Incredible piece - original Joe Johnston Storyboard

[moffeaton]

This was recently gifted to me by an ILMer - an original Rapidograph on (probably Canson Vidalon) vellum storyboard from an early draft, from the sequence where the pirate ship (still linear version) approaches the floating prison city of Alderaan. Probaby unpublished/unseen? I love that it is the TIE I made a model of, too!

Johnston/Gawley TIE Fighter – Jason Eaton Studio

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

That's awesome! I need better friends! I was lucky to own a McQuarrie sketch (the Falcon attacking the reactor was the main theme) years ago, but ended up selling it.

 

[ZeroSum]

Love it! Frame that thing!

 

[Pyramidrep]

Great artwork to receive as a gift. If I could offer some advise, I would remove the tape off the sketch as soon as you can and have it professionally mounted and framed. I have experience in the horrors that tape ( even archival quality masking tape) can cause to original ( and valuable) artwork.

 

[3Dsf]

Dang!

 

[3DImpact]

Oh wow - that's awesome Jason!

Dan

 

[kermet]

Wow can't imagine having that piece very cool Thanks for sharing don't see much of that stuff

 

[scotthothpatrol]

Was that done with a pen and watercolor?

 

[Moviefreak]

Was that done with a pen and watercolor?

Looks like Rapidigraph pen, which is a refillable India ink pens, and either watercolor, marker or ink washes. Given that he studied industrial design, they used markers a lot for rendering in their design work, so that may be what he used for the gray tone coloring.

 

[moffeaton]

Rapidograph on Canson Vidalon, and I'd wager AD Marker, yeah

 

[Moviefreak]

Here he is working on boards back in the 70’s, which show his use of markers for shading.

And they look like Eberhard Faber Art DESIGN Markers.

 

[moffeaton]

Yep! We called the Ad Markers, and they were metal tubed and FILLED with good 'ol Xylene

These are mine and they are still SUPER juicy!

 

[Moviefreak]

Yep! We called the Ad Markers, and they were metal tubed and FILLED with good 'ol Xylene

These are mine and they are still SUPER juicy!


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All mine from art school back in the early 90’s got used up or dried out in no time, lol.

 

[The 48th Ronin]

Mmmmmm... I can still recall the smell of those markers from my art school days

 

[Blitzkreig]

Such a cool technical drawing. Thanks for sharing it!

 

[srspicer]

Thanks for sharing. Love the 'quick & dirty' concept sketches, its a classic style. My father had a very similar style.
He was a free-lance commercial artist in the 60-80's. If you were around then, you saw many of his illustrations for various print advertised products. He had all of those markers and plenty others with awesome smells!!!