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tried to bridge myself over to the creative side – the filmmaking side – of Lucasfilm, I found my way blocked by how I was seen within the organisation, based on the work I had done for them. “Now I’m not saying I was unhappy with the licensed work – far from it. I loved and still love the Star Wars work I do, but it was a bit disappointing not to be seen as someone who could contribute creatively to the world of the filmed Star Wars epic.” This hasn’t prevented the artist from pursuing his love of Star Wars, with commissions from Dark Horse comics and a popular book collection of his art, Star Wars: The Art of Dave Dorman. www.davedorman.com
For the 20th anniversary of the first Star Wars film, Dave created three widescreen paintings commemorating the first three movies. The original of this image is now in George Lucas’s private collection
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“After that contract I moved to EA’s Visceral Games to work as a senior concept artist on several unannounced titles,” Josh continues. “I eventually returned to Industrial Light and Magic as a senior concept artist where I worked on Super 8, Cowboys and Aliens and Redtails,” explains Josh. Since leaving ILM Josh has served as an art director and artist for several mobile game titles and unannounced projects based out of Los Angeles. He has created concepts for films by Steven Spielberg, J.J. Abrams, Robert Zemeckis and Jon Favreau. Here we showcase some of Josh’s personal concept work inspired by Star Wars. www.conceptbyjosh.com
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Guillaume Menuel Guillaume kind of went crazy when the first Star Wars Episode VII trailer was released last year. “I was just way too much caught up in the hype – I had to do all this fan art. It poured out of me!” The thing that caught the artist’s attention (besides the fact that it was a new Star Wars film!) was the characters. Though the trailer gave little detail away, it was the mystery of them that hooked him: “The rebel sign on Finn’s arm was my guess that he may be some kind of dissident Stormtrooper,” he says. Like so many fans, he watched the trailer multiple times and started counting down the clock until he could compare his guesses to J.J. Abrams’ vision. Guillaume says he’s “not very original” in his favourite Star Wars artists: he’s worshipped Ralph McQuarrie, Doug Chiang and Roger Kastel for years. “I devoured their books when I was in high school and they really made me fall in love with concept art.” He’s now a concept artist at Ubisoft Montreal, and it’s character design he loves most, he says. Although the art books certainly inspired him, he’s still not really sure he has a precise art process. “But I really enjoy working with lines first, having a good and precise drawing done. Then I add my black-and-white shading and then colour. I finally merge everything on a single layer to push my rendering... I have quite a traditional approach. I don’t use Photoshop at its full potential, that is for sure!” www.artstation.com/artist/grizz
“I am above all a character designer, so I had fun doing this Mandalorian desert bounty hunter. She’s a wanderer hunting in the most dry, inhospitable places. I tried to keep the rusty tech feeling that gives such charm to Star Wars designs”
“This is a scout trooper who’s become really mad about Ewoks. So he’s hunting them, and wearing some trophies when he gets one! I love the scout troopers characters – their design really is my favourite in the troopers category”
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