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Well, it was announced today, so I think it is safe to post here. ;-) A quick Promo painting I did last week for an upcoming book by John Jackson Miller for Del Ray.
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This is about a 4 hour painting (spread out over a few days or so).
EDIT: I should also mention that after an initial b/w rough-- I did an INTENSE study of Ewan McGregor on as many films as possible... My initial sketch had fallen flat on capturing either Ewan or Alec's Obi Wan likeness, so I obsessed with a quest to understand the anatomy of Ewan McGregor's face and expressions.

Most of the time, we artists will seek out references of people likenesses in the same pose we are about to draw.. But I could NOT --for the life of me-- FIND a pose of McGregor in any film that matched what I needed to show here. So what you have, is a very careful freehand rendition "imagined" in that pose by cross referencing MANY photos of Ewan's face, and how light and shadow reflect off of it in various environments. So yeah-- While the initial painting was about 4 hours, there was a lot longer in side sketching and studying of this man's face... I don't think I've ever went that deep before in a portrait.

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:iconadrianminotaur:
Mood: Love ~AdrianMinotaur Apr 27, 2013  New member Hobbyist General Artist
Looks like my father, and I like thinking of my father as. Kenobi! Thanks!
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:iconboxofjuice:
SO AWESOMELY EPIC. This does look like Ewan Mcgregor. Looks like him in the Long Way Round bike documentary, the latter stages of the journey when he's all beardy.
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:icondrtimdawg:
Great painting. Novel sounds awesome, too. Nice work.
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:iconzedrick775:
Mood: Love ~Zedrick775 Mar 3, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Stunning artwork, great job!
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:iconkryptice:
Fantastic artwork. Superbly done.
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:iconjdlr64:
Great artwork man!
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:iconpakpolaris:
No need to say how beautiful it is......
its awesome
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:icongeneralobiwankenobi7:
~Generalobiwankenobi7 Jan 29, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
This is one of the best Obi-wan drawings I have ever seen. The shading, the lighting, the figure. It's superb.^^ I can't get enough of this.
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:iconwanderingseeker:
Thank you so much for contributing this piece to my new group! I really appreciate the support. :dance:
#SeekersOfWonder :popcorn:
(Wanna check out the group? Follow the link to see more amazing work.)
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Mood: Wow! *slugette Dec 29, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Wow, amazing!! :) Even more amazing that you have achieved this without a reference. I do believe that you studied intensely to be able to achieve this!! It is very hard to get the likeness of the character without reference.. I know, because I tried!! :)

The colours are beautiful, and only took 4 hours??? garr.. I feel truly humbled.
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