During the month of June, R2-KT is celebrating Star Wars Artists. Every day they will be highlighting a Star Wars artist, celebrating their work and raising awareness to ensure you only buy authentic art (and not any of the knock-off work available).
Here at Jedi News we are joining R2-KT in supporting our Star Wars artists! Here is today’s artist for June 4th, Corinne Roberts.
Get to know Corinne, give her a shout-out, and use the links below to find out where you can help support her!
June 4th — Corinne Roberts
Corinne Roberts is the creator of Bug Bites (published by Source Point Press), silent sequence comic adventure Out and About and children’s book Trip to Trekka. Along with her books she illustrated the game Unreal Estate and webcomic series, Kitty Game.
What drew you to illustrating Star Wars as a subject:
Adventure, new worlds and creatures. All of those things in Star Wars captured my imagination and launched me into creating my own adventures in new worlds. The most inspiring artist of the Star Wars universe is Ralph McQuarrie. His concept work and paintings still amaze me and was a main reason I wanted to learn how to paint (although all my illustrations are in watercolor and pen – unlike McQuarrie’s) He was a master of mood, composition and storytelling which I reflect on constantly and gave Star Wars a rich platform that has truly grown into a universe of stories.
Favorite pieces:
I attached my favorite “fanart” pieces of Star Wars. (To be clear – they are fanart – I’ve never had a book deal with Lucas/Disney)
I also attached a piece from my recent book, “Bug Bites”, so you can see my work of an adventure into a new world.
I also attached a single shot painting of a city/scene – which I love doingClick here to see these pieces.
You can find more of my artwork and store on my site:
www.corinneroberts.comI’m also on:
Facebook: Corinne Roberts
Instragram: corinneroberts123
Another artist tomorrow!
