I agree #2 hands down. Great composition & draftsmanship and the style just screams that it’s the best fit for the planned story. I’ll have to take a few minutes and peruse more of their websites... I’ll remark again if someone changes my mind!
Great to have you here and showing this process. I love seeing projects develop!
Thanks - that's awesome to take a look at their pages. I tried to select what I thought was the artist's best sample - but that too is subjective. :)