Evil Queen

When I was constructing my super villain family, I wanted them each to be a different type of super villain, as is only natural. The mom being a half-alien just seemed like a natural fit, I couldn't really say why. The more I thought about it, the more I wanted her story to subvert the typical "beautiful alien girl" stereotype. I wanted her alien features to be weird, not just weirdly beautiful. It made me think about what it would have been like to grow up like that. So this is Vejle (it's Danish, pronounced sort of like "VEYE-lah"). Blotches of her skin along with her eyes and part of her hair are discolored. She has an undeveloped set of second arms, wings, etc. Usually she covers this stuff up with contacts, dye, and makeup, but it's still not easy. Originally I was going to color in one of her eyes, but I decided not to mess with it.

After I drew Vejle, I also wanted to draw Harrison in the same more realistic style. I know he's not quite as visually interesting as Vejle, but he's more colorful than her under the surface, psychologically speaking. I used actual pictures of humans as references for these first two drawings.

These two I did just today. This style might end up being more realistic than what I would actually draw them as if this won't be a book. We'll find out. Anyway, in the above picture you can see more of her features from this angle. The picture below is of when she was younger- maybe a few years before she met Harrison- when she was still part of a pro-alien extremist activist group. Ironically, despite the group she was in at the time, she was actually less comfortable with her identity than she became. Hence why her blotches are covered up on the second one. I drew them and then erased them, just to see what it looked like. I didn't do so well on her hand. I messed it up too many times, but I think it turned out okay now.
Interestingly enough it was easier to do the picture above than the one below. I used more references, so that was definitely part of it. It was cool to do the wings, since I don't usually get to do transparent stuff- means I don't have to erase so much stuff from earlier.

This last one, as you can see, is the earliest of all of them. It's from before I'd even designed Harrison's costume. I just had this image of the pair of them in my head, and wanted to draw it. Their children imagine that they were always in love. They think he was the mastermind and she was his Shego-like enforcer, but it was not so simple. I wish I'd thought to at least attempt her wings then... I like the visual contrast here between her and Harrison. I'd like to draw more of them together. They make quite the team.
I had a really nice weekend. My dad came up to visit and we mostly just hung out and walked around. I'm really thankful for the life God has given me, not least of all because of the perspective it lends me for stuff like this. Feels good. Thanks so much God, please help me through these next few weeks. I love you.