Perhaps the second-most fearsome Space Pirate in the Space Pirates And Zombies universe is Space Skid Puff. Although he pilots a powerful space cruiser bristling with weapons, Space Skid Puff ends up second-best in any contest with Captain Don and the valiant crew of the Clockwork.
My painting of Space Skid Puff does not stray far from the original model. He is the only character in the award-winning space-combat videogame "Space Pirates And Zombies" who has a character icon as well as a specialist icon. Specialists are characters who can come to work on board the Clockwork, the hero pirate ship in the game. The player normally rescues specialists from being marooned in deep space. Space Skid Puff is unusual in that he is the only specialist that has dialogue in the main game. So, his dialogue icon needs to be a close match to his specialist icon.
I've added a dramatic chiaraoscuro effect, which is a technique of using bright highlights and dark shadows. In the hands of a master, chiaroscuro (Italian for "light-dark") is powerful and engaging. My version makes Space Skid Puff look like he was painted on black velvet. I'm sure the real Space Skid Puff would not mind.
Space Skid Puff is the intellectual property of MinMax Studio. With their kind permission, he appears on JSVB along with the other Space Pirates And Zombies characters I have rendered (please click on the names to see them):
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