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My Official Star Wars Celebration V Print

2010-07-21T22:56:00.000-07:00

When I was invited to produce a limited edition print for Star Wars Celebration V (being held in Orlando, FL Aug 12 - 15) I felt like a little kid. I was so excited. I knew exactly what I wanted to do. A very clean and simple piece using Boba Fett. BIG thanks to TK409.com for being the model! :D

The Star Wars Official Site decided to use the print art on their home page...boy was I excited and honored to see that! Wow! I screengrabbed that quickly! ;)

The prints, limited to 250, will be priced at a very reasonable $35! So, come on by Artists Alley say hello and purchase a poster or two! :D I'm also going to have limited numbers of free bits and bobs at my table.
If you would like a sketch I will be doing very limited pieces for/at the show. Please, be sure to bring a reference photo for me. Single character head shots only, please! Price to be determined closer to convention time. Sketch prices will be posted at the table.

If you have any q's email me!

See you there!
L

Drew Struzan - Appreciation of an Artist

2008-06-24T23:32:00.000-07:00

Stan Winston...A Legend Remembered.

2008-06-18T16:58:00.001-07:00

Sad news. Stan Winston - He will be missed dearly but forever remembered. I have begun an illustration of Stan Winston in honour of his achievements in the Motion Picture Industry.

paulshipper.com

May 22nd is Here!

2008-05-21T21:13:00.000-07:00

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

2008-04-23T16:24:00.000-07:00

Less than one month to go...Indiana Jones frenzy is upon us and I for one am 'giddy as a schoolboy'! I got so excited I wanted to design my own poster. It has been a work in progress for a short while and scouring magazines and the internet for reference material, but here is the finished illustration... hope you all like it.

- Paul

www.paulshipper.com

Latest Pieces

2008-04-04T07:43:00.000-07:00

Indiana Jones Heritage...... and Princess (slave) Leia for a benefit....

Looking forward to seeing the Crystal Skull movie!!

LANDO - the movie!

2007-12-20T22:47:00.000-08:00

Matt Haley here, lately artist on Stan Lee's "Who Wants To Be A Superhero" tv series on the SciFi Channel. The only STAR WARS-related works I have done were storybosrds for the Episode III XBOX game commercials and box art, and a SW Galaxies II card for Topps ages ago. Oh and soem sketch cards for Episode III, never do that again, blimey.
Grant suggested I post this silly bit I did last week. See, when I was a kid, some know-it-all fellow student told me there was a film between STAR WARS and EMPIRE called "LANDO". We all laughed of course, but the other day I just had to draw it down. Enjoy! - mh
http://blackmatte.blogspot.com
http://www.matthaley.com

Crystal Skull Artwork

2007-12-13T01:22:00.000-08:00

Here is new Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull artwork created for the Raider.Net.

Expect to see more Indiana Jones art in the near future...

www.paulshipper.com

New Contributor to the Allied ArtBlog!

2007-09-29T15:40:00.000-07:00

Hi!

My name's Leah Mangue and I'm new to the Allied ArtBlog as well as being a new inductee into the official Star Wars realm via Topps' Star Wars 30th Anniversary collectors card set.

I'm christening my first entry here with a piece which will be making its official debut in the Star Wars Insider #97 which hits the streets on or around October 24th, 2007.

Enjoy!

Leah

Production Hoth Tin Photo Released!

2007-09-04T03:18:00.001-07:00

WizKidsGames have just posted more information onto their revamped Star Wars Pocketmodel site including pictures of the Hoth Collectors Tin that I did the artwork for.
Head on over to paulshipper.com or to wizkids for more information.

Blogged with Flock

Battle of Hoth...

2007-08-16T03:29:00.001-07:00

Here is my latest Star Wars related piece. The brief was to create a painting reminiscent of the Special Edition film posters that were created by the grand master, Drew Struzan. However, just concentrating on the Battle of Hoth sequence and containing specific characters and vehicles. It was a dream come true getting this commission... Loved every minute of it!

Blogged with Flock

New Artist on Allied ArtBlog...

2007-07-19T01:52:00.001-07:00

Hi All...

My name is Paul Shipper, I am an artist who loves to draw all things Lucas, among other things and recently landed my first Star Wars commission from the Ranch...

I will be posting on here as often as I can with any Lucasfilm related
artwork and I hope that we can bring the ArtBlog back to its rightful
existence - I remember when i first stumbled onto this Blog and was
extremely excited to see a place where Lucas Licensed artists could
post their work online for all to see...

