We’ve seen a few looks at this vengeful woman, but now you’re about to see one of my favorite pieces of her yet, done by none other than RedPear.

As always, we started with a few sketches.

We passed on these ones because, while they’re beautiful in a haunting way, and Isabella’s character journey certainly starts from a place of scary vulnerability, it’s not who she is at her heart.  She’s stronger than the things that were done to her.  And while a helping hand was offered, and eventually helped to guide her, Isabella is strong enough on her own that I wanted that shown.

Each of these looks at the character grew cooler and cooler as things went, but we chose a different one that showed her intensity in an even more beautiful way.

This sketch felt like a metamorphosis to me.  This was the moment Isabella stepped from her cocoon and determined she was going to go after justice herself.  It was haunting and I feel like RedPear was poised to deliver in the final piece.

Pear gave a couple options for her eyes, and I was drawn to the top option.  Isabella is still a woman, but there is also a darkness in her—which is perfectly natural considering what she’s endured.

And here you have our final version of the piece.  Pear always delivers, and in this case, it’s even more hauntingly beautiful than usual.

I’m so happy with the work that she did, and I’m very excited with the potential of more work in the future.  She’s been an integral part of understanding my vision, and I’m very happy with her interpretations.

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The two biggest characters are center.  Isabella is the newest member of the pack, and she’s been taken under Beatrice’s wing.  Beatrice shows her the strength in vengeance, and teaches Isabella the arts of combat, stealth and seduction.

The other members of the sisterhood round out the group.  From left to right, we have Faina, Eden, Sylvie and Anna.

A little bit of shading shows a bit more of our characters.  The Sisterhood exists in kind of a stand-in for India/the Middle East in Tellest, so there’s a lot of beautiful fabrics and body art displayed.

In full color, you can see everyone a bit more clearly.  I can’t wait to finally get the opportunity to work on this story.  It’s going to be a bit of a passion project once 2019 rolls around, I believe, but we’ll see what happens eventually!

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We always start off with some poses, and Hozure is always great about picking out a few awesome looks for us.

After that we moved onto our first sketch.  I never realized how much Isabella looks like a badass Jessica Rabbit until now.

Isabella is definitely a leggy character.  She’s tall, beautiful, and deadly as anything, but that’s due in large part to who she is, and who her friends are…

The background adds to this character’s darkness.  Though I would say she is a hero, she’s definitely not opposed to doing things that your typical hero would be averse to.  There’s blood on her hands, but she’s fair about whose blood she spills.

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