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Description I couldn't let the week end without doing one new pic for myself And since I'm the only one in the family who doesn't watch the Superbowl no one bothered me

Seems I'm in a Mara trip right now. But then I finally got a copy of "Allegiance" last week and I'm only halfway done (yeah, I'm a slow reader, lee'me 'lone!!). I especially liking Mara's storyline in this book.

So I wanted to try drawing a teenage Emperor's Hand Mara. I tried not to draw her as full-figured as I normally do.

. . . . .

I think I failed

But I hope I at least made her look younger. In the book, Zahn discribes her outfit like the one she usually wears on the Japanese covers, but I made the armor on her legs a little more stormtrooper-ish. She also carries a compact Blastech pistol so I just made a pistol version of the E-11 (stormtrooper rifle). And her lightsaber is Magenta.

Hopefully I'll be able to color it soon, I have a few commissions I still need to finish coloring, but this is definitely going to be the next one of my pics I color

*****edit***

Okay, I couldn't sleep. I had to at least come back and fill in the base colors

****edit - February 5th****

FINISHED!!!

I really tried to get some work done, but I quickly realized I wasn't going to be able to concentrate on anything else while this pic was left unfinished. So I just had to get it done and out of the way.

I did redo Mara's lightsaber to resemble the saber she's holding in the backcover of "Allegiance". As much as I loved my last Mara pic, I am just stupidly proud of how this one turned out. I wish I could've done a proper background, but I really didn't have the time.
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Comments: 75

Angelalex242 [2014-11-23 18:58:41 +0000 UTC]

Good thing Vader wasn't smart enough to bring her to Bespin.

Join the Dark Side, and you can have HER as a wife.

...Kay, dad.

And the Galaxy was doomed.

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S-O-G-A [2014-04-13 08:30:08 +0000 UTC]

nice artwork here.i love this one.

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HeroOfTengoku7K [2013-12-23 16:19:47 +0000 UTC]

I love it. The Emperor's hand is something to be feared

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Mystic-LightsCx [2012-06-14 10:53:28 +0000 UTC]

Oh, I'm probably spamming your deviantart messages right now xD Your gallery is AWESOME!!!!

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spectrum-sparkle [2012-02-05 03:41:11 +0000 UTC]

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Eat-Sith [2010-08-30 04:53:26 +0000 UTC]

Cool. Very, very cool.

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shadowknight109 [2010-08-28 06:49:10 +0000 UTC]

Nice work, man! This rocks!

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JosephB222 In reply to shadowknight109 [2010-08-29 07:54:01 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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DarthVandola [2009-02-14 13:41:01 +0000 UTC]



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ZandoranCelix [2008-08-24 19:21:50 +0000 UTC]

You have Mara Jade down to a science!

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lordCaedus [2008-05-24 20:24:37 +0000 UTC]

How come she is better than Vader?

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PulsarZero In reply to lordCaedus [2008-09-19 14:19:06 +0000 UTC]

With your user name?

I WONDER WHY

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Tenwood [2008-04-06 02:36:44 +0000 UTC]

Cool

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WickedPrince [2008-04-01 17:49:02 +0000 UTC]

I like it, very cool

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JosephB222 In reply to WickedPrince [2008-04-02 09:57:30 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

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FalconFan [2008-03-26 03:02:55 +0000 UTC]

I'm doing a sweep through your gallery, but I HAD to stop and comment on some of these--especially this one... Better than Vader, indeed! This captures all of our Mara in her Emperor's Hand glory--defiant, fearless, skilled and dangerous! Everything that she carried with her into her later life, and that served her well until...well... A beautiful and fitting tribute (and I really liked her in "Allegiance" as well! )!

FF

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JosephB222 In reply to FalconFan [2008-03-26 03:34:49 +0000 UTC]

Sweeps (or is this a raid? ) are always welcomed here And only Mara would have the gall to say she was better than Vader. And "Allegiance" was definitely Mara's book. I was seriously tempted to skip some of the Luke, Han, and Leia chapters because I wanted to get to the next Mara chapter

I'm glad you like the pic.

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FalconFan In reply to JosephB222 [2008-03-26 04:25:18 +0000 UTC]

"Sweeps (or is this a raid? )"



Well--MAYBE it's a raid! LOL! And YES--I LOVE this piece!

FF

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JosephB222 In reply to FalconFan [2008-03-26 06:24:36 +0000 UTC]

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RedWingsDragon [2008-03-20 15:20:26 +0000 UTC]

"Better than Vader" ......... In looks alone XD Awsome work here

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JosephB222 In reply to RedWingsDragon [2008-03-23 07:29:38 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, poor Vader just wouldn't stand a chance in the Imperial Beauty Pageant

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Mara-Jade-Fans [2008-03-15 02:32:36 +0000 UTC]

Fantastic!