Here is a painting I did recently to herald the beginning of production on Indy 4!
Can't wait for this movie - and the possibility of this being the next Trilogy!

www.paulshipper.com
psillo.blogspot.com

Indy

2006-06-20T19:02:00.000-07:00

Like your James Dean - Cat, this guy is a favorite of mine..... a great face to draw!

James Dean

2006-06-14T08:47:00.000-07:00

I got a chance to do a commission of a subject I have not drawn in 15 years...I used to draw him practicaly everyday for YEARS. Anyway I hope you all enjoy this as much as I did doing it. It brought back a lot of fond memories.

You Are All Clear Kid...Now Lets Draw This Thing And Go Home

2006-06-07T22:08:00.000-07:00

Drawing Han Solo
June 07, 2006
Star Wars.com Star Wars: Kids

As a smirking smuggler, handsome rogue and pilot to the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy -- the Millennium Falcon -- Han Solo had his share of close-call encounters with his trusted Wookiee sidekick Chewbacca. But it wasn't until he was hired to transport Obi-Wan Kenobi, Luke Skywalker, R2-D2 and C-3PO from Tatooine to Alderaan in A New Hope that his real adventure began.

Click here

Ralph McQuarrie

2006-05-29T18:49:00.000-07:00

In my mind the very first member of the Artist's alliance - the brilliant Ralph McQuarrie.

This piece in intended to celebrate his Star Wars universe vision. In addition to this, it is also meant to recognise the influence his work has had on most of us.

Shaken, Not Stirred

2006-05-23T07:58:00.000-07:00

Live and Let Die
Bond and Solitaire

Here are a few 007 pieces from my 2006 sketchbook..two of many to come..the series has started here..

Thunderball
Bond and Domino

The theme is Bond with the main Bond Girl from
each film. Two down and 18 to go.
I actually have a 00 project in the cooker...will post more info when I can.

Diamonds Are Forever
Bond and Tiffany Case

completed on May 24
3rd of the series and not
included in the sketchbook.

How To Draw a Jawa

2006-05-17T21:30:00.000-07:00

My first "How To Draw" feature for the Star Wars Kids website! :D

Check it out!

The Allied ArtBlog Lives On

2006-05-17T16:03:00.000-07:00

Hi, everyone -- Most of you know that we've decided to shut down Artists-Allied.com, because honestly Terri and I are just too busy these days and it wasn't seeing enough action to make it worth our while anymore. However, this art blog will remain intact -- it ain't goin' anywhere :) And I'm hoping the artists who are members here will continue to post - artwork, news, anything they want. I'm also hoping that more Star Wars artists will join this blog over time, so we'll see what happens.

As always, thanks to everyone for their support and interest!

LOST

2006-05-09T16:44:00.000-07:00

The other day while shooting Episode Three ...

2006-05-05T18:29:00.000-07:00

The Director

2006-05-05T00:58:00.000-07:00

I have no idea why I am posting this, but here we go ...

Dallas Comic Con Program Cover

2006-04-24T14:32:00.000-07:00

Hi Kiddies...

I have collaborated on a project with fellow Star Wars Artist Tom Hodges. We were asked to do the cover for the Dallas Comic Con April Show. One of the features guests is Karen Allen of Raiders of the Lost Ark Fame. So we worked through a few ideas and finally decided on the scene in with the medallion and the money.

We wanted to try and split the cover between our two styles. So Tom did the layout sketch and inked it in his style, I then did my thing and fleshed her out. We were going for the Timm/Ross painting the Justice League look. We came out with the above image.

We also decided to try our personal hand at the same image. Me, creating the Photoreal version and Tom his animated version and created this triptych:

It's A Worthless Bronze Medallion, Marion

Skywalker Ranch

2006-04-24T01:18:00.001-07:00

People keep asking me what its like to visit the Ranch so I decided perhaps a sketchbook on the LucasFilm Mecca might be in order.

Ironically I have just returned home after spending a fantastic number of days at the Skywalker Ranch as Production Maestro Rick McCallums guest. I floated the idea of the book with him and also to the guys at the marvelous new campus at the Presidio to a very warm reception. By the way, the Letterman Arts Centre is beautiful and its damn fantastic to see the tons of original artwork hanging from every wall (Drew Struzan, Matt Busch et al).

