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"Blond Bombshells"
This painting - Blond Bombshells - is one of the simplified
style of the early days, and, I'm not sure if that makes a bad painting or just a different styled one. It is a scene of Anakin and Obi-Wan fighting in the arena on Geonosis from Attack of the Clones.
1. Must be the start of the process, because, looking through the files I can't find any image that jolts my memory as a starting point. There are just the two sketches to the final design. The only main change from sketch one to two is the position of Obi-Wan's hands. I moved them to a more central position to help give the impression that they are almost
fighting against each other as their enemy.
2. Is the photo for Anakin. This was from the Forbidden online trailer. It has been flipped from it 's original position.
3. Is the Obi-Wan photo. I have a couple of copies of that, this one is from the earlier days of the
Star Wars website and is one of their character rotation panels.
3a. Would be a reference used for the reflections on Anakin's costume. I think it's from
another online trailer as luck would have it.
4. Are we at the finish already? This is the final painting. The fact that there aren't many steps from start to finish on this one is a clear representation that the amount of research that you put into a painting may well reflect the final look of the painting. This painting has a much more free-form
stylized look to it because of that lack of defining the look through sketches or photo reference. The lack of refinement does help the painting in some ways; the slight
blurriness of parts of the figures gives a sense of motion: Anakin's arms and hands and Obi-Wan's fuller hair almost bobs. I'm sure
allot of people with the traditional approach to composition would say that the picture is a bit lop-sided and unbalanced, but I would say it's meant to be. The painting is meant to represent Anakin's struggle to dominate Obi-Wan, to out-shine him, because of his abundant power. They fight together, but, also
against each other, hence Obi-Wan is being cramped - literally and figuratively - almost out of the frame. The sabers in the background are not of the proper two
colors simply because I decided to make it that way and the influence of the games, in which you can have a choice of six I think. There is one red saber near it's future barer.
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