Silas Zee: Mara Jade

Mara Jade

2011.11.16

Don't ask me why I drew Mara here. I'm only a little familiar with the character. But she has cool boots and a Lightsaber, so what the hell right? XD

The pencils here were pretty cool, though coming up with the pose was a bit of a hassle. This is one of those pieces where I think I dropped the ball when it came to inking it, but the colors salvaged it. Mostly. ^_^;

Coloring this was tricky since a bulk of Mara's outfit is black and I didn't want it looking like a complete catsuit. That and I wanted to show off the detail on her footwear, so I colored the top and pants like they were leather and shaded her boots in a more traditional cel-shaded technique to bring out all the little armor bits. I also had a little decision to make in regards to her Lightsaber. I remember seeing art of her with blue and pink blades, but a quick poll on Google+ solved that and I went with blue. Which is nice because I think the pink/magenta saber would have been too much of a match with her hair, and I like the contrast here.