i had been planning to have them fight nero or just some generic romulans, but then i realized they'd look too similar to spock. i changed it to a klingon at the last minute, and quickly realized i didn't have the first idea how a klingon dresses. the main reference i used ended up not being very good, so a had to change it some in photoshop, and it's probably still not that accurate.
i also realize that young kirk and spock probably never battled klingons that looked like this, but i wasn't about to bother drawing a klingon that just looked human. it's also possible that they never impaled anyone with spears, either.
again, a lot of black areas that hide all the work i put in to shade them. when i started drawing this klingon uniform, i thought the arms and boots were going to be metallic blue, then i realized that the image i found on google was an obscure take.
i actually kinda like how the costume turned out, even if it isn't accurate. it's always hard to refine a detailed outfit into my simple cartoon style, hard to know what aspects best convey the theme and what can be edited out.
it's also hard to decide how to draw a character whose costume has changed time and time again over the last several decades. not only do you have to decide which one is associated with the character, but the photo references you use won't necessarily match. i need to learn to exercise more artistic license.
is it silly that the whole reason i bothered to color this is that i wanted to see my kirk and spock in plain yellow and blue shirts?
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