Black Roses the Comic

An optimistic young man with dreams to be an artist and a fierce love for his family must decide who he will become once he is thrust onto the path of leadership in the dark world of organized crime and brutal war at the heart of the family he thought he knew. A comic by Olivia Margraf-Posta. Art and production updates every other Friday from the creator.

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Not much art to show at the moment, but writing is taking up most of my time right now!  I’m currently completing what I’ve been calling a pre-chapter- kind of a prologue- so it can be released all at once and be the introduction to the rest of the series.  In the meantime, here are some designs of Elisa as a little girl.  

When doing cast designs, I always like to include references of characters whose designs have been completed on the sheet so I can make sure the cast feels cohesive and also doesn’t look too samey.  Because of that, there will be a few repeat drawings up in the corners of a lot of these concept sheets for anyone who was wondering!  

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Model sheets for Fio and Fio as a cute kid.  I like to have a lot of images of what I want each character to look like and I try to keep ones that have something that’s right about them, even when there’s also something that’s wrong- like it the case of the image with the red x.  His hair is all wrong and the style is off from what I want to be using.  His face shape isn’t what his final design will be either, but as a whole, there’s something strong about it that I think speaks to who Fio is.  The expression and the eyes are something I wanted to remember.

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Panel and speach bubble layout tests and ideation for Vedette, Nico’s art Deco Belgian Malinois.

Sorry I missed posting last weekend!  I was moving.  I do think I’ll be posting every other week from here on though so I have more to talk about and post at once here!  Thanks everyone for the continued support and interest!

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Some background characters for a party scene.

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Concept sheets and a frame test for Lorenzo ‘Renzo’ Galletti showing how he will look for most of the story and also him as a younger man.  I wanted to make sure that his pale palette will work in the black and white format since most of the characters have much more black in their designs.  Who is he and how does he play into the story??  The answer to that will have to wait till the comic is released!

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Welcome!

Welcome to the Black Roses announcement blog!  Today’s announcement is-  Black Roses now has an announcement blog!!  Shocking, I know! In any case, thanks everyone so much for your interest in the comic and the process of making it.  Feel free to ask any questions you have about the comic or its characters here.  I can’t guarantee that I’ll answer all of them, especially if they’d give too much of the story away, but I’ll be taking time to answer questions in bulk on Thursdays.  Please check out the FAQ to see if I’ve already answered your question, and feel free to say hi even if I have!  

Look out for new announcements, production art and fun facts next week and into the future!