Sketching Stars

Luis Vega

SKETCHING STARS

To commemorate each new Star Wars movie, Luis loves to create a piece of art. Here are few he created based on the Disney releases

As a little boy I would constantly try to draw Darth Vader and Han Solo, my two favorite characters from the original trilogy. When the prequels came around, I remember trying to put together pieces on Qui-Gonn and Obi-Wan.

After watching the excellent The Force Awakens, I knew I had to take a stab at the lead protaganist, Rey. I’m a huge fan of Rey and think she is a Mt. Rushmore Star Wars hero. Daisy Ridley matches the raw naivete of farm boy Luke with just the right amount of technical know-how a la Han.

I knew I wanted to put together a shot of Rey with her staff, but I also wanted to draw Rey on her speeder. I decided I would merge the two pieces, and thus my new signature style was born: a larger face/bust of a character with a smaller action or detail shot in the foreground. This Rey piece started the trend.

While watching Solo, I was completely captivated by the character Enfys Nest. I loved everything about the look of this character. The mask, the fur, the entire costume. Then she removes the helmet and you see a freckled young woman. This made my choice for who I wanted to capture in my signature art style easy. With my new materials (thank god for the Micron pens) I feel like I was able to capture the power of the character’s mask, and the humanity of her bare face.

Luis Vega

For The Last Jedi, I knew I wanted to draw my oldest son’s favorite character, Kylo Ren. While I love the look of the Kylo mask in my illustration, I feel like the likeness on the unmasked face left a bit to be desired. Also, the quilting on the costume was truly hard to capture in a relatively flat black environment.

Luis Vega

Some of you may be wondering why there isn’t a piece for the excellent Rogue One... Simple, I didn’t like how my Jyn turned out. I hope to redo that one soon in a piece I’m prouder of. - LV