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So I went and joined the intriguing new group :iconarrakis-sietch:, which shouldn't really be a surprise to some of my friends because Frank Herbert's exceptional epic space opera is probably my absolute favourite book EVER and I really do LOVE the universe and characters Herbert created. On top of that, I've been working, on and off, on my own conceptual designs from this universe (part of me's tempted to have a crack at a graphic novelisation somewhere down the line but this is probably a pipe dream ...), so altogether it's a great opportunity. And so ...

This is of course Muad'dib, once Paul Atreides, the rebel heir to the decimated House Atreides, now fighting to become the promised Messiah of the Fremen, the Kwisatz Haderach, who will deliver the world of Arrakis from the oppression of House Harkonnen. :XD: Yeah, those of you who don't know what any of that's about go crack open the book, I promise you won't be disappointed.

This marks my most successful effort so far in Gimp 2.6, and while I don't yet have a tablet I think I pulled off a pretty good digital piece here. I'm especially pleased with the representation of the traditional Fremen accoutrements - the stillsuit, which is described in the books as greasy grey rather than the black rubber we saw in Lynch's movie, and of course the crysknife, made from the teeth of Shai Hulud, the immense sandworms of Arrakis. I'm ENORMOUSLY pleased with how this turned out, and I hope you guys like it too. ;)

As always you can find my original pencils and inked lineart in my scrapbook, this time along with the digitally coloured figure and the background I put together too: [link] , [link] , [link] and [link] Paul Muad'dib is property of the estate of Frank Herbert.
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1374x2221px 1.63 MB
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HP
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HP Scanjet djf4200
Date Taken
Jan 12, 2010, 5:44:13 PM
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You caught the epic that IS Paul! I especially like the stilsuit! The Crysknives also look exactly as they are described, other than color, but I may have missed that.