I think it was always my intent for Orkesstra to be a kind of bio weapon/warrior - but my design skills were not up to the task in my earliest designs of her. It's only in recent years that I have honed those skills - making it possible for me to fully visualise my ideas.

Ever since I learned of 'The Guyver' I've always been very interested in biological/organic armour as opposed to technological armour - an interest in biological/organic weaponry stemming from the same origins. The Guyver is clearly an inspiration in this design of Orkesstra - even the blue colour of her bio-armour here is reminiscent of Guyver-1's blue colouring.

This version of Orkesstra introduced the idea of a detachable bio-weapon which could be used in addition to her non-removable biological weaponry. The bio-weapon is alive - even when detached from Orkesstra's main body but at this point I hadn't really fully figured out the mechanics of how this would all work biologically/anatomically-speaking.

Orkesstra is ™ and © David Nathan Dawkins.
Character Concept and Design ™ and © David Nathan Dawkins.
Artwork © David Nathan Dawkins.