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Art tips and techniques, reviews and interviews from my studio. Archived here and at World Famous Comics. Comics 101 for 07/24/2003 Chewbacca Memorial Painting: Week Three - The airbrush. This is the weapon of an artist. Not as clumsy or as random as a blaster. This month I'm gearing up for Wizard World Chicago, IL August 8th-10th. I'm also busy with my new Moonstone Books comic book project currently so I'll be re-running an archived feature from Comics 101. If you are heading to Wizard World Chicago be sure to find me in Artist Alley where I'll be signing and selling my original Star Wars artwork and drawing sketches for fans. New articles for this column will return in August so in the meantime enjoy this look back at this previous Comics 101 feature! I shift gears now and move to use my airbrush to establish my background color before I complete any of my foreground painting. I cut out a rough frisket or mask for the background using transluscent parchment paper and tape it down to my board around the figures, the Falcon, and the planet in the upper right. I then begin mixing my Creatix paints for my airbrush. These paints are like acrylics but more water sollulable for the airbrush to work properly. The airbrush helps me to quickly create the gradient tone of the large, fading starfield in a matter of a few minutes. I chose to give the outerspace backround a cool blue color that will complement and separate nicely from the warm colors I'm establishing in the foreground characters. Shifting gears again, I begin adding the stars with white acrylic and adding their glowing effects with color pencils. I then cut a frisket around the planet and pick up my airbrush again to block in the fading green surface. I render around the green planet with some soft, light blue color pencil to give the appearance of the glowing atmsopheric horizon. I chose not to block in too much color on Boba Fett and the Millenium Falcon yet since they are smaller, more detailed intense characters. I decide to save their rendering for later (Example E). Example E Come back next week as we complete the rendering on the main characters and tighten up the painting using colored pencils. -Joe Recent Columns:
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