Maul was once described as Sisyphus, forever doomed to almost reach success, only for everything to crash down again, continuing to push the bolder. Looking at Von Stuck's work, a lot of it captures the visceral nature of a Sith. This is one of two painting studies I plan to do.
ref and creative process under the cut
i made slightly less distinct shading around the face because i love how his skin and tattoos stood out. i also wanted to make it look as traditional as i could. and the clone wars style did a lot of the legwork…haha…pun not intended. i've seen the Freaky Eye Thing done in pictures before, and in screenshots where he'll be mostly shaded where his eyes show. the animators are aware of this effect too. theres this whole video where they explain the freaky shadow thing they do with him. it's a fantatstic piece as long as you don't have an extensive knowlege on what his first set of legs look like. but i think if i tried to make it look more accurate i would have gone mad. and you don't want me to go mad do you? you want me to keep making art don't you?
Sorry I didn't post anything in a while, I had the Fanfic Writer Curse befall me. And i don't even write much. But I'm here to keep drawing more of the same motherfucker and maybe one other character one time that i have planned and then disappear into the void like i usually do. Hopefully hopefully a fathers day picture. peace out. no i dont' have any consistency with how i type.
