Multiple character images wanted for fanfic project.

Hi everyone. This is my first post here, and I am happy to be here. I've been very impressed with the work I've seen on this site. I really hope to get to know some of you. Unfortunately, my artistic skills are very limited at this time, so I doubt I'll be contributing any artwork until I get better. About the only things I can do are manipulating images in Photoshop and retexturing models in some 3D applications.

I am planning on writing a fanfiction trilogy that I hope most people will enjoy, but I know some will laugh at... It's a crossover of Star Wars and multiple films and TV series that take place on Earth that brings Earth into the Clone Wars and makes it part of the Empire. I am a very visual writer; when I write something, I want to visualize the characters, the settings... as many details as possible. I might not always express all of those details in the text that I write, but the more detail I can imagine, the happier I am, and I think the better my writing will be.

Anyway, I can obviously easily imagine the canon Star Wars characters and the characters from the films and shows I am crossing with, and if I want to show an image of those characters to my readers, there's a wealth of images out there that could be used. I also find it easy to picture my original characters in my head and write about them, but I am not 100% satisfied until I can look at a picture and have the option to share that picture with someone else.

I have multiple requests for this project, and for each of them, I also request the artist's permission to post the images online on my project's website and on some message boards, and to edit the image as I see fit to suit any future needs (for example, using the image as part of a collage of images for a "poster" or cover art image).

I sincerely thank anyone and everyone who spends any time on any of these requests in advance. I am able to do a little work in Photoshop, but I am not very satisfied with my own attempts at making character images.

First Character: Jedi Padawan (Name TBD)
I often "cast" actors and actresses in roles when I'm writing something with original human characters. For this project, I want to base a young Jedi Padawan character on actor Jimmy Bennett. Since my project is a trilogy, with each installment taking place roughly two years after the previous one, I will need three different images for this character. I have found images of the actor to correspond roughly with what I imagine the character's appearance to be in each episode. These are only for potential artists' reference. Please disregard the actor's pose in these images, as well as his clothing, hairstyle, etc; I only posted the images to show a reference to his appearance at different ages.

Episode I
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/adamargabright/Axum%20Personnel/…
(His hair would be in the traditional Jedi Padawan style, and he would be wearing light-colored Jedi clothing. He uses a lightsaber with a green blade.)
The character is very friendly and very trusting, but he is inexperienced, and much younger than most Padawans sent into the field during the war. He isn't cocky in any way, and in fact, he is very nervous whenever he has to go into battle. He manages to hide his fear and hold his own in a fight, but he isn't very confident in his own abilities just yet. His Jedi Master believes that the perilous times of the Clone Wars necessitates a change in curriculum in his training, and has focused more on lightsaber training and combat techniques than some masters have with their students.

Episode II
http://cache3.asset-cache.net/xc/77216351.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=17A4…
(His hair would still be in the Padawan style. He still uses a green lightsaber. His affect would be slightly darker, reflecting the emotional stress of fighting in many battles in the Clone Wars.)
In Episode II of my story, things happen simultaneously with the events of "Revenge of the Sith", and occur one to two years after the first episode. My Padawan character has been through many battles of the Clone Wars. He is still not arrogant or cocky, but he is more confident in his own abilities, and he has improved greatly as a warrior. He is still friendly to others, but he is not quite as trusting of strangers as he was in Episode I. He loses his master when Order 66 is implemented, but he survives the clones' assassination attempt. Following Order 66, when surviving Jedi are sent into hiding, he is "adopted" by a family on Earth and remains on the planet, staying in contact on sparse occasions with Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and other surviving Jedi during meditation through use of the Force.

Episode III
http://www.aceshowbiz.com/images/events/ALO-078088.jpg
(No more Jedi robes, no traditional Jedi hairstyle; he is trying to blend in with American children his age on Earth, hiding from the Empire. He carries a different lightsaber, and keeps it concealed unless he is forced to use it.)
The Padawan is devastated by the loss of his master and the destruction of the Jedi Order. He is committed to helping his new friends on Earth overcome personal tragedies brought on by the rise of the Empire, and vows to help Earth free itself from Imperial rule. His persona is much darker in Episode III, but he is still a hero, and a character that is to be trusted.

Second Character: Jedi Master (name TBD)
This is to be the master of the above Jedi Padawan character. The Master is a very wise person, who believes that it is important to his Padawan's safety, as well as the safety of others, that the Padawan becomes skilled in lightsaber and personal combat, and therefore chooses to focus the Padawan's training on defense and combat techniques, while teaching the more intellectual portions of Jedi training whenever an opportunity presents itself. The master is very protective of the padawan, and dies during Episode II when Order 66 is issued by sacrificing itself to save the Padawan from the clones.

