. . . all this did happen wiv a furry
monkey-manned and black dalekmanned and spacecars thats are bigger than a house
and lectric swords wot sing shiny and evwy'fing, its really did, and it is TREW!
Well, as we've been having a
contribution/space day, here's another of Jon Alderfer's pieces to finish a
one-day mini-season! And what a glorious artwork it is, the composition is
lovely, beautifully balanced, well thought out, and both managing to channel
the original posters AND covering many more memorable scenes than any of them and
doing it all without a - now-clichéd -
light-sabre in sight!
From the slightly offset Star Destroyer at
the top, a dreaming Luke torn between the light and dark of the two father
figures, the four 'kids' flanked by two hologram scenes and two 'Escape from
the Star Destroyer' scenes and then the two comedy pairs down the bottom, it's
immaculately executed. Even the 'footballs' of security- and trainer-droid's neatly
balance each-other.
The rendition of the holographic chess
pieces and Leia's distress message are superb, Jon confirmed he does
use coloured pencil; some items highlighted with felt-tips, but at this level I
think they are referred to as 'art markers' and the technique is 'Pen &
Ink'! And the faces, how does he get the faces? That's not commercial art,
that's just art!
Stunning piece Jon; humbled, again, to have it
on the Blog.
PS - why has no-one done a set of those
chess pieces, they would make a fantastic group of 50mm-odd 'Little Rubber Guys'!
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