losing my marbles

So...Swallowtail got scrapped for comic book illustration (was having too much trouble with the story to be able to get it to work in time to work on the final for the class...but I still want to work on it on my own time), so I'm trying to develop another story idea that I had about a thief, a kid, and some jewels that look an awful lot like marbles. These are my character doodles.

I was too lazy to go get my sketchbook so I just drew on the notepad I was writing story notes on, haha.

Unfortunately Brian said what basically amounted to "This new story is just as problematic as the other one", but whatever. At least this one has a more clearly defined beginning so I can start drawing.