STAR WARS Pin-Up Imperial Recruitment Posters by Feng Zhu May Make You Join the Empire

If the Empire is looking for a way to recruit, they should look at these Star Wars pin-up posters.

Above Image: Imperial Recruitment Pin-up Poster "Do your part, SERVE!" by Feng Zhu

One common method of propaganda uses images of beautiful men and women to make people think that if they follow a certain ideology, they too will be happy or successful. In that sense, these are brilliant.

Feng Zhu is a concept artist who's worked on Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005) and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009). He drew "Imperial Recruitment" posters for the trade paperback Star Wars Visionaries. They remind me a lot of the 50s WWII posters.

Check after the jump for the posters and click on them to enlarge.

Try and stay away from the Empire now.

You can see more of Feng Zhu's portfolio and design school fengzhudesign.com.

(Via Geekologie)

This is a cross-post from my other blog The Geek Twins

What do you think of the posters? Would you join the empire?


Z is for Zhu
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Ralph McQuarrie Tribute Poster by David Yee

 This piece combines two concept artists I respect: David Yee and Ralph McQuarrie. Yee took some of McQuarrie's most iconic illustrations from Star Wars films and put then into one awesome tribute to the late concept artist.

He's a professional concept artist who's worked on blockbuster films like Star Trek (2009), Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008).

See the full piece and learn the artist's vision after the break. Click the image to enlarge.
Here's how he described it on his blog:
"A sketch I did as a tribute to Ralph McQuarrie for the display window at ILM. At first I had a really hard time deciding what to do. Eventually, I ended up pulling up images of my favorite Ralph paintings on my computer as inspiration. I started sketching in my sketchbook with the hopes of clearing my head and coming up with a good idea. But I had so much fun sketching, I just kept going and going and ended up with this..."

It would be awesome if someone could find a picture of the finished version.

See more of David Yee's work, including personal work, at his blog http://daveyee.blogspot.com. Ralph McQuarrie's official site is http://ralphmcquarrie.com.


Y is for Yee
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High-Flying STAR WARS X-Wing Concept Art by Joe Johnston and Ralph McQuarrie

Before Joe Johnston directed films like Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) and Jurassic Park III (2001) he was a film storyboard and concept artist. His big break came in 1975 on the first Star Wars film, which led to him to film school.

He helped design Yoda and many more key elements of Star Wars. For this post I'm focusing on his work designing the Rebel X-Wing Fighter along with Ralph McQuarrie.

Check out the rest of the images after the jump and click to enlarge.
First, the designs by Joe Johnston. The notes and images are from the book The Star Wars Sketchbook by Joe Johnston 1977 via Hey Oscar Wilde

"THE X-WING
The Rebel forces are not financially well off. The ships were conceivably acquired decades earlier at a discount, and have been made to last through prudent. but affectionate maintenance. Engines and body panels are scavenged from derelict craft. Paint and polish being unaffordable luxuries, appearance is unimportant. The one graphic consistency in the X-wing squadron is a large red horizontal stripe on the flank of each ship. In addition to attaining the used-car look, the X-wing fighters took on a kind of tough. no-nonsense quality through production changes. Engines were beefed up. Wings thickened. A lot of hardware is allowed to show on the surface, where it complements the carefully finished body shapes, creating a feeling of styled functionalism.

"Early X-wing lighter concepts from different angles. In the final version, upper and lower split-circle engines became fully circular to accommodate thicker wings, and a segmented canopy replaced the 'bubble' canopy to eliminate reflection problems."



Designs by Ralph McQuarrie

See more of Ralph McQuarrie's work at ralphmcquarrie.com

What do you think of the illustrations?

Wikipedia SummaryStar Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, originally released as Star Wars, is a 1977 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas. It is the first film released in the Star Wars saga and is the fourth in terms of the series' internal chronology. Groundbreaking in its use of special effects, unconventional editing, and science fiction/fantasy storytelling, the original Star Wars is one of the most successful and influential films of all time.

