Star Wars - TLJ- Art contest/Red Carpet winner.
In November of 2017, The Star Wars tumblr page sponsored an art contest in conjunction with Vizio. The art work submitted had to directly tie in with "Star Wars: The Last Jedi", and be original art created for the contest.
Out of thousands of submissions, a small number of winners would be selected to have their art work displayed during the Red Carpet L.A. premiere of the Last Jedi in December 2017.
I was lucky enough to be one of those winners.
I would like to show you how this piece came to be.
Above is the final image as submitted to the contest. Before I could get to this stage, I had to find source material for the art.
That material came from the trailers and promo images for the movie. I simply took screen shots of the trailers/images and arranged a pleasing composition in Photoshop. That was just a starting point. That composition was then printed off and I created a pencil drawing from it by hand. (Daisy Ridely's face was VERY hard to see in the still I grabbed, and I had to redraw it 4 times-finally using reference from other stills to get it correct) This pencil drawing was then scanned into my computer, uploaded in Photoshop, and then I added layers of color under it.
Then, that image was printed off on an 11"x 14" pieceof bristol board. I then used a selection of colored pencils, and white gel pens to come up with the final composition and color by hand. This final image was then re-scanned and uploaded into Photoshop where final color/lighting/level corrections could be made and the Star Wars logo was added.
All that was left to do was submit my image. I later received word that my work had won!!! I was totally excited and couldn't wait till the evening of the red carpet premiere!!! During the premiere, I watched closely as the stars passed in front of the wall of screens by Vizio. There were a couple of shots I grabbed of Ram Bergman (producer), Frank Oz (Yoda), and one awesome picture of Anthony Daniels (C-3P0) and director Rian Johnson!!!
Needless to say, I was beyond ecstatic!!! The DIRECTOR of the movie, showcasing my art~!!! CRAZY!
BUT.... nothing compared with seeing Rey herself (Daisy Ridley) in front of my art...
So, that was my awesome experience. Thank for letting me share it with you!!!
I know I haven't posted in a long while (I'm a teacher, and a father and husband.. so time gets away from me.) But it's a new year and I am re-doing my schedule. So, hopefully, that means more posts and more art that I am sharing.
If you'd like to see more of my art, here are my links:
My Site
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See you soon, and remember to be a creator- not just a consumer!!!