Day 11: Darkseid #tzadvent

Day 11: Darkseid

This doesn't always happen, but I really like this one. I wanted to see if I could get the full range of brush effects I could with an actual brush. Darkseid has rocky textures and craggy skin and a metal helmet, lots of stuff to play with.

Plus, I admit I'm a latecomer to Kirby. Curt Swan, Kurt Schaffenberger and George Perez were the first artists I really liked. They're all slick in one way or another. Kirby isn't slick, he's raw and powerful. As I've gotten older, I like his stuff more and more. And the more I learn about what Kirby did, Kirby the creator and innovator can't be touched.

So, I tried to get some Kirby in this. Some of it is the Kirby-esque textures on Darkseid's skin. And some of it was combining Kirby's range of Darkseid. In the original stories, he was a little more a stony monolith with glowing eyes. Later, he was a little more animated and wild eyed. I love the glowing eyes thing, but I wanted some of that anger and energy in the character,

And, of course, Kirby dots.