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Concept Micah Bell Art. I like this style so much. - drawn on ibispaintx

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I. Couldn’t. Resist. Drawn on ibispaint.

Our queen 👸

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My fav rat. drawn on ibispaint.

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Arthur Morgan~

I used a reference.

Drawn on ibispaint.

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Micah x Dutch x John

Had so much fun creating this one. Drawn on ibispaint.

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Jeff bridges

drawn on ibispaintx

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Violeta 🎃🖤✨

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Undead Micah Bell 🧟‍♂️

Drawn on ibispaint

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The moment he realized he was set up for failure...

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• Chibi Micah Bell •

It was fun making these. Im gonna use them for acrylic keychains.

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Micah Bell and his famous scar.

I used ibispaint.

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Drew Micah Bell again. This time only a simple doodle. I like how he turned out.

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I’m not a Micah apologist, but…

I think, all concern aside, Micah is an incredibly interesting character, and I’m honestly disappointed that we didn’t get to learn more about what’s going on in his head.

He doesn’t really talk about himself, not beyond the obvious. The only reason we know of his family is because of the letter Amos sent him.

He’s afraid of being vulnerable, and talking about his past leaves him exactly that: vulnerable.

The less people know about who he is, what makes him who he is, and why he acts the way he does; the less people can hurt him for it.

He knows he’s disliked. He’s lonely. He usually doesn’t hang around the campfire while the others are awake. He’s elsewhere, at the outskirts. When there’s a party, he seems to wander even further away, as if he’s trying to resist the human instinct to be in the company of others.

“Well, I… I want a friend, Arthur. I want hope. I want tomorrow to mean more than today. I want this whole damn shitshow… to have some kind of meaning…”

He knew that everything they did only made their situation get worse.

I don’t think he was much of a rat before Guarma.

I think he was desperate for some kind of consistency. He tried to get along with Arthur early on in the game, but quickly realised that it was leading to nothing.

No one is pure evil, no one is born that way anyhow, but being raised by a hateful person is bound to shape you into someone with just the same hatred and rage.

This is obviously a generational issue, this Micah isn’t a first case, he’s the third of his kind, and I can well imagine that with every generation the expectations got higher and the acts more grotesque.

He’s been groomed no matter how you look at it. Some people manage to develop their own will and step out, like Amos did, and others stick around with what they know, like Micah did.

He doesn’t know how to put that gun aside, he never had to. He was never taught how to.

He sticks to what he knows.

And he doesn’t know love. He doesn’t know empathy and mercy.

He knows anger, he takes comfort in rage.

He knows violence, and taking revenge on every little thing that dared to hurt him.

We never quite find out what he wants vengeance for.

Does he suck? Yes. Am I excusing his behaviour? No.

Am I still obsessed with his personality and feel the need to dissect his brain to find out about every tiny thought and doubt that’s hiding away in there? Yes.

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“VENGEANCE IS HEREBY MINE”

This is a short one but I feel like it makes a lot of sense.

The carvings on Micah’s revolvers obviously, naturally, pose the question “what does he need vengeance for”?

Micah isn’t the first case. And I think there’s a semblance of similarity between Micah’s case and the other case.

Let me introduce you to: Johnny Ringo.

I’m taking this dialogue from the 1993 western movie “Tombstone”.

“What makes a man like Ringo, Doc? What makes him do the things he does?”

“A man like Ringo got a great empty hole right through the middle of him. He can never kill enough or steal enough or inflict enough pain to ever fill it.”

“What does he need?”

“Revenge.”

“For what?”

“Bein’ born.”

Essentially, in some way, they’re just the same.

They crave vengeance, for seemingly no reason. For merely existing, because it pains them. Because they see no point in it. Because something’s missing within them.

Yes Johnny is my favorite. Micah is also one of my favourites. Everything in life is connected if you want it to be.

Watch Tombstone 1993 if you haven’t and if you liked the Red Dead Redemption storyline. You won’t regret it. And if you like it let me know.

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Micah and Violeta in Saint Denis

Finally was able again to do some pics I’m happy how they turned out

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Micah Bell

Art by me.

Feeling depressed

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Micah smoking a cigar

I’m so happy how those pictures turned out!!