The Dark Side, "Let Me Destroy You"

Pastels

Done with red pastel, chalk, and different grades of charcoal.

Tahiri's vision of the Dark side of the Force is all inclusive. Even though she is "light of heart" at times, the Dark side is her source of closure and revenge, protection and retaliation. She still sees the Light just off to the side and may sometimes turn towards or glance at it, however her goals always draw her back, centering her, on her true calling within the Darkness.

"Corrupted Chaos"

Got some inspiration from nature, fire, and smoke as well as corruption of the dark side (or Bogan) represented by the splotches for this one. Shadows of the unknown and somehow nature's volcano served as inspiration for this as well.

Base shape formed in Apophysis, further scripting to fractal done by me to substantially alter original design. Follow up work done in Photoshop Elements (addition of flames and spikes) and ACDSee (lettering)

They way I see the Dark Side is it is like a melting glacier that turns into a raging flood. It will overwhelm you by pure brutal force and lay waste to everything you knew.

This is the path down the dark side, starting with passion. Being able to have passion and anger are the best selling points of the Dark Side, but lead to pain and sadness. The white spaces in between show the chance for redemption, but once they are completely into the black there is no hope.