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Painting by Numbers
This series was a long time in the making - hell, almost five years. Well sort of. That was about the time I started doing Star Wars paintings. There where suggestions made to me before this to do a segment like this, but its taken 'till now for me to do it. I've decided that since most of the work I do today is commissions for RPG websites - leaving not much new work for Galactic Voyage - that this would be a way to provide something to GV. So, weather you be interested or be bored by it, be here!
I won't be doing these segments in any sort of order, but I will start with this one for the obvious reason.
On to the painting.
When I decided to do some painting this was the first one I did to send to a website. Naboo BooBoo its called. Now I know its not on Naboo, nor did the scene appear in Attack of the Clones, (so the booboo bit is right) but this was in the early days of spoilers for the movie and not much was known - in terms of story or visuals. The theory that was flavour of the month at the time was kidnapping, and that's the story of the painting.
1. Is the inspiration for the painting. It is a photo of the capture scene on Bespin from The Empire Strikes Back. The similarities to the photo are obvious - for the first painting I decided to stick closer to something I know.
2. Is the first sketch of the painting. The pose of Padme more closely resembles the photo inspiration, but all the other main elements are much the same as the final painting. As I remember all those elements came to mind pretty much straight away - the dramatic aggressive stance of Anakin, Jango slightly flinching in response to the speed and surpise of the attack.
2a. Is the Cloud City guard concept drawing, by Ralph McQuarrie, that I used as the basis of the costume for the captor holding Padme. Too lazy to come up with my own.
2b. Is the one of the few photos found online at the time used for the background. Then, I don't think much was known about what or where this room was - hence the absence of windows between the 'spars' where they should be. Leaving those areas blank made the painting less complicated also.
3. Is the sketch of the painting put down before the application of the paint. The changing of Leia/Padme's pose to a more direct, forward facing stance enhances the effort of her struggle and adds to the drama of the situation, as does the the sharp dramatic perspective of the room.
4. Is the finished painting. Which I still quite like. Thought it was no bad for a first effort. Too bad I didn't put as much concentration into the rest of the paintings. But then, that's the way with me. The first time I try something I can do it well, after that, its a down hill slide from there.
