Phoenix and Cyclops
 

Hey guys, I'm working on this illustration for school and I need some advice. I had to take this sketch and ink and color it. I've got it all inked and am almost done coloring it, but I need a little feedback on the color scheme before I move on to lighting and shading.

I'm an X-Men fan, but I'm not really into the comics so much. If it's not in the cartoons or movies or video games, I probably don't know much about it. So I'm just wondering what color scheme should I should be using? I'm pretty sure Scott's almost dead on. I'm mainly concern is whether Jean should be Light Phoenix(green) or Dark Phoenix(red) colors. I just swaped the blue and black on Scott in the second pic for fun. I know it's not correct.

Also any other creative criticisms, suggestions, tips, comments, etc would be appreciated.

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I have to start by saying I'm a BIG Jean Grey fan and I really like both of them!

If you want my opinion, I believe you should go with the Dark Phoenix. I say this because of her stance and the little smirk you've given her. Both of these little things really scream Dark Phoenix to me, instead of Jean. Also, you've drawn her with a large phoenix symbol. In the comics, the large phoenix symbol was a sign that the Phoenix was in control, while when it was small Jean had control.

Again, great job! You've got skills.

Fantastic job. Looks brilliant, paired up perfectly, and those dark phoenix color choices pop in all the right ways to scream awesome.

I agree with everything said above.
There's also a trick with the lines you could implement to make them pop more on the outside border line, but I forget what that is since I haven't picked up a pen or pencil seriously for artwork in about a decade. Hopefully someone else could elaborate.

*edit* The second picture gives the illusion of using that trick. That's part of why it pops so wonderfully with the color choices.

Nice job you could try using the same effect you used on the phoenix hair where you use darker color on the outside edge and use that with all of it so it makes it pop out more.

IIRC in the 'olden days' the Phoenix would have a black triangle where the phoenix symbol would go on top of. Only Dark Phoenix wouldn't have the triangle back ground. However I stopped reading X-men back at the beginning of Astonishing when they brought Colossus back - that was such a retarded way to do it imo. So I think if this sketch was given to you then it should be Dark Phoenix.