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Revan-Ghost [2008-02-12 09:56:40 +0000 UTC]

She looks great and young, me thinks

PS She used to be teenager but her body seems to much adult

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Roguewing [2008-02-06 01:40:31 +0000 UTC]

Dang this looks good....
Did her proud you did.

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Dualmask [2008-02-06 01:21:54 +0000 UTC]

I agree with ZedderZulu, you did a great job giving her a convincing-looking leather outfit, and the action is tight.

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JosephB222 In reply to Dualmask [2008-02-12 03:55:12 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. You can't have Mara wearing anything besides leather

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Pwesty [2008-02-06 01:21:08 +0000 UTC]

Very Nice Joe, keep it up!

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JosephB222 In reply to Pwesty [2008-02-12 03:52:04 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. I'll do my best

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ZedderZulu [2008-02-06 00:37:24 +0000 UTC]

Brilliant! I love the detail and shading, in particular in her clothes

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JosephB222 In reply to ZedderZulu [2008-02-12 03:51:47 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

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ZedderZulu In reply to JosephB222 [2008-02-13 01:29:45 +0000 UTC]

'Welcome

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RBL-M1A2Tanker [2008-02-05 19:37:25 +0000 UTC]

You certainly did fail....in your goal. But not in the art itself. Tasty.

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JosephB222 In reply to RBL-M1A2Tanker [2008-02-12 03:50:27 +0000 UTC]

As failures go, this one didn't feel too bad

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RBL-M1A2Tanker In reply to JosephB222 [2008-02-12 18:48:27 +0000 UTC]

So if it doesn't feel like a failure...it must be...a success! WOOT!

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robokop [2008-02-05 15:44:53 +0000 UTC]

Looking great as all "your" girls do!

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JosephB222 In reply to robokop [2008-02-12 03:50:45 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

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robokop In reply to JosephB222 [2008-02-12 16:31:29 +0000 UTC]

You are welcome!

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OccamsNinja [2008-02-05 14:23:11 +0000 UTC]

Yay for glowy laser death!

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JosephB222 In reply to OccamsNinja [2008-02-12 03:50:40 +0000 UTC]

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Cali2007 [2008-02-05 13:31:23 +0000 UTC]

Gorgeous as alway. I'm really loving what you did with the hair!

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JosephB222 In reply to Cali2007 [2008-02-12 03:49:38 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. For me the hair always has to look good

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patronus-light [2008-02-05 12:56:11 +0000 UTC]

amazing work as usual, but i think you still need to work on your "teen" body, she seems too full figured unless you're going for a 18-20 range...

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JosephB222 In reply to patronus-light [2008-02-12 03:48:17 +0000 UTC]

Well, Mara is 18 in this story, but I do need to pratice on drawing leaner physique. Glad you like the pic.

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Druce-White-Owl [2008-02-04 20:55:51 +0000 UTC]

Allegiance is a great book, definitely one of my faves.

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JosephB222 In reply to Druce-White-Owl [2008-02-12 03:42:22 +0000 UTC]

I finally finished the book. Zahn proves again that very few can do Star Wars as well as he can. I definitely want to do a pic of Mara against the AT-ST.

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Druce-White-Owl In reply to JosephB222 [2008-02-12 05:18:23 +0000 UTC]

So many people bash him for his characters being "To perfect."
After Allegiance I feel like kicking folks in the nerts when they say that, poor Mara made so many mistakes and bloopers in that story. The only ones that performed their tasks well were the Stormies, and even they had their share of F-ups.

I have to agree with you, no one rights StarWars better than him.

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JosephB222 In reply to Druce-White-Owl [2008-02-12 21:46:17 +0000 UTC]

Well, in a way I agree. He's captured the characters perfectly. But to say the characters are without flaws then those people did not read the same books I did. At times Zahn does tend to have the characters think things through a little too much, which prompted the Star Wars/Tom Clancy comparison of the Thrawn trilogy back in the day, but even that was toned down a bit in "Alegiance".
I can only hope that Zahn will do more Emperor's Hand stories. Mara's certainly set up to be the Sydney Bristow of the Empire

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JediSonic [2008-02-04 14:06:14 +0000 UTC]

Now this is awesome.

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JosephB222 In reply to JediSonic [2008-02-04 16:27:54 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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JediSonic In reply to JosephB222 [2008-02-04 20:12:11 +0000 UTC]

No prob.

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