Drawing Main Project Images

Here are some images that i want to draw inspiration from for my main portfolio.  I would like to some how incorporate portraiture, emotional viewer response, some sort of background design that incorporates images, text and color.

Questions:

a. what medium or mediums possibilities for the project

b. background layout, focusing on consistency

c. who will i use as models, and will they be live or from photographs

d. what aspects of the portraits will be focused around