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"You were the Chosen One! It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not join them. Bring balance to the Force, not leave it in darkness!"- Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Painting of my favourite scene in ROTS. Yes, the one in which Anakin Skywalker gets flambΓ©'d.
Referenced from a Star Wars CCG card.I've realised that my greatest weakness where painting is concerned is - I depend entirely too much on preliminary sketches. If I have to do everything from scratch digitally - *especially* if it means painting from blobs of colour - I'm pretty much bantha fodder. So from now on, whenever I can, I'm going to force myself to do exactly that. (Uh, practice, I mean, *not* become bantha fodder). Even if it means subjecting my hapless watchers to crappy paintings.
EDIT: Fixed his damned teeth.
I guess 'Jedi' and 'good chompers' don't usually go together... Added a touch of sweat beads too, upon the suggestion of a friend.Obi-Wan Kenobi, Mustafar, and everything else Star Wars property of George Lucas.
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There's nothing wrong with his eyes! I told you when you showed me that he eyes were very much his. 
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I know. I've seen said original autographed piccy.
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Uh... I'll take your sudden inability to talk as a compliment.
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Yeah, sorry, the shock was too much. 
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Holy crap! That is so amazing; I am lost for words.
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Ewan Mcgregor is so hot. He was perfect for the part of Obi-Wan.
*snuggles*
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Well, he was certainly more expressive and convincing than any of the other characters in the prequels. His anguish when Qui-Gon was cut down, and during the Mustafar battle - that's great acting.
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Oh... just wow. If I had only an incredibly small fraction of your talent, I'd jump around for joy and paint Ewan for the rest of my life. This is awesome... the colors, and the emotion (and the Ewan), and wow. It's awesome.
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Thank you very, very much. 
And I've seen *your* drawing of McGregor. If you think that you've no talent, you deserve to be kicked!
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Oooh, lovely and angsty. I love the detail in his beard. Very nice.
"the *teeth* on the other hand... egads, the teeth. Look like an orthodontist's nightmare."
And the truth comes out; Di's frightening toothiness did not die out , it was instead passed on, all the way to Obi-Wan Kenobi.
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Thanks very much, Occy.
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How is using preliminary sketches a weakness?
Nice likeness and expression on him, I like the framing him on film too.
You Star Wars nerd.
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... Because I depend too heavily upon it.
I've never denied I was a Star Wars fanatic.
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You clearly haven't done enough art history class if you think you're too dependant on them.
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Art history class? *what* art history class?
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At the same time, the master of Florence, heavily influenced by Titian, would rarely do much prelim work beyond a few studies of stuff they weren't familiar with and would begin by placing colours and then refine it in layer after layer.
So essentially, it's just a difference in style. Venetians tended to get better form and greater attention to detail while the others would have more vibrant and captivating colours. Six of one, half a dozen of the other.
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Ah. My ignorance in art is astounding.
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I went to an art class once where the teacher told us before we drew anything we had to do at least two sketches where we measured out and counted everything to be perfect. Then the next week my mother watched a video of an artist sketching a bird from scratch, top down and he he commented, "Now we paint in the breast feathers, of course first one has to know how many there are." without missing a stroke.
Some people just have their material really visualized in their brains, and I am forever envious of them.
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Oh my gosh... I thought it was a photograph until I looked closer! You seriously painted this entire thing? Not that I'm doubting you, I just think it's amazing... I'm totally in awe. I can't paint digitally to save my life, so I really appreciate this piece of work! And it's my favorite Jedi of all time in one of his angsting moments... so all the more better!
I really love it! Definitely one of the best Obi-Wan paintings I have ever seen. And the film border is a very nice touch.
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No, actually I just happened to be on Mustafar with my digital camera.
Thank you very, very much.
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Haha... Well, Mustafar is a dangerous place! I've been there myself many a time... good to see you made it out alive! Oh, and by photograph I actually meant "screencap" but I see that you caught my little typo and found humor in it. It gave me a good laugh!
Hmmm... do you really think I'd do okay on a digital program? I actually have Adobe Photoshop and I'm currently learning and practicing cell shading, so it's a start! I'm still getting used to the program because there's so much to utilize. I'm sure it'll take a great deal of time before I can do advanced stuff, but I'm slowly making progress. My only issue lately is finding the time to practice.
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Actually, to a certain extent, digital is actually *easier* than traditional media, for two good reasons: (1) the eraser tool, and (2) CTRL+Z (aka 'Undo'), both of which I flagrantly abuse.
And any progress is better than no progress at all.
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Crappy? You can subject us all you want, I think that you've done a wonderful job on this. You managed to capture a lot of the emotion that Ewan put into Obi-Wan in that scene - one that I too love, even though the crawling burnt stump does tend to make me laugh while I'm still appreciating Obi-Wan in his angst.
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Crawling burnt stump - !!!
And thank you very, very much. 
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Fantastic! I love the film-reel border.
Your ability to convey texture continues to wow me.
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Thanks!
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That looks so awesome!
Great job
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Uh... rendering? Sorry, I keep thinking in terms of 3D renders and ray-tracing.
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By that I meant you drew it really well...I keep forgetting these new meanings words have taken on.
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It's okay, I got what you meant.
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Very welcome.. you have a unique talent..
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I dunno why, but maybe it's the eye alignment that makes me feel as if his face is a bit off...
But other than that. Gorgeous! The colour mood is just perfect. ^^ *Steals* >.> <.< *Runs away with it*
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Uh... yeah, it looked odd to me too, but I thought that was just me. And then you mentioned it... so I went and checked by taking the original and overlaying it on my painting. The eyes are aligned with the original (I guess he's just not perfectly symmetrical
Thanks for the heads-up, though, and thanks!
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Now that you mentioned it, maybe it's the shadows on the teeth too. But still, nothing too distracting. A very good realistic work. ^^ Meesa likes it.
And I love the beard!!! Teh hair...teh strands...teh colour...teh texture..........
Uh...yeah...getting too obsessive over Ewan now. Uhh..buh bye.
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More like... his teeth are all the wrong shape. 
You *like* the beard! I hated it!
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Shadows. Just tweak the shadows a bit and it'll be a bit more different. ^^
*Pokes beard* Looks real to me, ya know. ^^
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Er, okay, I'll try that. Thanks.
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Eh heh. Hope I wasn't being pushy or anything. >.<
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Nah, it's just that I couldn't make all that much out on the original picture because it was kind of small, so the details are kind of iffy. I'll always appreciate pointers that'll head me off in the right direction.
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Hmmm...what I actually meant was darkening the teeth that are nearer to the shadows, in a way. Might help. ^^ There isn't a bigger pic online? Maybe freezing the frame might help.
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