Xmas gift part II

This is another gift for a good friend of mine.  It isn't finished, but I am making good progress on it.  Should be done in a few days.

Xmas gifts

This is a Starkiller Secret Santa gift for a friend here at work.

Next Appearance - Nuke the Fridge Con - Nov 20th

I will be attending the Nuke The Fridge Con on Saturday Nov 20th.  I have a table in their Artist Alley and I am super excited to be apart of it.  Nuke the Fridge Con is happening at the Frank 'n Sons Collectibles Show in City of Industry.  Those of you that are familiar with the collectible show know it is a awesome show to begin with, but having the Nuke the Fridge Con there is going to make is even more awesome.  Free parking and free admission!  I will be selling my sketch cards and doing custom sketch card commissions.  

Frank & Son's is located at

19649 San Jose Ave.
City of Industry, CA 91748

Sketch Card Tuesday - Troopers!

Stormtrooper and Clonetrooper goodness.  I find the Clones so much more interesting than the Stormtroopers. These are up on eBay right now

http://shop.ebay.com/thorneart/m.html

I was interviewed by the Star Wars: Facebook'd group

SW:F'D Star Cover Artist: CHRIS THORNE

by Chris S W Simons on Wednesday, September 1, 2010 at 11:56am

Gardena, California. Population; 57,746. One of those folks just happens to be our current cover artist, Chris Thorne!

"Star Wars" has been a large influence on Chris since he was a child. "It just seems like a perfect movie," and Ralph McQuarrie's conceptual art for the film certinatly left an impression back then. The endless visual splendor of the "Star Wars" universe, including the Dark Horse comic series, "Star Wars: Legacy", continues to inspire Chris to this day!

Chris discovered his talent for drawing early on, when he made original pieces of art for Christmas. "I was…God, six or seven maybe?  I didn’t have a gift for my Mom and so I drew people and things on cardboard, colored them and cut them out, glued them onto paper, rolled them up and put them in a canister to be put under the tree."

 
These days, Chris is using blue non-photo pencils, India ink, and charcoal along with his markers, and pens. "I also use Bristol, Watercolor and Comic Illustration papers." His favorite style of artwork is the pointillist technique, stippling. The painstaking process of creating an image by making thousands of dots. "I did my wedding invitations in a stippled technique and my wife loved it."

There's no better escape than art for Chris. "There is no better feeling than how I feel at the end of a very satisfying session," he explains. "People need an outlet for the real world and they need art to escape." What better world of art to escape to than the "Star Wars" universe?

Speaking of which, we asked a few questions about that galaxy far, far away...

SW:F'D: What is your FAVORITE STAR WARS EPISODE?
CT: My Favorite is Ep.4 ANH.  It just seems like a perfect movie.  As I have gotten older, I appreciate Ep. 5 ESB, but ANH will always be my favorite, the one I watch when I just want to escape.  I love making fun of the whinny Luke, and his need for power converters, but that is because I love it so much.

SW:F'D: Who is your FAVORITE STAR WARS CHARACTER?
CT: It is pretty close between Han and Darth Vader, but I think I am gonna have to say Darth Vader.  He is just the coolest freaking bad guy ever.  He just steals every scene he is in.

SW:F'D: What do you think would win in a fight? A Dewback, or an Orray?
CT: I would have to say an Orray, I think they are more battle hardened and breed for that.  Dewbacks seem more docile.  But since Dewbacks are much bigger than Orrays maybe that would be enough to win a battle, maybe they would just sit on them.  Can I change my answer?  I want to see the Dewback kick the Orray’s butt.

SW:F'D: What do you think Blue Milk tastes like?
CT: I had some when I was a kid, it tastes like Pepto-Bismol actually, now that I think about it, it did seem pinker than I expected and…Damnit, I gotta find my friend Craig.  He freakin’ tricked me.

SW:F'D: Any final words?
CT: Han shot first and I want the original versions of the original trilogy on blu-ray.

you can find the Star Wars Facebook'd group here

You can find Chris Simons facebook page here

Latest ink on Tusken Raider

Latest inks on the Tusken Raider.  I will be getting rid of some of the black lines and I am really trying to make the hill in the background work.  I am not sure I am succeeding. What do you think?

