Unwanted Valentines:
Dune (1984)
Hey, hey, time for one more "Unwanted Valentine", a Valentine so nerdy and built upon jokes so corny it will surely result in many a break-up and divorce if you were to give it to a loved one. This time, it's based on David Lynch's "Dune" from 1984. I was tempted to go for the slightly obvious, more ribald reference to "You can ride my Worm anytime", but decided to reference "The Spice must flow", instead.
Even though Lynch disliked the end result, I always thought his adaptation was fun and visually brilliant (the monstrous-looking Spacer Guild is amazingly grotesque and my canon view of the Spacers). The latest "Dune" by Denis Villeneuve is also visually brilliant, but is something more clinical and missing some of the true grotesquery of Lynch (well, so far. We'll see what Part 2 brings). The first novel, "Dune", is among of my Sci-Fi favorites, and the ideas of the follow-up Frank Herbert series have a lot of great ideas.
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STEP ONE: Here are the digital blue pencils, done on a 2,000px x 2,800 @ 300dpi canvas.
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STEP TWO: And the digital inks, done mostly with an 8pt and a 12pt brush.
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STEP THREE: The colors were done on the layer below.
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Done digitally with Clip Studio Paint
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