Depicting Villains from Learn to Draw Star Wars: Villains While you’re drawing, try to remember that one of the grand themes in the Star Wars saga is that it’s never too late to turn from the dark side. With some characters—Kylo Ren, for instance— the struggle between darkness and light is part of what makes them who they are. Conveying that inner conflict visually can really bring your work to life. Here are a few visual cues you can use when drawing to indicate your subjects’ allegiance to evil. Lighting Kylo Ren’s armor provides protection in battle, but its most important purpose is to intimidate. Accentuate Kylo’s menacing look in your sketch by drawing him emerging from the shadows, light glinting off the silver around his eyes, which—like his heart—are shrouded in darkness. More Guidelines for Depicting Villains from Learn to Draw Star Wars: Villains Facial Features and Expression Facial expression is another important aspect to keep in mind when depicting bad guys. Darth Maul conveys danger by simply looking at the viewer intently from under furrowed brows. This is simply a portrait—there’s no action or movement occurring—but because of his expression, the explosive tension within Maul is evident. Posture and Camera Angle Supreme Chancellor Palpatine is, on the surface at least, still a good guy in this image, but the clues to his ultimate intent are there. One way to indicate a villain’s true nature is to use point of view. In this instance, Palpatine, his eyes hooded, is looking down at the viewer, visually indicating ego and condescension, two of the future emperor’s most prominent character traits. General Appearance It’s not necessary for a villain to be an evil genius bent on galactic domination. They don’t come much dumber—or more evil—than Salacious B. Crumb, the Kowakian monkey-lizard and sycophant in Jabba the Hutt’s palace. Crumb’s face is as ugly as his disposition, and a successful portrait will emphasize his beady eyes and flea-bitten appearance. Pose Grand Moff Tarkin, one of architects of the Death Star, looks almost skeletal in this image. His fierce, single-minded purpose is terrifying. When confronted by Tarkin’s zealous intensity, Princess Leia took an involuntary step backward. A single light source illuminating Tarkin’s angular profile will help your portrait zero in on this villain’s sharp focus for fulfilling the Emperor’s orders and wiping out the Rebellion.
✔ Author(s): Walter Foster Creative Team
✔ Title: Learn to Draw Star Wars: Villains: Draw favorite Star Wars villains, including Darth Vader, Kylo Ren, and Darth Maul (Licensed Learn to Draw)
✔ Rating : 4.6 out of 5 base on (97 reviews)
✔ ISBN-10: 1633226840
✔ ISBN-13: 9781633226845
✔ Language: English
✔ Format ebook: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, HTML and MOBI
✔ Device compatibles: Android, iOS, PC and Amazon Kindle
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