These are some of the concepts I had for the book. A thick leather-bound volume. Now it remains to be seen if they still think the gig is a good idea!! Even if they don't I will do it anyway....

Some new stuff

2006-04-14T14:09:00.000-07:00

2006-03-31T20:45:00.000-08:00

A couple of commissions I polished off this week:

RPG Character drawing of a Trollkin, Simple ink/digital colouring commission.

And Ackbar - Watercolour and ink

"Smile You Son Of A..."

2006-03-30T15:34:00.000-08:00

This is another a piece that went into the sketch book.. I spent a long time on this one.. Mostly because I was liking it so much I did not want to finish it. The blue tint to the pencil was added in Photoshop just for kicks. It is a piece I am definantly proud of and I am hoping to make it into a full on painting when I get a chance(famous last words of an artist right?)

Another Sketchbook Piece

2006-03-21T15:28:00.000-08:00

Here is another ink piece that I did for my sketchbook. It is one of my ALL TIME favorite film characters.
I am really diggin working with the ink pens.

LOTR Card Coloring

2006-03-20T14:37:00.000-08:00

Thought I'd post a couple LOTR aftermarket coloring jobs:

Stormtrooper Quick commission

2006-03-15T13:31:00.000-08:00

This is a quick commission for a friend of mine, it's about 4x4 :)

Hell, boy!

2006-03-15T07:43:00.000-08:00

Hellboy pic from my '06 sketchbook:

Some new sketch cards

2006-03-12T15:21:00.000-08:00

I was lucky enough to have my buddy Grant hook me up with new Sketch cards just in time for WWLA. These were some Test cards that saw their way to being sold right after I posted them around.

Yoda

2006-03-10T15:19:00.000-08:00

This was done for the guy working on my site:

Smeagol Sunday

2006-03-05T15:12:00.000-08:00

Saruman Saturday

2006-03-04T20:29:00.000-08:00

First Post...

2006-03-04T16:20:00.000-08:00

Ok, so this is my first post here and I decided to make it a doozy...

1st, New webstrip at Hyperspace begins Monday. "Evasive Action:Prey" is the continuing story of our Padawan's; Drake, Ekria and Zonder. This strip will also feature Xizor and Boushh. Lots of fun to do this time out since the format for the strip will be A LOT bigger...

You'll see.

Fell Beast Friday (on Saturday)

2006-03-04T10:21:00.000-08:00

Making of Rick McCallum

2006-03-04T03:53:00.000-08:00

Sorry I have not been around - just frantically busy at the moment.

I really liked Grant's "making-of" version of the Galactica illustration. I really enjoy seeing how people get the the end product sometimes even more than I do seeing the finished thing (a bit like a lot of movies because I will sometimes get a DVD just to see the 'behind the scenes'). I tend to think there is so much to learn from working notes so perhaps we should share those processes here as well.

That said, here are two pix from an illustration I did for Rick McCallum. The pic I chose to use for his face was only available as a black and white and in very poor quality, so I used a different color photograph as a reference for the flesh tones.

Theoden Thursday

2006-03-02T16:31:00.000-08:00

Did I mention I'm a biologist?

2006-03-01T16:12:00.000-08:00

Referenced from a boneclones photo. I WISH I had a gila monster replica skull to go with my collection of non replica skulls (Which are missing teeth from a move because I forgot to glue them in. argh. How do you lose a frickin' gopher tooth or a cat fang? i don't know!).

Anyhoo, skull. Ballpoint pen.

Witch-King Wednesday

2006-03-01T15:07:00.000-08:00

Troll Tuesday

2006-02-28T17:00:00.000-08:00

More Battlestar

2006-02-27T16:46:00.000-08:00

I made a visual step-by-step of this drawing if you wanna check it out.

Mouth (of Sauron ) Monday

2006-02-27T13:51:00.000-08:00

The Two Towers

2006-02-23T18:18:00.000-08:00

I tried this one for the Two Towers, working on a buff paper with paint and pencil.

I quite liked the weight of the eyes at the top of the composition (homage to Drew with his poster for EP1), but overall I do not like the finished piece because of the "yellow" tone the illustration.

I also do not like my drawing of Frodo - who I really thought ended up looking shocking.

