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 4th, Marietta Ivanova.
Get to know Marietta, give her a shout-out, and use the links below to find out where you can help support her!
July 4th — Marietta Ivanova
Marietta is an illustrator and graphic designer from Finland. She loves making Star Wars fan art, comics and stories, and building Star Wars costumes.
“I make my art in highly realistic style with meticulous details. I often spend hours upon hours researching background material to give a very screen-faithful look to the subject of my art. However I love to mix it up by choosing unexpected topics and highlighting characters that don’t get that much attention. I really enjoy making stories, comics and art about stormtroopers, for example.”
What drew you to illustrating Star Wars as a subject?
“To me Star Wars is the perfect escape to a world of creativity and endless stories to visualize. Nothing inspires me like science fiction, especially the galaxy far far away. Many don’t know that before joining this community, I had been struggling with an “art block” – I didn’t make any art for almost seven years. That period ended when I was so inspired by Star Wars fan fiction by a fellow fan that I wanted to illustrate it. The creativity just caught on like fire and everything else followed.”
“Now I am endlessly lucky to be surrounded by all you wonderful people. In this community we keep on inspiring each other to be creative, to build, to laugh, to go to events and to have unforgettable time, to be international and make new friends, to support each other and to look for new challenges. It is a wonderful feeling to be able to give back to the community in the form of art. Thank you fellow fans and creators for the chance to share this wonderful adventure with you.”
“I am creating only Star Wars fan art, not licensed Disney products. This is why the art that I make is not for sale. But you can view all of them on my webpage and social media. People who like my art style can also contact me to commission a single custom piece of art with the subject of their choosing.“
Website: https://marietta.artstation.com
Email: marietta@cannonfodder.net
Instagram: @mariettaart
Facebook: facebook.com/marietta.ivanova.501
Facebook: facebook.com/artofmarietta
Another artist tomorrow!