I am undecided between two ideas for the Jedi Master character. My first idea was to have a female Pantoran Jedi Master, whose personal appearance was loosely based on Michelle Yeoh who used a blue lightsaber. My second idea was to have a male Lurmen Jedi Master from Mygeeto. I would be very appreciative of images for either of them. I will say, though, that I will probably use the Pantoran idea, because after re-watching the entire first season of the Clone Wars series, I want to include a subplot involving Wag Too, having him join the Republic as a medic against the wishes of his father and risking being shunned by his village because he believes in what the Republic is fighting for. That's a very undeveloped and possibly idiotic idea that I might not actually use because of how far it would be pushing canon info, but if I do use that idea and include Wag Too, I don't want to also make one of my main characters a Lurmen Jedi, because having two Lurmen play major roles in the war off of their home planets would be really pushing it.

That does give me a nice lead in to my next two requests, though...

Third Character: Wag Too, Republic Medic

This one's kind of simple. I just want an image of Wag Too from the Clone Wars episodes "Jedi Crash" and "Defenders of Peace" as a Republic medic. I want his clothing to have some sort of Republic insignia symbolizing medical service, and he should either be carrying a bag or wearing a backpack (possibly the same kind used by Ahsoka to carry Jabba's son in the Clone Wars movie) that would be filled with medical supplies.

As I said earlier, I may not use this idea, but my plan (if I use it) is to have Wag Too be so inspired with the heroics and selflessness of the Jedi while defending his village from the Separatists that he feels that he should help the Republic in the war. Despite his father's strong protests, and knowing that he is going against the beliefs of most people in his village, he follows his heart and volunteers to join the Republic. He leaves his home and becomes a medic, and often goes into the field (using his speed and size to become a more difficult target for the droids) to treat injured Jedi and clones. In my story, he winds up on Earth, of course.

Fourth Character: Clone Medic/Republic Medic in Armor

Part of my story will involve field medics or doctors who go out into the field during the battles that take place on Earth and possibly on other worlds. I would like to have an image or two of an armored human medic. I basically just want a clone trooper (phase I and II armor would be nice) with armor painted with a unique color scheme that clearly identifies him as medical personnel. My mindset right now is to have the armor fully-colored as opposed to being mostly white, and to have it a bright yellow, orange, or red color with symbols to indicate emergency service personnel instead of soldiers. He should also be carrying special medical equipment, and/or wearing a backpack containing medical supplies.

Fifth Character: Clone Troopers Assigned to Earth Operations

I would like to have color schemes for Phase I and Phase II clones that would be worn by the clone troopers in Episodes I and II of my story that are stationed on Earth. The armor, like most color schemes for clones, is to be mostly white, and the other colors to be used are to be blue (preference) and/or red. Any color scheme is more than welcome. I have a couple of images I made up using Photoshop and/or 3ds Max. i may use some of my own images, but i would really like to see what you guys come up with.

This is my current leading concept. It is based on Dale Eanrhardt Jr.'s NASCAR uniform. :P His sponsor is the National Guard, and I think his uniform this year looks really cool, so I made a clonetrooper to look like it as sort of an homage/inside joke.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/adamargabright/BfE-E1CloneTroope…
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/adamargabright/BfE-E2CloneTroope…

Next, I have a camo design.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/adamargabright/BfE-DesertClone.j…

And here's a red, white, and blue design that uses a symbol I created for a special Jedi-US Gov't Unit.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/adamargabright/BfE-E2CloneTroope…

Please note that all of those images wee made using 3d models created and published by someone else, and the basic textures were from a scheme used in ROTS and/or the CW series, and then modified by me in Photoshop.

Again, I really appreciate any and all work that any of you are willing to put into any of these requests. Thank you for reading, and thank you in advance for any help! :)

Xanamiar

The request forum is for people who play RPG's in one way or another, and would like a picture of their character. Since your request is of a personal nature, and is rather quite long it didn't belong there. This is more appropriate here in the community discussion where an artist who want's to pick up such a HUGE request still can, but it's not going to sit on the request boards.

Also, since this is for a series of books you are writing, it would probably be more appropriate to pay someone for artwork, considering it will take quite some time.

Enjoy writing though, it is a quite enjoyable hobby, and I myself do it.

Darth Cola

I'm not really asking any one person to do all of the images I am requesting. I just thought it would be easier to describe what I'm looking for in one thread rather than posting multiple threads. Also, the images will be used mostly on the website for my project, or possibly as part of Photoshopped artwork I make myself for a "cover image" or something whenever one of the stories is ready to be posted; I'm not really looking to illustrate entire stories. But thanks for the reply and for making sure my thread was in the right place.

Xanamiar

Not a problem.. When it comes to projects this big, they are discouraged in the request forum is all I meant.

If you want to make a request of one of your own characters,then by all means go for it, or even 3 .. but the reason they limit it down like that is because if an artist takes 1 character out of your post, then it get's moved to the "Taken" Forums, which means that no other artist will look at it. So, by moving it here, instead of leaving it in the Request forum ((where it would probably sink into nowhere because of the sheer size of the post and request)) I put it here, where maybe an ambicious artist will take up some,if not all of the request.

By the way, welcome to SWAG. The artists are amazing here, and I hope you get some of your pieces done, if not all of them.