Merry Sithmas - Darth Plagueis

 MERRY SITHMAS
Darth Plagueis

Hey, hey, it's the second Sithmas Card of the season!  Always two there are, no more no le--... oh, what's that, I made the same joke in my last post?  Oh, um...  Heaven forfend that I should repeat myself and make the same joke twice.  What's that?  The hundredth time, you say?  Yeah, I guess I do that...

Anyhoo, this time it's Darth Plagueis, the Sith Lord that trained Darth Sidious (A.K.A. Emperor Sheev Palpatine), who was seen skulking in the shadows of a cave at the end of the "The Acolyte" series.  

Did you ever hear of the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise?  Well, I guess there's a whole book about it that I haven't gotten around to reading, yet, but I think the moral of the story is that you should never eat or drink anything that Sheev gives to you.  Just sayin' you may not be all that wise if you are so guileless of your fellow Sith apprentice.  

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STEP ONE:  Here are the digital pencils, done in Clip Studio Paint.  It is a 2,00px x 2,791px document at 300dpi.

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STEP TWO:  And here are the digital inks.  They were mostly done with a 15pt digital brush.

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STEP THREE:  Here are the colors, done in a variety of layers under the inked layer before the animation lights were applied.  For the animation, three images were imported into Photoshop in the Timeline, and exported as an animated .GIF.

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Done digitally in Clip Studio Paint (with the animated .GIF produced in Photoshop).

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Merry Sithmas - Darth Teeth

MERRY SITHMAS
Darth Teeth

Hey, hey, it's time for a Sithmas Card!  This time it is the nameless Sith from "The Acolyte", dubbed Darth Teeth or Smilo Ren (perhaps Darth Dentata?), as the tubing around his mouth looks like teeth when seen from a distance.  Hmmm, I wonder if they will ever give him a "real" name since it appears there won't be a second season to "The Acolyte". 

Always two there are--no more, no less.  So, look forward to another Sithmas Card in a couple days or so.

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STEP ONE:  Here are the digital pencils, done in Clip Studio Paint.  It is a 2,00px x 2,791px document at 300dpi.  I used the Symmetry Tool to keep everything, well, mostly symmetrical between the two sides, then turned it off for parts of the helmet and cloak.

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STEP TWO:  And here are the digital inks.  They were mostly done with a 15pt digital brush.

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STEP THREE:  Here are the colors, done in a variety of layers under the inked layer before the animation lights were applied.  For the animation, three images were imported into Photoshop in the Timeline, and exported as an animated .GIF.

Maybe next year I'll do some genuine animation for the Sithmas Cards.  As always, my dumb brain and mouth writing checks that my hands (and @$$) may not be able to cash.

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Done digitally in Clip Studio Paint (with the animated .GIF produced in Photoshop).

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