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Late. He was late meeting with Master Qui-Gon again, and there was no excuse. Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi hurried through the Jedi Temple's grandiose halls with little more than an absent, polite nod to the other Jedi he passed. His mind worked furiously to come up with some sort of explanation for his tardiness, but he could think of nothing that would earn him anything more than his master's patient, quietly tolerant disappointment. It was hardly the first time Obi-Wan had let time slip away from him without meaning to. Master Qui-Gon was never harsh, never cruel or overly critical, but Obi-Wan felt the sting of his disapproval even when he had nothing to say.
Caught up in his thoughts and feelings, Obi-Wan failed to notice both the small presence pouncing along in his shadow, and the approach of one of his fellow Padawans. From behind him, a tiny growl, a faint thump and a sudden tug on the shepherd's thickly furred tail brought him up short. Obi-Wan twisted to stare back over his shoulder in pure unadulterated incredulity. A pair of mischievous brown eyes twinkled back up at him from beneath a mop of curly black hair so thick it nearly swallowed up the kit's white-furred ears. The arctic fox kit, clearly a Youngling from her miniaturized tunic and leggings, was perhaps four or five years old at most. The tiny girl grinned unrepentantly up at him, her fists buried in the thick of his tail, which she had hugged to her chest.
"Need some help, there, Kenobi?"
The familiar drawl snapped him back to the present. Wielder Cloudbreaker walked a tight circle around him and the youngling, the wolf's mouth turned up in a sly grin.
"Looks like you picked up a passenger."
"I, uh..." He pondered how best to extricate himself from this absurd situation while still managing to preserve what remained of his dignity. There didn't seem to be a good solution at hand.
"There you are, Obi-Wan."
Master Qui-Gon's voice made him straighten involuntarily, despite the kit still clinging to his tail like a determined lamprey. The lion's expression was composed to the point of unreadable, his emotions controlled and his thoughts hidden behind his mental shields.
"Master Qui-Gon. I'm sorry. I was-."
"-Helping me return this little one to her creche," Wielder broke in smoothly over his explanation. She untangled the little fox deftly from his tail and picked up the giggling child, who seemed terribly amused by all the older Jedi around her. "Master Okari noticed one of the Younglings'd gone missing and sent me to track her down. Obi-Wan helped find her."
Qui-Gon raised a brow, looking from Wielder back to his student, but Obi-Wan thought he detected a faint flash of humor in his master's eyes. "Ah. Well, if you are quite finished, perhaps you would like to join me for meditation, Obi-Wan?"
His ears flopped as he fought to contain the surge of relief he felt. "Yes, Master," Obi-Wan replied.
"Very good."
Master Qui-Gon turned back the way he had come, letting Obi-Wan follow in his wake. The Padawan glanced at Wielder, who was grinning at him as she held the Youngling, and swallowed the faint flash of fond irritation that followed his relief.
"I owe you one," he mumbled.
"Damn straight," she replied cheerfully, and strode off in the direction of the creches with her young burden, tail waving like a victory flag. Obi-Wan could only shake his head and follow his master and hope he could actually manage meditation. Any encounter with Wielder Cloudbreaker seemed to be calculated to turn his neatly ordered world on its ear, and now was no exception.
~~~~~~
This is my half of an art trade with
wielder (click here to see her utterly awesome half!), and is the culminations of several months of doodling and inking and painting, interspersed with periods of insecurity where I wondered if I was insane and had bitten off a great deal more than I could chew. In the end, though, I have to say I am fantastically pleased with the results. @_@ The background image is heavily referenced from a movie still from Star Wars: Ep II, because there's no way in hell I could freehand the Jedi Temple, and I have always secretly lusted to attempt this architecture. The story is just some drabble that popped into my head while I was working on the paints. ^_^;
Pigma micron, acrylics, and a little white gel pen on Mixed Media paper. My personal goal was to paint this piece without ever using black paint. I think it worked out pretty well. =D Colors used from lightest to darkest: titanium white, cadmium yellow light, cadmium yellow medium, cadmium yellow deep, cadmium orange, yellow oxide, raw sienna, red oxide, burnt sienna, burnt umber, cobalt blue, dioxazine purple. Painted in thin, overlapping washes, much like watercolors.
Wielder belongs to
Puppeh Obiwanz belongs to George Lucas, as does everything Star Wars (though Wielder has dibs)
Chibi Zanny is mine.
~~~~~~
Like this image and want to use it? Check my Art Usage Guidelines for more information.
Want one of your own? Commission Me! =D
Caught up in his thoughts and feelings, Obi-Wan failed to notice both the small presence pouncing along in his shadow, and the approach of one of his fellow Padawans. From behind him, a tiny growl, a faint thump and a sudden tug on the shepherd's thickly furred tail brought him up short. Obi-Wan twisted to stare back over his shoulder in pure unadulterated incredulity. A pair of mischievous brown eyes twinkled back up at him from beneath a mop of curly black hair so thick it nearly swallowed up the kit's white-furred ears. The arctic fox kit, clearly a Youngling from her miniaturized tunic and leggings, was perhaps four or five years old at most. The tiny girl grinned unrepentantly up at him, her fists buried in the thick of his tail, which she had hugged to her chest.
"Need some help, there, Kenobi?"
The familiar drawl snapped him back to the present. Wielder Cloudbreaker walked a tight circle around him and the youngling, the wolf's mouth turned up in a sly grin.
