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Apocalypse - Skywalker's End by *XJapanRoX:iconXJapanRoX:


©2007-2009 *XJapanRoX
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I decided for the Apocalypse piece, I needed to break free of my “cartoony” style. Anakin Skywalker had now become Darth Vader, and the scarred remains of him needed to be gritty and disgusting for the piece. More machine than man (definitely tones of mecha here), what was left of the flesh was a charred reminder of his defeat at the hands of Obi-Wan Kenobi. Everything Anakin/Vader had strived for was gone, and it was this climactic moment of Star Wars Episode III when his emergency surgery was completed that the audience could truly feel the pain of Anakin Skywalker’s personal apocalypse. The villain they’ve come to love and hate from the original trilogy was now much more relatable. His wife who he swore to protect was dead, his body was a memory, and his best friend left him for dead. Anakin’s world has completely changed, and because of his actions, the galaxy itself suffered an apocalypse of its own. The descending mask represents the darkness slowly closing in and masking Vader’s face…for a time.

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:icongwingangel:
ooo spifffy. it's like... a car wreck. i wanna look away cuz his face is icky, but there's so many details to look at that i have to keep looking. great job!
:iconjedikaputski:
That is easily one of the coolest scenes in the entire saga. It was very, very chilling.

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:iconxjapanrox:
haha i agree! a chill went down my spine the "first" time vader breathed!

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:iconxjapanrox:
haha thanks. my scratch disk kept filling up (RAM issues with photoshop) and i really had to skimp on a lot of details cuz it just wouldn't let me work on the document. but thanks =)

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WHERE THE HELL'S MY GRILLED CHEESE!!!
:iconmeeq:
Whoooaaaa. Sick Nasty! Pretty damn cool Joe..I think it's a cooler more mature version of your cartoon style..His face is so disgusting. I love the shadow work on the right side of his face..it really gives his head a 3-dimensional look. And the small red/yellow in his eye really makes them POP! Sick nasty....!!

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:iconxjapanrox:
thanks man! i'm actually really disappointed because i had higher hopes for this one. my scratch disk was full and wouldn't let me work on it much...so i had to cut a lot of corners! but thanks for noticing what details DID make the cut!

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:iconlittlebigdave:
Your description of the piece is every bit as cool as the piece itself....


...and THAT'S saying a LOT!

Nice work! :)

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:iconxjapanrox:
thanks a lot man!

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:iconwinglord01:
Well done sir! I'm a Star Wars fan myself, and this is a piece that George Lucas himself would be proud of.

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