The Fellowship of the Ring

2006-02-23T18:09:00.000-08:00

Grants beautiful LOTR's post reminded me of some scribbles I did a little while ago. Colored pencil on heavy paper

2006-02-23T15:00:00.000-08:00

I've been working on some personal commissions, I feel like a bad artist for not getting anything done, but I have all this exciting stuff happening and a knitting commission that needs to be finished. :)

I've been working on some sketches for the book pitch, I'm really rusty so I have to get myself down to the library.

I need to work on my 2006 sketch book, too. A lot of exciting stuff happening.

This is a little commission for a friend of mine. He wanted a button with his Cheeta Avatar on it, so I made him two :D

Working on another commission which I'll post when I have it coloured. :)

Professor Fluffernutter

2006-02-23T10:20:00.000-08:00

Another Character drawing for the M-Force comic.

One set to rule them all!!

2006-02-23T03:22:00.000-08:00

Since the Lord of the Rings: Evolution cards are about to hit stores in a few days, I thought I'd re-post a few of my sketches here. I'm really pumped for these to come out! It's been a couple months since I drew 'em, but now the excitement's startin' to build again!! :D

S'more

2006-02-22T12:03:00.000-08:00

Here's another character drawing from the comic I'm doing. His name is S'more!

Pencils: Me
Inks/Colors: Sven

2006-02-21T18:04:00.000-08:00

Decided a little while ago to look at the possibility of making some arty posters from a few of my drawings.

I liked the idea of a stark black and white interpretation and I also quite liked the idea of using a bright red symbol at the base to off-set the starkness of the image. I took the 'signature' I used on the Obi-wan painting and used the same on these layouts.

This is "Iron Jim" where in the original colored drawing, I tried to capture some of Cameron's maverick nature.

Needless to say I still have not done any prints

Mikey

2006-02-21T13:16:00.000-08:00

Wow alot of great posts so far. Sorry I've been out of the loop..but will make a point to post more often now. Wanted to put up some character drawings that I did for a comic that I'll officially working on from Viper Comics (Otis's home for his book Oddly Normal) called Johnny Blasters M-Force. IN a nutshell their weapons shoot marshmellows. You can see the original characters and the actual Marshmellow shooters here http://www.marshmallowville.com/ I never even knew these existed.

The drawings that I'll put up are my takes on the characters. This will be a 4 issue mini and is volume 2. Whenever I can post pgs. I will...but for now I can show character sketches that I did as samples to get the gig. Issue 1 won't hit to late this year early next year.

Pencils: Me
Inks/colors: Sven

My take on Space Quint

2006-02-20T22:24:00.000-08:00

I know most of the artists here have already seen this, but my girlfriend Jess told me I should post it here.. heh :)

Character copyright Jess Hickman

Son of Suns Sunday

2006-02-19T12:28:00.000-08:00

2006-02-18T20:19:00.000-08:00

From the same collection, but marker pen and pencil this time

Still lots of hair though

2006-02-18T20:13:00.000-08:00

I recall somewhere that this blog was not only going to be Star Wars related - so I thought I would give this image a try.

I am seriously tired of drawing people at the moment, so I thought I would try my hand at to something completely different. Wildlife seemed like as big a departure as any, and this is one from a new collection I am working on. It is acrylic on board with pencil detail.

The only problem I have is that I hate drawing hair, and bushes, and in the wild, there tends to be a lot of that everywhere. Perhaps a bald lion in a concrete box would be the answer

Sidious Saturday

2006-02-18T09:34:00.000-08:00

2006-02-18T00:05:00.000-08:00

This was the first painting I attempted after not working in the medium for about 4 years - and it shows.

I started with Ewan's face but was really up-tight and the paint ended up thick and uninteresting, as I worked down, it got better until I was working in the style I prefer - by the time I reached the lightsaber.

I decided to try a piece that might look like something that could hang in the Jedi temple, but being seriously stupid when it comes to the SW universe, I just hammered away hoping to get something that might be a mix of fantasy art and eastern design

Yoda-George

2006-02-18T00:01:00.000-08:00

I seriously enjoyed doing this drawing of George Lucas after the release of EP1. Fortunately for me, he liked it as well and it now resides in his private collection

Frakkin' Toaster

2006-02-17T16:28:00.000-08:00

(I Am Your) Father Friday

2006-02-17T12:24:00.000-08:00

2006-02-17T09:16:00.000-08:00

Something cute I found while going through my art closet:

Also, I've been invited to do a How to Draw dragons book for a reputable company. It's currently an invitation to pitch (Which is VERY hard to get) so I'm spinning. The company sent me many many book samples, I just need to throw my samples together. It feels completely unreal. It's like I'm finally a grownup.

