These two illustrations, like the one of Loki I posted before, were also uploaded as part of a frame-by-frame drawing project. Because one of the characters is lying down in a long shot, they ended up in the same pose.
In my original idea, these two pieces actually belong to two different universes: the young Obi-Wan is troubled by his love for the galaxy's great villain, Vader; Vader is tormented by his former master, Kenobi.
But since it didn’t feel right to post them separately, I put them together.
As for the Vader piece, I even did a little "picture-inspired writing" at the time (?) — looking back now, the whole thing feels pretty nonsensical, but there’s one passage I still kinda into. Here’s an excerpt:
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The grains of sand continued to swirl, forming tiny triangular deposits along the cracks of his mask.
He closed his eyes. The sand covered his lashes.
The most painful part was this: if given the chance to choose again, he would still walk toward that hand; still allow the other to draw him close, to shelter him; still lift his gaze into those eyes, colder than normal temperature, and accept everything that would be given and everything that would be taken away.
He would still be glad to hear those words: You will become a Jedi, I promise.
