The Empire Strikes Back

Scene from Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Oil on canvas, 18x24
after Irvin Kershner and Co.

I wanted to practice some oil painting. I got frustrated (and bored) with a still life I was working on so I did this instead. I know it's technically a copy of someone else's art (director Irvin Kershner and others who worked on the movie), but I hope you enjoy it anyway.

And here's a piece that I never posted on the blog that I did a couple of years ago. As an exercise in comic illustration, I drew one of my favorite scenes from Empire. It's rough--I drew it as fast as I could. It took about 2 hours.

Scene from Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Pencil and Sharpie Marker on bristol board, 11x17.
after Irvin Kershner and Co. 

Still life with Lightsaber

I had to do a still life for painting class. Adding the lightsaber made it fun for me.
Still Life with Lightsaber. Acrylic on masonite, 18x24.
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From Painting Class

A recent still life I did in class. The object was to paint with a palette knife. We had just finished a few abstract paintings done the same way, so this is meant to have an expressive quality.
Acrylic on hardboard, 32x40 inches.
$600 $300 plus shipping.

Darth Vader Kills Palpatine

Darth Vader Kills Palpatine, India ink and Copic marker on bristol, 9x11.

I always wanted to ink those Star Wars pages I did a while back (use the Star Wars label at top of page and scroll through to see). I doubt I'll have time to do that, but I did want to practice inking on this panel that I thought stands on it's own. I blew it up to about 9x11 and transferred it to bristol board. I inked it with Pitt pens and used a Copic marker for the gray.
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Catwoman

Some more from the Pentel Brush Pen with Copic Marker.
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SILVER SURFER

I really abused the Pentel Brush Pen on this one. All of the black was inked with it. Somehow the brush is still keeping its shape! I'm impressed. The gray was done with a Copic marker.
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BATMAN (and my new toy)

This was inked with a new toy--the Pentel Pocket Brush Pen. I was able to make some nice lines on thefigure and the background was just quickly sketched to get more of a feel for the pen. The grays were done with a copic marker. It'll be interesting to see how the brush holds up over time since it stays saturated in ink. I'm impressed with the pen so far. I'm going to push it on my next piece and see how much abuse it can take.
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LUKE SKYWALKER

A recent commission:

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IRON MAN IN CHARCOAL

Iron Man. Charcoal on paper. 18x24.

Haven't used charcoal in a while and I need to get a feel get used to it again for a class I'm taking. It's really a mess to use at home! I'm not sure why I decided to draw Iron Man to practice charcoal, but it was fun. I might have to do more of these.
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WASP

I haven't done much in the way of female characters on this blog. I don't think the Avengers movie is going to have enough female characters, so I decided to draw the Wasp. I guess her powers would seem silly on film, but she probably should have been attempted for the movie. I think she was the character that named the team. Anyway, I went with the early costume. Also, I haven't mentioned this since it came out, but I loved Captain America: The First Avenger.


I'm planning on doing a bunch of black and white drawings. A 9x12 commission like this is $30 if you are interested. I'm also taking requests just to keep ideas coming and my pencil moving. See my last post for more info.