Dune (1984)
Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
Continuing on with the David Lynch "Dune" (1984) series, here's Baron Vladimir Harkonnen in all his leering, greasy, sleazy, pustule-ridden glory. Well, perhaps "Glory" is the wrong choice of words for the Baron, but you catch my drift. This Baron is mordant, putrefying, and disgusting in every decadent, Lynchian excess. Because of that, he is definitely a memorable character and when I think of "Dune", this version of Baron Harkonnen with his hover-vest is what immediately comes to mind.
This painting, although filled with more fussy details, was so much easier than the previous, Chani, painting. It has no doubt giving me enough false-confidence I need to get myself way over my head in some future endeavor.
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STEP ONE: Here are the quick pencils, done on a 6" x 8" gray gessoed hard board. I noticed the chin was a bit off when I scanned it in, but figured I'd fix that when I started painting. Something you'd think I'd learn not to do since it has bitten me in the rear so many times previously...
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STEP TWO: And here is the first pass with Acrylic paint. This time I was actually able to fix the mistakes in the pencils (the chin, for example) right away in the first pass. So, lesson NOT learned, thank you very much!
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STEP THREE: And here's the finished painting. Lots and lots of finicky details in an attempt at sickly skin textures and whatnot, with varying degrees of success. Onward to the next one!
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Done traditionally with Acrylic Paint on 6" x 8" gessoed hardboard.
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