Daniel Jackson Step1 by AnyaMax (SFW)

[paian]

Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Daniel Jackson
Content Notes/Warnings: None
Medium: Colored pencils and pastels
Artist on DW/LJ: Unknown
Artist Website/Gallery: anyamax
Why this piece is awesome: It's a little odd to be reccing the first step in a work-in-progress, and the finished piece, Michael Shanks as Daniel, is a really nice portrait, emphasizing the planes and angles of the face, the sun wrinkles and frowny-thoughtful brow creases; it shows the character's indomitable sense of wonder, and the artist has captured the shape and expression of his eyes really well, which is not an easy thing. But I love Step1. The partial coloring/shading of the sketched-in outline gives the one finished eye an extra intensity, and makes the rest of him seem ethereal, as if he's not entirely in the physical world -- which seems to me a more interesting and accurate portrayal, whether it's because he's so much a creature of intellect, or because of his stints as an incorporeal being.
Link: Daniel Jackson Step 1

(And for completeness' sake, here's Daniel Jackson Step2, too.)

Comments

[mific]

Yeah, he looks half-ascended. Interesting.

[paian]

Exactly! Like a frozen captured moment of transformation between two states.