Amazon.

My initial challenge was to adapt the webcomic to the page, which requires knowledge of bleed and margins to ensure everything is seen. There’s more to publishing than placing an image down and calling it a day.
As a result, I’ve become experienced in publishing work using Adobe Indesign to create fully realised products.

longterm storytelling

I wrote and drew the series myself, from the initial outline to the realised script.

The issue a lot of stories have is changing tone and inconsistent characterisation, which I mitigate by planning my stories far in advance; making sure every character serves a point and has a relationship with other characters, setting up plot points and foreshadowing twists.

However, I’m flexible enough to embrace new ideas.
I decided fairly late that a certain character would be more interesting if I revealed that they have a connection to a villain, so took the existing script and inserted a small tease for the future reveal without compromising the story up to that point and making sure it didn’t contradict the planned trajectory of the plot.

BURST WITH COLOUR

I have received praise for using colour and expressive characters to grab the audience's attention.

The trouble with multiple characters is having them stand out on the page, which I achieve by assigning unique colour sets to each character and using background colours that intentionally complement the characters shown.
Contrasting colours on the colour wheel make each other pop (Red on green, blue on orange and yellow on purple), to bring a sense of life to even a static image.