Love the Scenery, but the Posing? Not so much...

I'll say one thing for Dennis, he certainly knows how to research an area he's never been. He nailed the essence of woods in the Pacific Northwest and Southeast Alaska. But I think he may be too much in the habit of illustrating Beefcake and Babelicious characters. These is one of his first comps for the book cover photos. Time to plug the artist: BANE at banedarkart.com

The Wanderer is faceless in both of these because we haven't figured out what he's going to look like yet. But the ferocity of Ella Bandita's 3/4 profile was so much more powerful as just a portrait. And oh Lawdy! That pose! Too cool.

Here, she's in a huntress pose. But what is she hunting for? She looks very sexy, but the problem is she also looks a little too gorgeous. The point of the character is her animal magnetism. Here she looks like a supermodel. Or Michelle Pfeiffer in her prime.

I also don't care for it that the characters are not interacting with each other. What does Ella Bandita have to look so fierce about? Needless to say, I'm so glad I stopped Dennis before he kept going!