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Witchblade: Rihoko -IN PROCESS

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Hey there! This is a drawing I'm currently working on.

The character is supposed to be Rihoko Amaha, daughter of Masane Amaha, main character of the Witchblade anime series: [link] I'm going to write down a good deal of spoilers here, so if you don't wanna know stuff before you watch it, you're warned.


In the anime we're told that Riko is the real bearer of the weapon, but due to her young age, the Witchblade chose her mother temporally till Riko would be mature enough. Although at the end of the anime Masane supposedly frees Rihoko from wearing the blade, this picture is a "what if" Rihoko ended getting the weapon anyways.

For this drawing my idea was to keep the anime-ish style of the character, but make the weapon more similar to the original design in the american series, which I prefer.

To explain this, and the fact that the Witchblade looked much more different when Masane was the bearer, I just came with the idea that the "extra properties" the blade showed in the anime, like the different looks and the extreme phisical break-down to the wielder's body happened because of Masane not being a legitimate bearer, but a temorary one.

I've tried to keep some little details from the japanese version, like the "breast plates" and the overall "skin coverage" of the armor, but the details make it not too clear. Also, I wanted to make Rihoko's body a bit similar to Masane as she's her daughter (even if not biologically).

I'm having much fun drawing this because I'm using it to experiment new techniques and try stuff on it, so probably I'll take long before I post the finished version. Sadly I have some exams in a month so I won't be drawing that often, but I guess in like 3 weeks or so I could get full time on it if I don't finish before that. :D

Enjoy!
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rozbojniczka's avatar
woah! O.O So genious armor! O.O