R2-KT is celebrating Star Wars Artists Month (SWAM) this June, and 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).
Update: There are so many amazingly talented artists that one month is just not enough to celebrate them all, so SWAM is extending into July!!
Here at Jedi News we are joining R2-KT in supporting our Star Wars artists! Here is today’s artist for July 3rd, Michael Duron.
Get to know Michael, give him a shout-out, and use the links below to find out where you can help support him!
July 3rd — Michael Duron
Michael Locoduck Duron is consistently high on life and markers. Having jumped at light speed from drawing comics on stapled pieces of notebook paper to being lucky enough to illustrate some of the greatest characters in any galaxy, he’s never looked back.
His earliest professional work began in 2005 with Topps Trading Cards drawing Lord of the Rings, Heroes, and Indiana Jones sketch cards and eventually making his way to Star Wars. In addition to the thousands of sketch cards he created for those universes, Michael has become very well known for his Marvel stylized trading cards from Upperdeck.
He’s more than a one trick ducky, and has also created comic book cover art for Betty and Veronica, Zombie Tramp, and is the creator of several comic book projects including his all ages adventure Sugar Boogarz. When not buried under that work, you can find him creating Caricature and event art all over Central Florida, but particularly at the Walt Disney World Resort. Michael is also an Honorary Member of the 501st Legion, and has created artwork for several garrisons and one of R2-KT’s very first patch designs. You may have also picked up one of his official t-shirt designs for Star Wars Celebration. He recently launched a new webcomic that helps him deal with the dark side of depression called Life N Death.
What drew you to Star Wars?
“Star Wars was the greatest fantasy and escape I could imagine. As a little boy I could picture myself taking on Darth Vader with a light saber one day, or being a scoundrel wooing the princess the next. The sheer amount of fantastical characters that George Lucas created has inspired me to create exciting images of my own.”
“I try not live in the borders of exactness when I’m putting line to paper. With this Universe you can interpret the heroes, droids, scum and villainy anyway you want and still manage to connect with the fans. Not to mention that Star Wars is always growing, and constantly giving us new things to discover and work with. Any artist that plays in this Galaxy HAS to imagine themselves as kid in a galactic candy shop!”
Another artist tomorrow!
