Thanks, Dreaded Fist. I’ve taken some of your suggestions.
The sword-wielding girl is in fact concept. I don’t think anything from that picture (aside from the hair) is going to be in the final character design. Instead of a giant sword, ‘X’ is going to be using dual short-swords. Daggers may be used for backup, but I want to keep things simple.
Also, I’m thinking about using guantlets instead of those gloves. ‘X’ is going to be pure melee, so no magical items for assist. I may change her age as well. Heck, I might even have her go bare. I’m still playing around with ideas. I hope everything will be fleshed out by next week.
After that I’m going to move onto another key character. He should be alot easier to design. If everything goes well, I’m going to put in for vacation in about a month or so. I’ll have 2 weeks of free time, so I’d better get at least 10 pages finished.