Hello,

I'm terribly busy at the moment, and nearly fell behind on the ol' Dork Sides - but they are such a great procrastination tool.
The day I start procrastinating over drawing them is the day I get worried.

Anyhoo, here is Turning to the Dork Side # 17, for your edification.

On to other fun stuff.

A little while ago, Slow, over on the Geeks Helping Geeks site, suggested our own version of a collector card set, and much hilarity has ensued.

I thought it would be fun to make some of my own sketch cards, and here they are...

The focus for this mini set is eyes - them being windows to the soul and all that gumph.

The first card I made was PALPATINE - he is partially in shadow, but the one eye you can see is staring back with aloof arrogance - you are nothing to him but a pawn.

Then I made TARKIN - he was a man, not a robot, and I wanted to convey a moment when his steel mask slipped, 'I've just destroyed a planet'.

VADER was tricky, how do you show the eyes behind the mask? Instead I plumped for a kinetic and angry image, lavishing the red of passionate fury all over him.

Then I drew KENOBI - this is the final second before he is cut down. I have put a twinkle in his eye and given him a wry grin, he knows this isn't the end for him.

Finally, I had a go at SOLO - I just wanted to get that look of despair he so often has when something isn't going quite right, or the Falcon is playing up.

There you go - have a lovely week.

Ta ta!