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She’s an amazing character from one of my favorite Star Wars books Master & Apprentice by Claudia Gray. The story is about Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan before we meet them in The Phantom Menace (their relationship development is 👌🏼) but Rahara and her jewel thief counterpart, Pax Maripher, ended up being my surprise favorites of the story. I’d happily read a book just about them!

When I started drawing I didn’t really know who she was going to be, but as she came along I realized who she was and got super excited lol I had some trouble with the eyes 😅 but eventually I got closer to what I wanted, inspired by the super talented @amikoroyai

Alright ladies and gents, now for the very anti-climatic reveal!

It’s definitely not perfect, but I’m so proud of how it turned out for being my first attempt at art of any kind since early high school.

I’m a very logical and math-minded person (I am an engineer after all 😂) and though I’ve acknowledged that engineering does take creativity, I’ve kind of always told myself that I’m not artistic. Because math/science/engineering is the opposite of art, right? Wrong!! One of the biggest lies ever lol another big lie people tend to sell themselves on is that they’re not as good as they actually are. People are a lot more than they give themselves credit for. And I figured that if I was going to remind other people of that, I might as well remind myself too.

So when I was feeling like I had a ton of creative energy to burn and inspiration struck, I decided to give it a shot! And inspiration came in the form of the most beautiful story, Balance, by @seasidewriter1-writes. Thank you for creating such a lovely story with deep, real, amazing characters! I’m so grateful for your talent and for inspiring me to try something new 😊 I’ve got a few other scenes from the story I’d like to try my hand at…

I’ve learned quite a bit and for my next go-around I’m going to try to go faster and be a bit more “sketchy” and not so clean with my lines. I’m also wanting to try some real lighting and background!

But for now, you have (even though I’ll probably keep messing with it even after I post it lol):

Obi-Wan: at the window

I’ve been a bit busy lately and when I wasn’t I didn’t quite have the creative energy to work on this but I’ve made some progress!

I think I’m done with everything from his armor up!! (Idk maybe lol) There are some things that aren’t exactly how I’d like, but I’m trying not to be too picky. One of the biggest things that has been slowing me down is simply not knowing what brush I have that I can use to get the look I want. Like, I’ve got a very clear picture of what I want something to look like but I don’t know what tool to use to do it 😂 but I’ve learned a lot, and I found the PERFECT blush tool lol

I’m really excited to do his armor, I’ve been looking forward to it for a while now! I feel like it’s really gonna bring the whole look together. I’ll give it my best and we’ll see how it turns out!

After that the only other thing I’m considering doing is some kind of background, but I don’t think I’m really ready for that yet lol cause I put zero thought in to how the background I’m picturing would change the colors and lighting of the drawing and I am NOT changing it 😂 so I’ll probably end up doing something very simple.

I’m still very happy and as I’ve said, I couldn’t have even thought to try this without inspiration from @seasidewriter1-writes and her amazinggg fanfic, Balance. You should give it a read, you won’t be disappointed, I promise 😉

Obi-Wan: at the window

I actually worked on this quite a bit in the lobby of my favorite beach hotel last week, but I wasn’t happy with his hair so I didn’t want to share it lol

Then yesterday I found the perfect reference photo so I fixed it in like, 10 mins just now lol

His eyes are quite different and semi look in different directions but what are you gonna do 🤷🏻‍♀️ They’re already better than what I thought I could manage on my first try 😂

I also colored his skin in to see how it looked and I was really happy with the vibe of it, but the color wasn’t right and I was getting a bit ahead of myself lol I’ll come back to that later.

Overall, I’m very happy with it and looking forward to getting in to color now that I’ve got the hair nailed down!

Obi-Wan: at the window

I’ll probably soften his beard once I start adding color. Now I’ve gotta figure out how to draw hair 🥲

I stalled out there for a minute but I was determined to not get discouraged, thus the progress this evening!

The lips definitely need some work, I might even shift the mouth around some. I FINALLY got the nose how I wanted and I’m ok with the eyebrows... for now.. his left one is perfect but the right one has been giving me fits. So has the right eye..

LOTS of work to do but I’m pleased with the progress! Again massive thanks to @seasidewriter1-writes for the inspiration <3

Obi-Wan: at the window

My very first attempt at digital art, inspired by Balance, written by the one and only @seasidewriter1-writes <3

No idea if I’ll ever post the finished product, guess it depends on how much I criticize it haha and I‘m terrified of color so it may end up simply a sketch. Time will tell!

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Obi-Wan: at the window