Character Design #25: Sarah

Drawn this afternoon straight to ink.

This week I've been sharing designs for the main characters of my book "Fading".

Sarah here is the first character we meet in "Fading". She's a swamp trawler, searching for crustaceans to bring back and sell in the Southington marketplace. And it's her chance encounter with a wayward ghost that sets the whole story in motion.

Sarah began in earlier drafts as a random, unnamed background character. But the more I thought about her, the more important she became. Her part of the story is a counterpoint to what's going on with our central characters, Tom and Hades. But I don't want to share too much more...