Merry Sithmas - Kylo Ren

MERRY SITHMAS!

Here's the final one in the set, featuring Kylo Ren (that's right, I can beat a joke into the ground with the best of 'em).  And, yes, I saw the movie on opening day... I would have lost all my precious, precious nerd cred if I hadn't, and they would have made me turn in my badge and secret decoder ring, no doubt.  :-)

I won't spoil anything other than to say if you like the Original Trilogy, you will probably like Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens.  (SPOILERS!  There is a new "Star Wars" movie out!)

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STEP ONE:  Again, I used actual pencils on copy paper for the under drawing and extended the drawing (and holly) digitally.  I did a half-image, then duplicated and flipped it horizontally to save some time and to make sure it stayed symmetrical.  The image is 900px x 1260px.

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STEP TWO:  The image was then inked digitally using a 5px brush for the most part.

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STEP THREE:  I created a MULTIPLY Layer to colorize the drawing, and then added the lettering.  I also used the animated tab to create the animated, blinking stars in the .gif, above.

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Done digitally in Photoshop.

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Merry Sithmas - Darth Vader

MERRY SITHMAS

Hey, it's the third "Merry Sithmas", this time featuring Darth Vader.

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STEP ONE:  This time I used actual pencils on copy paper for the under drawing, rather than just digital pencils (although, the Santa Hat was digitally added over top).  I did a half-image, then duplicated and flipped it horizontally.  The image is 900px x 1260px.

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STEP TWO:  Here are the digital inks, done mostly with a 5px brush.

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STEP THREE:  I created a MULTIPLY Layer to begin colorizing the drawing, and then added the lettering.  I also used the animated tab to create the animated .gif, above.

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Done digitally with Photoshop.

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Merry Sithmas - Darth Sidious

MERRY SITHMAS!

Here's the second in the "Merry Sithmas" series, featuring Darth Sidious.  I had just enough time to include the animated version with this post.  :-)

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STEP ONE:  Here are the digital pencils, done on a canvas 900px x 1260px.

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STEP TWO:  Here are the digital inks, done mostly with a 5px brush.

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STEP THREE:  I created a MULTIPLY Layer to begin colorizing the drawing, and then added the lettering.  I also used the animated tab to create the animated .gif, above.

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Done digitally with Photoshop.

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Merry Sithmas - Darth Maul (Updated)

Merry Sithmas!

UPDATED: Oooohhhh, blinking lights!  :-)

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Merry Sithmas - Darth Maul

MERRY SITHMAS!

I thought I was super-clever when I thought of "Merry Sithmas".  Well, as usual, it turns out most people are much quicker than yours truly, as it was already a thing, of sorts.  Ah, well... nonetheless, this image jumped in my head, just in time for the holidays (or, rather, "holi-daze" as I prefer to call them).  I have a series of these in mind--we'll see if I get 'em done in time!

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STEP ONE:  Here are the digital pencils, done on a 900px x 1260px canvas.

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STEP TWO: Since I knew the facial pattern would need to be identical on both sides, I inked half of Darth Maul's face, then copied and flipped it horizontally.  I also left off the horns, since I was going to be replacing them with Christmas Tree lights.

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STEP THREE: I created a MULTIPLY Layer to begin colorizing the drawing, and then added the lettering.

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Done digitally in Photoshop.

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