Xanamiar Knight

My first request here on SWAG. I'm usually really slow at producing pictures so I wanted to do something for someone else to hopefully give myself a little bit of a boot up the backside. I also love drawing bothans and Jedi robes, so it's all good. :D

From Xanamiar:

"Xanamiar Knight is my Bothan Jedi Master.... He died some time ago in a battle against a Sith Master, and a dark Jedi. After killing the Dark Jedi, he was faced with just the Sith Lord. The battle lasted for a while, and ended with Xanamiar's blade cutting through the Sith Lord, as the Sith's blade sliced through Xan. At that moment he became one with the force, leaving behind his blade and his clothing. He's been seen a few times since as a "Force Ghost" by Crystal Roshia and Cazzik Wyn.

What I'm looking for is either a picture of him standing agains the Sith Lord, or just by himself, I'll let the artist decide.

Xanamiar is of dark colored fur, and about average height for a bothan. He was a mix between Obi-Wan's personality and Qui-Gon Jinn (he had a lot of Qui-Gon's mannerisms....

He was a padawan of Master Poof, and taught how to use mind tricks very effectively. Xan didn't have to use his blade all that often, but when he did, he was proficient enough to get things done.

If anyone is interested in taking this on, and wants any other details, I'm more than willing to provide them... THanks for reading it over.

EDIT: (Don't wanna bump it) Just wantedto mention that his saber is a dual sided saber like the one Darth Maul uses... didn't realize I didn't put that in here... Anyway.. Thanks to anyone who reads this :)"

Pic 1: Lineart.

I tried to give him a little bit of a Liam Neeson vibe based on the description of the personality. The hair/fur around the face is a little vague but that'll be cleared up in the colouring. Let me know if it needs any adjustments, and if not I'll start colouring!

Pic 2: Flat colours.

Starting to get an idea of what the finished picture will look like. Again, the area around the beard looks wrong, but that'll be sorted out in the shading.

Pic 3: Some shading.

I thought it was time for another update. Over 50% done on the shading, although the trickiest part (the head) is still to go. The shaded bits aren't completely finished, either - there will be a little touch up work once I've got the main shading done.

Pic 4: Shading done.

Okay! All done, unless you've got any changes you want made? I know the background is pretty poor, but I suck at anything other than abstract blobs. If there's anything you want there, let me know and I'll try and draw it in, or if you want the colours changed, or whatever. Just let me know!

Update!

Pic 5: Finished!

One Xanamiar, with white background. If you have Photoshop, I can send you a file with the picture and the background on separate layers to make it really easy to edit what's going on behind him.

Hope you like him!

Comments

nerulean

Awesome, Xanamiar - I shall begin colouring!

And thanks, Crumb. Even some of the official bothan art is pretty nasty, and I feel sorry for the poor guys.

nerulean

Heh, okay, yes, that will look less weird in the coloured version, too. I tend to put the lineart in for eyes when I actually do the colouring to make it look more realistic. The line that's currently going through the eye is mainly there as a guideline for me where the iris will go.

Xanamiar

How easy would it be to put him on a plain white background?.. (( I love finding pieces to place images in :) ... ((Just make sure your sig is either across him, or on it's own... if you mis the two, I can't cut/copy the sig very easily :) ..))) and thanks... he looks good.