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JosephB222 — Better Than Vader - Mara Jade

Published: 2008-02-04 02:53:22 +0000 UTC; Views: 21328; Favourites: 387; Downloads: 1702
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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

Day-dreamy [2008-02-04 11:24:57 +0000 UTC]

Wow, great work! I like the lightsaber colour

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JosephB222 In reply to Day-dreamy [2008-02-04 16:27:30 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. I googled magenta and found a few different shades, and since Jade is an imperial agent I went with a redder shade, but it still came out looking pinkish-purple, but I think this is close to the color they used for her in the old "Emperor's Hand" comic book. I really need to order that book.

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Morgalahan [2008-02-04 11:11:08 +0000 UTC]

wowy! Awesome work! I like! I like very much!

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JosephB222 In reply to Morgalahan [2008-02-04 16:24:50 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, I'm glad you do

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OccamsNinja [2008-02-04 09:27:22 +0000 UTC]

I wish they had that outfit in Jedi Academy.

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JosephB222 In reply to OccamsNinja [2008-02-04 16:24:31 +0000 UTC]

That would have been nice. The closest outfits they got to it would be a couple of the Twi'lek attires.

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PulsarZero [2008-02-04 06:39:04 +0000 UTC]

Ben: "Mom, why are you so skimpy-looking?"

Mara: "..."

Sorry, couldn't help myself.

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JosephB222 In reply to PulsarZero [2008-02-04 06:41:24 +0000 UTC]

Is that actual dialog, or did you make that up? Either way, that was good.

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PulsarZero In reply to JosephB222 [2008-02-04 06:53:51 +0000 UTC]

Made it up myself.

Thanks for the compliment, BTW.

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Roguewing [2008-02-04 03:30:46 +0000 UTC]

She does seem a bit full-figured for a younger Mara, but the face looks younger for sure.

Another excellent piece of work.

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JosephB222 In reply to Roguewing [2008-02-04 03:56:36 +0000 UTC]

Yeah. I guess I'm going against instinct when I try to draw thin females

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Roguewing In reply to JosephB222 [2008-02-04 04:08:28 +0000 UTC]

Could be.
Of course, she could have been....blessed at an early age. I grew up with a couple of girls that ran into that problem.

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JosephB222 In reply to Roguewing [2008-02-04 04:36:50 +0000 UTC]

More than a few of the girls and women in my family had figures, even in the neighborhood I grew up in. Of course now they would be called fat Stay strong Jenniffer (Love Hewitt), stay strong!

Especially after seeing what anorexia has done to some of my favorite celebrities. I swear I almost died when Jennifer Connelly lost her figure. And Jenna Jameson!? And I'm hoping pregnacy gives Jessica Alba back her figure.

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Roguewing In reply to JosephB222 [2008-02-04 04:50:07 +0000 UTC]

All for a figure myself. The current stick figure craze is disgusting.

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shadowknight109 In reply to Roguewing [2010-08-28 06:58:38 +0000 UTC]

Hey Rogue, your Dylan quote wasn't by Bob Dylan (at least, not that I know of); to my knowledge, it's the opening lines to "All Along The Watchtowers", by Jimmy Hendrix. Unless one of them got it from the other, somehow? I know it's off-topic, but I've heard the Hendrix song a ton of times, but I haven't ever heard a cover (or original performance)of it by Dylan; but I'll admit that I haven't heard everything Bob Dylan's ever done, so if I'm wrong, please enlighten me.

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Roguewing In reply to shadowknight109 [2010-08-28 16:51:53 +0000 UTC]

Dylan wrote the song.
Hendrix recorded the best version of it.
Oh, and it's spelled "Jimi"

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Eruantien-Fett In reply to ??? [2008-02-04 03:10:35 +0000 UTC]



Do you have uncolored lines? I'd be interested (as a personal project only) in coloring it once i get time.



By the way, Allegiance is a great book.

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JosephB222 In reply to Eruantien-Fett [2008-02-04 03:43:03 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for reminding me. I'm always forgetting to post the lineart. And please, feel free to post it in your gallery if you do color it, I'd certainly like to see it.

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BlueValentineRose In reply to ??? [2008-02-04 02:56:06 +0000 UTC]

awesome Mara and Vader and Wicket were my favs from the series two r dead and the other i don't know

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JosephB222 In reply to BlueValentineRose [2008-02-04 03:55:48 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad you like it.

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spottyskunk In reply to ??? [2008-02-04 02:55:59 +0000 UTC]

This was one fo the few stories I actually enjoyed the focus on jade. Well done, can't wait to see what else you do with it.

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JosephB222 In reply to spottyskunk [2008-02-04 03:55:33 +0000 UTC]

Yeah. For as long as Mara's been around, she's hardly ever been a main character in a story, not written by Zahn.

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MadElfTk [2008-02-04 02:55:45 +0000 UTC]

This is fantastic. I love the bold clean lineart and the pose. The lightsaber is drawn well also.

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JosephB222 In reply to MadElfTk [2008-02-04 03:54:04 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. I'm glad you like it.

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