Attack on Echo Base

Assignment 2-Still Art 2
Charcoal and graphite pencil-14 hours

Since the last piece was all black I wanted to do a piece that was all white. I was hoping that with an all white piece it would be easier. I was wrong.

I also wanted to make a piece for myself; something that I could be proud of. My wife's brother and I often play Star Wars video games and Hoth is our favorite location. Mostly because it's easy to see and we love the wide, open spaces. There are also more options in our game on Hoth. So, when I thought 'white' this was the first picture that came to mind.

Not only did I work to capture all the finite details of the AT-AT but I worked to break some rules again. I have only 1 miniature snowspeeder and only 1 snow base. I had to draw and block in one piece at a time with all the details and such, then move them over to their second locations. So, the rule I broke is using the same piece more than once and also moving it.

Another concept to this piece is a challenge. With the cinematic scene I am challenging the viewer to see this as a still life as opposed to a cinematic movie scene.

Which do you see?

All in all I'm really pleased with it and would love to display it with my Hoth scene when we get it framed. I would also like to put this one in the state fair.