New Star Wars Celebration Variant Poster, Badges and More.
StarWars.com spoke with artist Craig Drake about his stunning Star Wars Celebration poster and also offered a first look at new very cool looking variant poster, badges, and a special Star Wars: Rebels themed Celebration variant!
From StarWars.com:
“I essentially took the basic line art that I usually do, that’s very recognizable, and painted over it,” Drake tells StarWars.com (about the official Celebration poster). “Before I even did that, I took a look at the [legendary movie- and Star Wars-poster artist] Drew Struzans of the world and how those color palettes feel. So, the basis for what I usually do is there, it’s just underneath a lot of color enhancement and free-hand painting, just to dial it up a bit, and I think it added a nice touch that made it feel more filmic.”
“I initially was given quite a bit of freedom to tackle a theme,” Drake says of the early process, “and that’s how I came up with the first version, featuring Boba [Fett], Vader, and the stormtrooper.”
It seems to be the stormtroopers, Boba Fetts, and Vaders are the heavy focus in terms of costumes. Those are just iconic, wonderful shapes to actually illustrate. And I think through that process, we quickly decided, these are neat looking, but we actually wanted to include human faces and build it out like a traditional movie poster with a variety of characters.” This led to the second attempt, also seen above, which saw a new layout and added a certain sharp-shooting princess; finally, the third time was the charm, as the Han-focused illustration struck the right balance of heroes, villains, and energy.
I personally love Drake’s work. He has a unique way of using colors. He also created the art for the Celebration badges and a Star Wars: Rebels variant poster. For the full interview with Dan Brooks from Lucasfilm and the additional art for the Celebration badges go to StarWars.com.
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The red Vader poster is very iconic and would grace a wall in my house any day.
I hate space movies. And nobody better disagree with me or I’ll call upon Satan.
I hate Satan movies
What about Rosemary’s Baby?? What’s not to love…?
I hate space have no room for it
Have they explained why there is never a Luke sighting?
Forget Luke, has anyone seen Leia since filming began?
Fett is a pretty popular one among cosplayers, but also because it is one the freakin’ hardest to make, and accurate at that.
Aside that i always like whenever a Boushh costume shows up.
The style of the red poster somewhat reminds me of the Hungarian Star Wars book posters created a couple of months ago. Decide it for yourself:
http://konyves.blog.hu/2014/10/06/uj_forditasban_jonnek_az_eredeti_csillagok_haboruja-regenyek
http://bookline.hu/product/home.action?id=274976&type=22&_v=James_Kahn_A_Jedi_visszater
http://www.libri.hu/konyv/donald_f_glut.a-birodalom-visszavag-6.html
Looks great
Vaders arm looks awkward. He forced the hand in their just so he could hold a lightsaber. So many great artist why this guy?
Clearly not a stormtrooper’s hand in the first picture haha