"Looks like you picked up a passenger."
"I, uh..." He pondered how best to extricate himself from this absurd situation while still managing to preserve what remained of his dignity. There didn't seem to be a good solution at hand.
"There you are, Obi-Wan."
Master Qui-Gon's voice made him straighten involuntarily, despite the kit still clinging to his tail like a determined lamprey. The lion's expression was composed to the point of unreadable, his emotions controlled and his thoughts hidden behind his mental shields.
"Master Qui-Gon. I'm sorry. I was-."
"-Helping me return this little one to her creche," Wielder broke in smoothly over his explanation. She untangled the little fox deftly from his tail and picked up the giggling child, who seemed terribly amused by all the older Jedi around her. "Master Okari noticed one of the Younglings'd gone missing and sent me to track her down. Obi-Wan helped find her."
Qui-Gon raised a brow, looking from Wielder back to his student, but Obi-Wan thought he detected a faint flash of humor in his master's eyes. "Ah. Well, if you are quite finished, perhaps you would like to join me for meditation, Obi-Wan?"
His ears flopped as he fought to contain the surge of relief he felt. "Yes, Master," Obi-Wan replied.
"Very good."
Master Qui-Gon turned back the way he had come, letting Obi-Wan follow in his wake. The Padawan glanced at Wielder, who was grinning at him as she held the Youngling, and swallowed the faint flash of fond irritation that followed his relief.
"I owe you one," he mumbled.
"Damn straight," she replied cheerfully, and strode off in the direction of the creches with her young burden, tail waving like a victory flag. Obi-Wan could only shake his head and follow his master and hope he could actually manage meditation. Any encounter with Wielder Cloudbreaker seemed to be calculated to turn his neatly ordered world on its ear, and now was no exception.
~~~~~~
This is my half of an art trade with
wielder (click here to see her utterly awesome half!), and is the culminations of several months of doodling and inking and painting, interspersed with periods of insecurity where I wondered if I was insane and had bitten off a great deal more than I could chew. In the end, though, I have to say I am fantastically pleased with the results. @_@ The background image is heavily referenced from a movie still from Star Wars: Ep II, because there's no way in hell I could freehand the Jedi Temple, and I have always secretly lusted to attempt this architecture. The story is just some drabble that popped into my head while I was working on the paints. ^_^;Pigma micron, acrylics, and a little white gel pen on Mixed Media paper. My personal goal was to paint this piece without ever using black paint. I think it worked out pretty well. =D Colors used from lightest to darkest: titanium white, cadmium yellow light, cadmium yellow medium, cadmium yellow deep, cadmium orange, yellow oxide, raw sienna, red oxide, burnt sienna, burnt umber, cobalt blue, dioxazine purple. Painted in thin, overlapping washes, much like watercolors.
Wielder belongs to
Puppeh Obiwanz belongs to George Lucas, as does everything Star Wars (though Wielder has dibs)
Chibi Zanny is mine.
~~~~~~
Like this image and want to use it? Check my Art Usage Guidelines for more information.
Want one of your own? Commission Me! =D
Category Artwork (Traditional) / General Furry Art
Species Dog (Other)
Size 632 x 839px
File Size 147.6 kB
Oh god, lighting is my utter bane. x_x I don't know why I have such a hard time "seeing" where the highlights and shadows are supposed to go unless I have a reference to follow. That's the only reason this turned out as well as it did. There's no way I could have done it freehand or from memory alone. I keep spotting things I ought to tweak, but overall I'm pretty happy with how this turned out. =) Thanks so much!
Definitely an add to the faves.
My friend Vince is going to freak when he sees that Background replication and how well you made it. He is one of those people that almost worships (might be an overstatement) Star Wars enough that he can play some of the music on his piano.
I reenact fight sense with him.
My friend Vince is going to freak when he sees that Background replication and how well you made it. He is one of those people that almost worships (might be an overstatement) Star Wars enough that he can play some of the music on his piano.
I reenact fight sense with him.
Oh, no. That's a spur of the moment bit of drabble from me. Wielder's character is original to her the way Zanny is original to me. When Wielder started posting pics of her character with doggy-Obi-Wan, I was intrigued, and did the math to figure out how old Zanny would have been during that time period. Most of Zanny's adventures take place during or past the events of the original trilogy. She would have been 13-15 years old during the Purges following Order 66, which makes her a little kid when Wielder and Obi-Wan would have been Padawans. In my stories, she never went to the Temple at all, but I couldn't resist the temptation of drawing her into Wielder's version of the universe too.
Wow! Just got settled back in from another stressful trip down to my parents' house, and I come home to this in my submissions inbox! I was on the phone with emira when I opened this up and just kinda went stupid lol! God, girl, it's just gorgeous! I love the lighting and the contrast between the rich golds and purples and blues that you used to make the environment look so believable. As I've said before, their body language and expressions are amazing, and I can see everything you wrote (thanks for the adorable story too, btw!) happening perfectly. You did an amazing job capturing my character in this setting, and I thank you so very much for so much effort. It was an honor to do a trade with you!
The honor's mutual! And I'm so glad you like it. I had such a blast once I got over my initial insecurities and actually started painting on this piece. The result was definitely one of my better efforts to date, and I have you to thank for taking on a challenge that pushed me out of my comfort zones and made me grow a little as an artist in the bargain. I really wanted it to do justice to the awesome piece you did for me. =D
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