Drawing Darth Talon

19th December 2023

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Drawing Darth Talon

Ever wanted to draw Star Wars characters and vehicles just like the professional comic book artists? In this step-by-step series, Star Wars artists and illustrators show you how to draw some of the most beloved characters in the saga.

Darth Talon is a female Lethan Twi’lek Sith Lord who appears in the Star Wars: Legacy comics. Star Wars illustrator Jessica Hickman explains with these easy-to-follow steps how to draw Darth Talon.

Steps 1-3 are drawn lightly with pencil. No pen, no dark lines. Finished lines and details will come at the end.

Step One:
First start with a basic shape for where you want her head. Make sure to draw lines for where you want to put her eyes and nose!

Step Two:
Now draw some quick lines for where her body and arms will be. Darth Talon is a Twi’lek, so you will need to draw where the two tentacles (called lekku) on her head should be.

Step Three:
Next, draw a little more detail in her body, sketching out where her eyes, nose and mouth will be (using your guides from Step one), and putting a little more detail in her arm.

Step Four:
Now it’s time to get even more detailed. Take your time to draw her outfit and her armbands. She’s also a very strong Sith, so you might want to give her muscles. Here I’ve given her strong shoulders from using her lightsaber to fight Jedi!

Step Five:
You’re ready to draw in her tattoos. Her tattoos are normally black, but feel free to fill them in with other colors. Darth Talon has a red body, but Twi’leks can have different colored bodies too, so you could really have a lot of fun making her took just how you want her to.

Step Six:
Here she is finished! Feel free to use whatever you want to color her in. Crayons, paints, markers, even the computer! For mine, I used markers, with a white pen for little highlights.