Call to Arms

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This week has been hell. Lots of stuff going on in real life and not all of it pleasant - I almost didn't finish it, but we had a snow day yesterday and we breathed a sigh of relief. Next week looks like we'll get a snow day to...

This episode didn't feel like much, but the things it did were monumental in the greater scope of SW lore: Mon Mothma gives a great rallying cry and the formal Rebellion is formed. It's amazing. Mon was a favorite of mine in the original trilogy, her hair was the same kind of dark read as mine - and the level of identification was always a little bigger than the other "one-off" leaders that showed up like Dodon.. Donod... the guy from ep 4 or Wedge or Biggs. Seeing her here, exhausted after trying to fight in the system and finally bucking the system, is a sight to behold. Also, the COLOR of this episode! The nebula was freaking beautiful, and I wish I had captured it accurately.

The piece itself is - because of life - a bit of a rush job. I didn't even start this until Wednesday, which is insane, and the more obvious mistakes are from feeling the pressure to finish in half a week. Mon's shoulders are off by a lot, her nose isn't the right shape, the nebula is a little too simplistic, and the arch of the Ghost view portal is tacked on and doesn't even look right. I feel like I could have done a different technique with the nebula to make it look better, and the shoulders should have been erased and redone until they looked right before I started painting...

I do like Mon's hair, though, it almost looks like Sabine...

As always, let me know what you think!