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I've been messing about with this piece for many months now, unsure if I wanted to draw it, uncertain how to go about it, and finally compelled to--simply because it allows me to close a chapter on a SW EU character I had come to care about a great deal.
This is an illustration of how I think Darth Caedus, from the recent Star Wars "Legacy of the Force" book series, might look when he finally ceased to be Jacen Solo, the eldest son of Han and Leia Solo, and became the Sith Lord Darth Caedus. For those who need a time/book reference, base it near the end of the LOTF book "Revelation." It's based mostly on a magazine photo for the pose and lighting, but also on some other references for the costuming and look. If it falls short of anyone else's mental picture, my apologies; this piece was more a cathartic process for me, anyway--to close the chapter on a character that was important to me and is now gone... A4 (9 x 12 in.) Bristol board Graphite pencils, mechanical and classic--H, F, 2B (mostly), a little 5B and 6B Tortillons to blend some of the face, but nothing else Around 30 hours...I never know for sure... Disclaimer: LFL owns all things and all characters Star Wars. Many thanks for looking (and for all my friends who may already have seen this at TF.N, thanks for stopping in again--additional comments are welcome, but not necessary!  )FF Comments  I love the color you added to his eyes. The texture you get with your penciling is my favorite part.
 -- "I think it calls for a made up onomatopoeia, like bflargh." - =DarthFar  I like the way the eyes being the only colour on the page works... nice work!
-- David G. Paul Blog: New Earth Online Photo Gallery: Flickr  it certainly captures the character of caedus straight from the book. it was expected that he would die however. they always do. if you take into account what would have happened had jaina not killed him, it would not have been in the traditional SW style: there is a war, jedi becomes evil, jedi becomes sith, jedi is now corrupt and conceited, evil takes over the galaxy, rebel forces try to stop evil guy, evil guy is vanquished by good jedi, peace. And then the whole thing happens again, because the sith can never be completely destroyed nor can the jedi. there will always be a new sith to take the place of a fallen sith. Such is the way of any Star Wars story. Which is what we expect and enjoy everytime. And now that we know the end to this fantastic series we have only to await, and then finish the next inevitable series, because to be very frank i would read every series created if it had to do with SW. The only question is: who will replace Caedus? cheerio!
   -- It's all about lemons    That's interesting. Normally he looks a lot younger on the book covers. But this is very good. The shading in awesome. The expression is somewhat upsetting.
-- Love doesn't lead to the dark side. Passion can lead to rage and fear, and can be controlled, but passion is not the same as love. Controlling your passions while being in love, that's what they should teach you to beware, but love itself will save you  This is a really wicked piece of art :>
 That is amazing
 The eyes are awesome. Nice job!-- "Narnia, Narnia, Narnia, awake. Love. Think. Speak. Be walking trees. Be talking beasts. Be divine waters. "  "Ah, I see you have a sword! I have one too. They're very manly and...tough." - Mulan  it is very well drawn. i wish i could draw this well in the future. and i love the pose and clothing. very well drawn.
-- "Månen vet… att blod ska gjutas här i natt. På kopparbanor över sjön går en visshet fram: lik skola ligga bland alarna på en underskön strand." I'm Björn Borg here  Beautiful!
  This looks wonderful. I haven't been reading the books and didn't realize Jacen had went to the Dark Side. Your shading is amazing as always and once again you've created an amazing and original artwork!
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Critiques
What got me fascinated by his character was how seemingly mundane and ordinary his personality remained through the events, probably inherited from his smuggler father. Until the very end of Revelations I believed he was treading a decent, thought-out and reasonable path between "good" and... the darkness. Traviss really opened my eyes to the relationships that tied those concepts together with responsibility and sacrifice.
Anyway, enough rambling. I'm supposed to critique your piece, so here goes. EXCELLENT choice of reference pose and expression. You made his mundane yet deep brooding look very obvious even though they're both incompatible appearances on a single face. His family traits show, so that's unmistakeably Jacen Solo we got here (like I said, I never really got into the stories about the Solo kids).
What I like the most about your work for him is how it portrays a Sith - obviously - and yet... he looks just like you and I, a simple man with no battle scars, no aggression or marks of trauma. He just happened to become Sith because he chose to. That's everything I "sense" from the expression you gave him.
Now, for the sake of being "fair" in this critique I have to point out a little flaw, though I'm probably just not well awake yet, and that's the size of his hand. I'd have made it a little larger but then again, I'm used to drawing cartoony characters. The amount of time spent into photo-realistic sketching really doesn't allow for error margin and that's one thing you have to battle against in your entire work process. Being the lazy slob that I am it's not something I'd pick up in a thousand years!
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