What a sorry year for posts on this blog! Since my first post was Star Wars-based, it seems only fitting (and more so timely) that my last post is about the new movie, Star Wars: Episode VII : The Force Awakens!
If you haven't seen the movie, yet, I cannot recommend it enough. Regardless of the politics of anything in the Star Wars franchise (old trilogy versus new, new director drama, etc.), it's just a really fun, enjoyable movie. I left feeling I got more than my money's worth.
Some behind the scenes stuff: As always, I have to start with some sketches.
This was especially important, since I'm not familiar with these characters. In fact, I hadn't seen the film when I drew this, so I wasn't even sure who the main characters were, secondary, et cetera. Research is important, folks! Then I figured out a composition, reminiscent of
my earlier Star Wars post.
All done digitally in Photoshop. Made some changes to it:
And then started cleaning it all up:
Each character was drawn on a different layer so I could tweak the layout as needed.
Everything was done on the fly for this one, with little pre-planning. All drawn in one day, from sketch to final. Just a passion project to let off some steam after a long time drawing Smurfs for work. You may notice that I removed General Hux because he ultimately looked like a character just floating in the background. I was going to add some new Stormtroopers in his place, but it got to be a bit top-heavy.
Hopefully you enjoy it, and May the Force be With You!
See you in 2016!