Someone pinch me and wake me up from this dream.

Tony

2006-02-17T07:20:00.000-08:00

This is also not that new, but I always liked Tony holding the head of of his character. I used a loose line around the composition to try and convey what I saw was the gentle nature of the actor and the robot..

Young or Old?

2006-02-17T07:12:00.000-08:00

This is not new, but when I painted this I was wondering if Harrison had the same problem as I do as I get older and that is that my head keeps trying to convince me I am young, but my body tells me otherwise

Chirrrrp Chirrrp

2006-02-16T20:39:00.000-08:00

The sound of cricktes . . .

A tumbleweed rolls by . . .

An old man falls down dead and no one notices . . .

Jeez, why not just go back to calling this thing "Art Sluts"? No one is posting anything anyway, so it's not like anyone will be coming to this blog to see new work. I guess all of my concerns were for nothing.

A cow moos . . .

The wind blows . . .

A blog falls down dead and no one notices . . .

-Otis

Tarkin Thursday

2006-02-16T09:28:00.000-08:00

Wheezer Wednesday

2006-02-15T10:15:00.000-08:00

Blah blah drawing, blah blah, markers, blah blah Star Wars . . .

-Otis

Tyranus Tuesday

2006-02-14T11:34:00.000-08:00

Maul Monday

2006-02-13T10:52:00.000-08:00

I was only gonna' post sketches here, but Grant made me post this. I swear to Jeebus I wasn't copying you, Grant. I'm doing 5 other SW villains as a set of marker drawings to bring to Comic-Con. :)

But if anyone else wants to get in on the Maul cavilcade, feel free! Maybe we should get a weekly theme going to liven this blog up a bit.

-Otis

Maul Sketch

2006-02-08T20:23:00.000-08:00

Another doodle for the new sketchbook:

Grifter Sketch

2006-02-07T10:22:00.000-08:00

One of many doodles for my '06 sketchbook:

2006-02-07T10:11:00.000-08:00

"I smell trouble. Wait . . . nope, it's just me."

Jessica Hickman's Space Quint character, based on one of her cats.

Space Quint rules.

-Otis

3 Guys From Enterprise

2006-02-06T09:59:00.000-08:00

"I'm blue, Jim."

-Otis

otisframpton.com
Zombie Monkey Press

Stuff from my 2005 Sketchbook

2006-02-05T08:26:00.000-08:00

My Sketchboook was technically a show off of my inking skills, this year I think it'll have a higher sketch content. :D

Here are a couple of pieces from the sketch book. And I realized after doing these, they were all facing the same way >.< :

Spaceman & Batgirl

2006-02-05T03:20:00.000-08:00

I know I've already posted these two everywhere (my site, my blog, Scoundrel forums, blah blah blah). But they're my latest images that aren't part of projects I can't show off yet, so here they are once more. Enjoy.

Again.

-Otis

otisframpton.com
Zombie Monkey Press

Trying something new

2006-02-03T22:06:00.000-08:00

In working on my sketchbook, I got the urge to draw in ink pens, or multi-liners. It took me a while to get up the courage to commit to the permanent line that is ink. But once I got started, thanks to Tom's encouragement, It went pretty smooth. So this was my experiment..I know I have a ways to go in learning this but it is refreshing to try something new now and then...

Some '05 Sketches

2006-02-03T15:25:00.000-08:00

Here's a look at a few of the doodles that were in my sketchbook from last year. I'm gonna get started working on my '06 book this weekend. Assuming I don't sleep for 48 hours straight. :)

Hey Howdy

2006-02-03T15:08:00.000-08:00

Super busy doing work... I will likely post some new stuff next week...

The party can start...

2006-02-03T14:33:00.000-08:00

Woo hoo, Terri's in the house...or on the blog...nevermind.

I'm here!

The page that never was...sigh*

2006-02-02T10:36:00.001-08:00

Here's a pg. from a story that I was working on but was unfinished due to the colorist going MIA. The boy character is Kidd Bonzai..if your curious on that character there's more pgs. at my site. Thought it would be cool to post a pg. that never was completed...well for now at least.

Children of the Grave

2006-02-02T10:27:00.000-08:00

Okay, I'm gonna throw down the first post here!! WHAMM! This is a pin-up I did for IDW's "Children of the Grave" TPB, coming out in July '06.