CUTE!

Its' looking great and taking shape! I can not wait to see the finished product. Keep up the good work.

I like them rules!
Okay, I'll start colouring it up!

Okay, before I loved Photoshop - now I LOVE Photoshop!
Took a little longer this time and did a full ink layer instead of inking manually. I really like the sharpness you get.

Anyway.
Here's the first colour version. No lightsabers yet, no shadows, no detail except the eyes. This is just to check that the colours are acceptable before I go any further.

Lord Crumb.
Yeah, I liked the effect on the Farghul sketch too. I'll drop a background in that's in a similar style if you like.
Sit back and revel in the request-y goodness!

Mercy,

I hate to be the person always raining on your parade. Your images are beautiful, but your "martial" stances need a bit of work. I don't expect you to go changing them or anything, but I'm going to toss out a few tidbits for reference, and as a frame of reference, my personal experience with martial arts is mostly unarmed, but the basics seem to carry through from one art form to the next.

The basic (forward) stance:

The basic martial arts forward stance is all about legs. The feet should always be shoulder width apart... in fact, if you were to imagine a line connecting the shoulders, use that line on the ground 4 times to create a box on the ground that is equilateral. The character's feet should be on 2 opposing corners of that box. The front leg should be bent with the back leg roughly straight and the hips directly over the center point of our imaginary box on the floor. If you get the angle of the bend on the front leg correct, this will have the happy affect of forcing your lower body to always be proportionate. Also, the front leg's shin area should be perpendicular to the ground, so the thigh is the only thing angled toward the hip area... I hope that makes sense.

Your male character's legs are REALLY close to being a proper stance. His forward leg just needs to move toward the viewer a little bit. It's also noteworthy that in the forward stance, the more "forward" the back foot can face, the more desirable it is. The objective is to have the feet parallel. Most practitioners find this difficult to achieve, so an outward angle on the foot is acceptable. But I'm just throwing out "optimum".

In an actual situation, this stance will get used a LOT. If a character is moving, it should always be his objective to keep the proportions I've outlined here (if he's wanting forward stances). Also, it's of note that two forward stanced character can easily stand back to back. The Zabrak in this pic is pretty close to what we'd call a "Cat Stance".

The "Cat" Stance:

The Cat Stance is primarily used for quick "counter-attacks" and retreat. In a cat stance the hips are directly over one leg (the back leg). The "back" leg is your foundation. It is bent at about a 45 degree angle (ish), and the foot of the back leg is flat on the ground, and pointed in the same direction as your hips. The "front" leg is pointed out perpendicular to the back leg with ball of the foot on the ground, and the leg bent comfortably. Again remember that the entirety of the weight of the body is on the back leg. This allows for quick kicks on an approaching opponent, or allows the front leg to push backwards for a quick retreat.

The basic Horse stance:

The last basic stance is the "horse" stance. This one is the easiest to describe. Feet parallel, 1.5-2 shoulder widths apart, directly out on either side of the body. Leg bent appropriately, although at its widest, a horse stance can actually have the thighs perpendicular to the ground.

I toss this stuff out not as a criticism (because your work rocks) but just as a reference for the future if you find it useful. If you'd like some images to accompany the descriptions, PM me and I'll get them to you in the next day or two.

Hope that's helpful.

Eclipse

Thank you Mercy, but other than a few close friends reading the short story I'm writting. It will not be posted on any website or published. Personal use only. But you will get the credit for the picture, you created and made it happen. I do like the background picture you have posted. It looks like Dantoonie to me. Keep up the good work :)

Couldn't help myself - here's the colour version of the background.
Why is art so much fun?! Okay, silly question...

Eerin Lumna's (Zabrak female)lightsaber blade looks like it needs to be just a bit longer in length. Lightsaber bladers are generally 3m in length. Looking great :-)

Thanks Tramp, My GOOF. I got 1 meter mixed with the 3.28 feet conversion. Yes, a lightsaber blade is only 1 meter (metre) long. Next time I'll make sure my central processor is within normal operationg parameters. :-)

Okay. Here's the first version of the completed piece. I always end up changing it, though. What do we think?

The blades are still a little short. Take a look at some of my Jedi pics. They will give you a good idea of the proper length. The length of the lightsaber blade should be about from the ground to your waist with the handle adding another 24-30 centemeters to that. Thus, the weapon, over-all, is about 4 feet (1.3 meters) from tip to pommel.

Can you flip it back the way you had it cause that looked better. What I was trying to said was enlarge the color box behind them to include a portion of the house next to Liam. Thank you :-)

And... Here it is.

Background changed, lightsabers lengthened again for this version, and I think it's done!

Let me know if anything else needs altering.

Um, 'Short-sabers'? Like Short-swords? Single handed, shorter blades.
Or am I just being difficult.

I just don't want to unbalance the picture (the stance and grip won't work if the blade is much longer) for the sake of traditional accuracy. Don't get me wrong, I always like getting comments from you guys, but if it is a case of running her saber off the page and his well into the ground in order to be accurate I'd rather not.
I'm gonna re-draw the hilts and try blending them into the picture. I'll post again when this is done.

Well, if I were you, I'd have the boy's blade extending from the opposite end it currently is, so that it faces upwards. As for the girl's If you shift them over a little closer to the tree, you could add a bit more length to her blade. Failing that, resize them compared to the background so they're a little smaller. I often do that when I make a background in order to fit the character into his or her surroundings better. The simplest option would be to simply widen your canvas a bit.