Iris and Maya - Comic version tests

Hey everyone, here's something a bit (very) differentfor this month.

I mentioned a few weeks ago that I wanted to make a "comic" version of Iris and Maya so it's easier to move foward with their stories, make those slice of life scenes and all that.

Funny enough, when I initially created Iris, she had a more "drawing like" look to her that was gradually replaced with a more realistic look. To be honest, the original intent when I created Iris was to make her more stylized (similar do Mandy from Dean Yeagle, and other similar comic/sexy characters from 90s magazines), with very expressive eyes and mouth.

But the idea wasn't really "matured enough" back then and I didn't quite know how to pull of what I wanted, so I simply felt back to a style which was more familiar to me, and made Iris more realistic.

Now that Iris and Maya have quite a stablished look, and I'm also much more experienced in painting them, it's something I can actually do now and be happy with the result.

This is a new style for me to work with, so I imagine it will be minor tweaks here and there and their looks will naturally evolve and be refined a little as images are created.

Not gonna lie, it feels really "fresh" to make something that's more of a "simple drawing" and less of the whole production I make for each pin-up/image I create. 

Also, keep in mind this will not replace Iris and Maya as future pin-ups, but it's something created to complement the characters, to be able to make comic strips of them, develop their story and relationship a bit more etc etc.  

So, long story short, I started with some basic expressions of Iris (based on images we already have of her so it's something I can use as reference for how her expressions would look), and how her body would translate to that style. Also there's the initial look of Maya as well, which I will make similar expression (and body) tests in the future.

Anyway, hope you guys like it!