[ Posted by John_Stinsman on Aug 10th, 2007 7:47 PM ]...

I had a hard time coming up with what I wanted my next foray into creator-owned comics (in a looooong time) to be.

I had several older concepts, but none were exciting me anymore. Then I thought to combine two of them an add another Chapter to the 13th Hour saga that I had been working on the last 20 years. (Mostly in my head, but there's a decent amount of art I've done for it in the past.)

Or'Bella will be the final chapter in the story. Her story will bring everything full-circle. On her path, we will also learn where it all began, just as she does.

This was just a quick sketch I colored in photoshop, but I think I captured the "feel" for her with this image. It doesn't happen all that often that I have a "feel" for a character in my head and I can translate it into the character's look-- and face (mainly)-- and convey it as well as I see it in my own mind, but this time it actually seemed to have worked.

[ Posted by hicks_jl on Aug 10th, 2007 10:10 PM ]...

I like. The blood spatter was an excellent touch. I definately like the re-design to this character.