Of course the most important part of the Whitechapel arch is the Ripper himself.  Since the day Kalwa was started, it was always planned that she would come face to face with the Ripper, and designs on the character was practically a go from day one.  There were many inspirations for the characters design such as the The Scarecrow from DC’s Directs Alex Ross line, who wears an ominous bag mask hidden in the shadows of his hat.  DC’s Gotham by Gaslight design also inspired the character in which that version of the Jack the Ripper wore a bandana or at least some kind of wrappings around his face.  The Jack the Ripper from Assassins Creed was also pivotal in that that version wore a bag mask (the first time I had ever seen such a design from the character).  While the characters outfit has remained largely the same, it’s the face that has gone through many looks, mostly in an attempt to make him look scary and not give any hints to his real identity.  None of the picture below are the finished result, but rather many different tries at the design, little to say it’s been a lot.

Chief Golderand (as the text describes) is based off of Actor Gary Chalk. He’s possibly best known for voicing Optimus Primal in Beast Wars and Optimus Prime in some Transformers cartoons. However I was inspired by his role as the police chief in Freddy Vs Jason as well his role as the principal in Scooby Doo the Mystery Begins. I was looking at pictures of the actor while drawing him, although I made some changes to avoid capturing the actor’s likeness perfectly.

 

It’s getting a whole lot darker all of a sudden.

Special Halloween picture, Happy October EVERYONE!!!!

Kalwa’s outfit for Whitechapel is possibly the hardest costume I’ve yet to come up for, mostly because I didn’t know what to have her wear. When doing research on styles of 1880s, woman of that era all wore long skirts, buttons, and occasionally very fancy clothing. All of which I thought were deemed inappropriate for her character. I spent I don’t know how many months going back and forth trying to find some kind of outfit that would better suit her, and found nothing. I finally came up with the trench coat look after looking at some London scenes in the movie Wonder Woman. Although those are from World World 1 which took place a little less than 20 years after the WhiteChapel Murders, although the trench coat can be dated back to the 1850’s, so it would still make sense in this case.

 

Kalwa’s all dressed for Halloween as a sorceress with the phone as her perfect prop.  Finished product coming soon.