Riding a bike in the forest

I thought the first drawing was a little too realistic. So I morphed it slightly into what you can see below.

New drawing of a lady riding a bike through the forest. I was watching a movie recently and there was this scene that held a lot of tension. It was of a lady in a dark green forest on a bike. Nothing else. It stuck with me. I did a few quick sketches and then eventually came up with this.

Here is the initial first sketch.

Eventually I came up with a slightly different composition and went ahead with this drawing.

I don't think I am quite done here. I'd like to abstract it even a little more. I like the head turning over the shoulder and the idea that something off the page is menacing an otherwise breezy summer jaunt.

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