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 8th, Ivan Castillo.
Get to know Ivan, give him a shout-out, and use the links below to find out where you can help support him!
July 8th — Ivan Castillo
Where to begin?
Star Wars and art have been a part of my life as far as I can remember.
I describe me as Quirky and Fun and Always willing to talk to anyone and make friends.My work is in Watercolor, Acrylic, Color Pencil and Markers, but one style that sets me apart is the use of Craft Foam to create “3D art”, best exemplified in my CAPTAIN REX piece. I also enjoy doing MASH-UPS, where I combine 2 different Pop Culture characters into one (a few examples are attached to this email)
I have published an original comic book titled “The Outer Worlds” with Award Winning writer, Brett Harris.
Many of you may have seen my art at CELEBRATION 2019.I updated design for Tshirts for ROAD SQUADRON (the cars that were on display in Chicago). I designed the Tshirt for SWAG CREW, and the “Star Warriors” patch which was very popular. This summer, I will be an art instructor at Washington College Academy in Tennessee.
My work can be found at “Conquest Art Designs” page on Facebook, or IvanArtist75 on Instagram.
Another artist tomorrow!
