The Lady Jessica

This was done for a RelicNews Forums "Redesign Dune" thread. Been a while since I did a full-blown digital painting that I've been reasonably happy with. I'd been compelled to do a decent fanart of Jessica as she isn't shown much on DA.

The black is to homage her Bene Gesserit training, with the gold bits and jewelry to indicate her status as the Duke Leto Atreides' concubine.

I was originally aiming for a mix of Alice Krige and Cate Blanchett but forgot to use any kind of reference photo for her face, and just went with the book's description of her being lean, with a regal, oval face, green eyes, and copper hair. She wound up with a touch of Gates McFadden (Beverly Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation) and some stuff I can't quite pin down, instead. Ohwell, she still looks like Jessica.

Might try doing some of the other characters later. Enjoy.

Photoshop CS2 with a Wacom Intuos3. Digi-painted for a few hours a day over the space of 3 days. Oh and the Selective Color dialogue box can be such a lifesaver sometimes.

Dune and all characters are copyright Frank Herbert.