Tekeny Ghemor (DS9 Fanart) WIP 1

Meet Legate Tekeny Ghemor, a Cardassian dissident from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, a very honorable character with a special attunement to matters of the heart even while caught in a political system that seems to do its best to suppress every sign of compassion: a father who will do just about anything for his daughter's good--even if that means giving her up. And even when he found out the truth (see the episodes "Second Skin" and "Ties of Blood and Water"--I'm not gonna give spoilers!), he didn't let matters of race and politics stand in the way of real fatherly affection.

Here is the reference I'm using: http://www.memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Image:Tekeny-Ghemor.jpg

Not as big as I would've liked, but between that and watching "Second Skin" again, I think I can do a passable job.

While I'm rather far along to make certain changes (i.e. the placement on the paper--but damn it, I am NOT throwing this out at this stage...too much good in it!), I wanted to show you this WIP. I intend to scan this drawing every night as I complete the day's work on it, to preserve it in case anything should happen. This is the first time I've EVER attempted a color portrait, and I felt that experimenting on a character with whom I need not be that realistic (in terms of matching skin tone and the like) would be a good way to start.

Plus, when I saw the grey paper I had on hand, it was just screaming for me to draw a Cardassian!

A special shout-out goes to here on SheezyArt, and Robert Sloan for their wonderful work with colored pencils and colored paper, which was the inspiration behind my taking on something this ambitious. Thank you very much to both of you guys!!!