I'm sort of catching up here a bit. Over the past year I did a few illustrations for the Star Wars Roleplaying Game, my first in a few years. The Legacy Era Campagin Guide released in March.One illustration of mine was included in this book, a spot illustration reproduced on page 131. As mentioned in this older post, the repro came out really dark and dulled in color, despite having mailed in the artwork. While that post was in the context of D&D books, I was unsure if the Star Wars line would suffer the same fate (both being Wizards publications). It did. I've since taken measures to try to mitigate this in future products.
I can't make any of these Star Wars originals or their sketches available for sale quite yet, however--Lucasfilm reserves first refusal on them and I'm awaiting that.
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Poor rerpductions -unfortunate this is. (sorry -I had to make a geeky Star Wars comment!)
I think it's still a cool image and it's gotta be fun to work on that franchise..maybe?
Quick question...you say oils on treated watercolor paper. How do you treat it (matte medium?) and how heavy the paper ?
Hey Scott--I treat all paper (inc. that which I mount on masonite) with PVA size or Rabbitskin glue. Usually PVA size these days. For unmounted paper I don't work larger than 12x16", and use an Arches 140lb hot press block. I don't work on the block though, I take a sheet off, run it through the printer, and tape it to masonite while working. Goes in the oven well taped to the board, too, but see disclaimers elsewhere on this blog before burning your house down.
Oh yeah, Acrylic hates PVA size, so don't think of doing an Acrylic underpainting on paper coated with PVA size. The Acrylic sorta sticks to it, and you can't move it around. When doing Acrylic underpainting, I seal with a couple coats of matte medium before switching to oils.
Awesome Randy - thanks for the tips and all that detailed info. Very helpful!
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