Set 'a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away', the film follows a group of freedom fighters known as the Rebel Alliance as they plot to destroy the powerful Death Star space station, a devastating weapon created by the evil Galactic Empire. This conflict disrupts the isolated life of farmboy Luke Skywalker when he inadvertently acquires the droids carrying the stolen plans to the Death Star. After the Empire begins a cruel and destructive search for the droids, Skywalker decides to accompany Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi on a daring mission to rescue the owner of the droids, rebel leader Princess Leia, and save the galaxy.

Directed by George Lucas
Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness

@ Copyright 1977 20th Century Fox, Lucasfilm. All rights reserved.


X is for X-Wing
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The Bat Flies in THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Concept Art by Warren Manser

In the second sequel to Christopher Nolan's Batman films, The Dark Knight Rises,he introduced a Batplane known as "The Bat." When designing it, Production Designer Nathan Crowley approached it as if it were an actual military project like the Tumbler and the Batpod. The Bat takes designs from the Harrier Jump Jet, Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey and the Boeing AH-64 Apache.

One of the artists that helped design for The Dark Knight Rises is Warren Manser (Daredevil, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, A.I: Artificial Intelligence) and he posted some of his work on his site WarrenManser.com.

Check out the rest of the images after the jump and click to enlarge.
Here's what it looked like in the film.

Here's his concept art

He also showed a couple of awesome Tumbler (Batmobile) images

See more of Warren Manser's work at http://www.warrenmanser.com

Official Synopsis 
It has been eight years since Batman (Christian Bale) vanished into the night, turning, in that instant, from hero to fugitive. Assuming the blame for the death of D.A. Harvey Dent, the Dark Knight sacrificed everything for what he and Commissioner Gordon (Gary Oldman) both hoped was the greater good. For a time the lie worked, as criminal activity in Gotham City was crushed under the weight of the anti-crime Dent Act. But everything will change with the arrival of a cunning cat burglar (Anne Hathaway) with a mysterious agenda. Far more dangerous, however, is the emergence of Bane (Ed Hardy), a masked terrorist whose ruthless plans for Gotham drive Bruce out of his self-imposed exile. But even if he dons the cape and cowl again, Batman may be no match for Bane.
 
Director: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Anne Hathaway, Ed Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard

Official Site: www.thedarkknightrises.com

What do you think of the illustrations?

@ Copyright 2012 Warner Bros, Legendary Pictures, DC Entertainment, All Rights Reserved


W is for Warren Manser
This post is part of the month long "A-Z Challenge." For 26 days, I'll be choosing a letter from the alphabet and featuring one favorite arts or properties. To read more of the posts in the series click here. To find out more about the challenge go here. Check the Facebook page and follow on Twitterusing the hashtag #AtoZChallenge.

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Astonishing THOR Concept Art by Vance Kovacs

Do you think you've seen everything in Thor (2011)? Think again.

Thor 2: The Dark World set for release November 8, 2013. But it turns out there were a bunch of things from the first film that got cut. Thanks to concept artist Vance Kovacs we get a peek at some of them.

Things like an alternate version of "The Chamber of The Warriors Three" and the final scene with Loki hanging from the Bifrost rainbow bridge...with Odin helping him?

Kovacs has worked on big budget films like The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), Men in Black 3 (2012) and Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)

Check out the rest of the pictures after the jump and click to enlarge.

See more of Vance Kovacs' work at VanceKovacs.comand follow him on Twitter @VanceKovacs

Click on the links if you want to see more of VanceKovacs work and Thor.

Official Synopsis
Paramount Pictures and Marvel Entertainment present the epic adventure, “Thor,” which spans the Marvel Universe from present day Earth to the realm of Asgard. At the center of the story is the mighty Thor (Chris Hemsworth), a powerful but arrogant warrior whose reckless actions reignite an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth by his father Odin (Anthony Hopkins) and is forced to live among humans. A beautiful, young scientist, Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), has a profound effect on Thor, as she ultimately becomes his first love. It’s while here on Earth that Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero when the most dangerous villain of his world sends the darkest forces of Asgard to invade Earth.

Official site: thor.marvel.com


V is for Vance Kovacs
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@ Copyright 2011 Paramount Pictures, Marvel Entertainment Marvel StudiosAll rights reserved