HK13 - Choosing the best-looking powers

So these are two ways of having the powers look in the comics. Let me know which one you like. I personally like the glowing powers because it looks like it's reflecting off of John Heriter (the right-hand side guy)'s face.

I'm having difficulty learning how to ink and colour my frames in Illustrator so this is a Photoshop coloured one. I don't like it because it doesn't have the same look as what Ihasnotomato has on his inked and coloured pictures. I think my main problem could be that I don't have a lazerjet printer. If you think you can help me then send me a message in whatever way you can. Meanwhile I will think of something to do.