Booster Pack

For about six years now I've had a set of characters heavily based on some friends from highschool. Over that time, the characters have become their own. That is, they started off as humerus characatures and have, over time, taken on a life of their own. The original purpose was for a comic about what would happen if myself and my friends ended up taking on our own fantasy-style adventure in another world. I found this particularly amusing as my friends weren't exactly the perfect team for such a scenario. The comic became a subject of entertainment for people at school and I enjoyed making it.

At the time, I was also going through somewhat of an "anime" phase. As such, the characters are designed to reflect on various anime design traits that I found interesting (the big oddly-shaped eyes, giant implausible hair, etc.) and that is how I usually view them. Because of this, I've wanted to make various anime-styled animations regarding these characters. However, the anime style doesn't exactly lend itself to quick animations, so these small creations would take a very long time to make if I wanted them to look perfect. Another problem is, I don't want to be seen as an anime-obsessed person. Especially given that this would be wildly inaccurate. As such, I have been experimenting with drawing styles that might make these characters more "animatable" and also more visually appealing. 

Culture Shock by ~Draco-Ryo on deviantART

I'd love to know what people think of this style of drawing. b: