In January, Rockstar and Blue Sky Studios both took on the challenge of Star Wars. Click the links above for some great art!
Fan Art: Clone Wars
Artist Panoramacon says this is “Star Wars as I wish it had been.”
There can be only one!
Livejournal users, the Darth Artsy A New Hope fan art contest has come to a boil, and you can pick the winner. The poll is only open through Saturday night and there are plenty of great entries – I had a hard time deciding!
Book Review: You can draw Star Wars
So Bonnie Burton (of StarWars.com fame) put together her first Star Wars book (although not her first book) on how to draw Star Wars called You Can Draw Star Wars. It’s from a series called “You can draw…”. So I decided to see if the claim held true.
Y’see. I can’t draw. I’m fairly limited to stick fingers or flowers. (Really ugly flowers.) So I pulled together a couple of friends (some of whom have actual talent) to see if we could follow along with the instructions.
I’m pleased to say that despite ignoring all the real artistic instruction included in the book, we were able to dive in and attempt Yoda. And even though mine came out looking like a wax figure left too close to the fire, you could honestly say that all of our attempts looked like Yoda.
Even if you’re not into drawing, the book is a pleasant read for the various facts and thoughts about Star Wars art. You’ll need to be diligent in finding it on the bookstore shelves, though. The drawing sections of most bookstores are usually a bit of a mess and it took me and two sales people to figure out where her book was. But it was worth it!
Fan Art: Thrawn
Grand Admiral Thrawn by DR Husar. Because, just maybe, there’s a Zahn book coming out on Tuesday.
Fan Art: Worry dolls
Star Wars worry dolls by Dragonhand. Also, X-Wing pilots!
Fan Art: Queen Apailana
Queen Apailana (click through for full image) by Famira Damaris.
Fan Art: Things go boom!
To keep things from getting too cute around here, have some violence and explosions from Mathew W. Waggle and Nathaniel Anderson. (However, I should note that the screamy guy’s pose is adorable.)
30th Anniversary contest
The premiere Star Wars art community on Livejournal, Darth Artsy, is having an A New Hope fan art contest.
Get the jump on McQuarrie book
The Art of Ralph McQuarrie is now available for preorder. The book is limited to 2000 copies and preorders will ship in April. It’s set to officially debut at Celebration IV, but if you really want a copy, now is the time.