Inking Stage - Tuskin Raider

Just wanted to show you an update on my new Tuskin Raider piece.  I have spoted some of the big black areas.  I still need to go in an do the wrapping on the head and I am not looking forward to that.  LOL.  Anyway, let me know what you think!

Work in Progress - Darth Vader

A work in progress, Darth Vader with his "angels", Darth Sidieous and Qui-Gon Jinn.

New Piece - Tusken Raider

This is a new piece, a Tusken Raider.  I really find sandpeople challenging to draw.  The wraps and fringe makes it difficult, but when it works, it always impressive.

Boba Fett - Final Inks

This is the final inking of the Boba Fett piece.  Now I just need to find someone to color it.

Cad Bane - Watercolor and Ink

I really like drawing Cad Bane.  I am having a real good time with the watercolors too.  I can't say I am getting them to do what I want, more like I am doing stuff and seeing what I end up with.  Anyway.  Today's watercolor experiment with ink.  Comments are always welcome.

Boba Fett - Work In Progress

I am doing a cool new Boba Fett piece, I am really loving it.  It is based on reference from the Ken the "ElvisTrooper".  That guys takes some seriously great pictures.  I would love to color this, but my color skills are basic at best. 
I would love to find someone that could color this for me.  If you know anyone that might be interested, please contact me  ccthorne@socal.rr.com

Finished Cody

I finished the Commander Cody Watercolor piece, I added ink to it.  I was very pleasantly surprised in how well it came out.  The Clone Troopers are really starting to grow on me.  Makes me wonder why the Empire got away from the clones or if there are clones in the Stormtroopers uniforms...hmm.

Comicsforcures.com Cards Finished

Got my sketch cards finished for the comicsforcures.com benefit auction and I did 4 cards, a couple Star Wars, Tusken Raider and a pair of Stormtroopers, a Venom and a Hellboy.

3rd Annual
SKETCH CARD BENEFIT AUCTION
AND GALLERY SHOW
FOR AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
May 22nd, 2010

Comics 2 Games is hosting a SKETCH CARD GALLERY SHOW and Benefit Auction for American Cancer Society on April 3rd, 2010.
Proceeds will go to the AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY.
Location: Comics 2 Games, 8470 US 42., Florence, KY 41042 phone: 859-647-7568.

Sponsors:
BLUELINEPRO.COM - COMICSXP.COM - SKETCHMAGAZINE.NET

New Vader Piece Started - Pencils

Started a new Darth Vader Piece last night.  I should have been working on other projects, but something inspired me and I just "needed" to do this piece.  (I love that feeling.)  Anyway.  Thought I would share the process here so here are the pencils I did last night.  I am thinking of monochrome, maybe black, white and one or two greys.  I may add a couple of figures to the top of the image, we will see.

More Comicforcures.com Benefit Sketch Cards

 

  

Two more cards for the Comicsforcures.com Cancer benefit auction.  Tusken Raider with Micron Pen and Primacolor Markers.  And a pair of Stormtroopers, inspired by a photo taken by Ken "Elvis Trooper" Tarkenton.  I love his work.

A couple of new Sketch Cards - Iron Man and Clone Trooper

 

A couple of new Sketch Cards I did recently.  Mandalorian-Style Helmet of "Captain Rex".  And an Iron Man head shot from Comic Con.  These are available for sale, contact me.

Watto and Qui-Gon

 

This is a sketch I did the other day, I am trying to get better with the Copic markers I have.  I was getting really frustrated with the piece in the middle of laying down the colors, I was just adding color after color and I thought I was really getting away from the look of Watto.  But I stuck with it and I think Watto and Qui-Gon came out a lot better than I expected.  I love surprising myself.  What really got it going for me was laying down the inks afterward.  I started with the jacket and the inks really made it pop.

Sketchcardiness - Jedi Youngling

This was something that I thought you never seen much off is Star Wars sketchcards, a Jedi Young-ling, totally innocent, not knowing that there is a guy named Darth Vader coming to kill him, maybe he has felt the disturbance in The Force, but just doesn't know what it means...poor kid.

Battle of the Darth Sketchcards!

 

These are two more Copic Marker sketchcards, Darth Vader (episodes 4-6) and Darth Maul (episode 1).