New Ghost for Return of the Jedi?

http://hunterjedispirit.ytmnd.com/

Drawing LEGO Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader

Ever wanted to draw Star Wars characters and vehicles just like the professional comic book artists? In this step-by-step series, Star Wars artists and illustrators show you how to draw some of the most beloved characters in the saga.

LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy takes the fun of LEGO customization and combines it with the epic story and characters from A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Two of the game characters to choose from include the Return of the Jedi versions of Luke Skywalker and his dear old dad -- Darth Vader.

Star Wars illustrator Grant Gould (gdg) explains with these easy-to-follow steps on how to draw Luke and Vader from the LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy video game.

Check it out here:
Drawing LEGO Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader

You Can Draw: Star Wars Book

My new book You Can Draw: Star Wars is coming out this winter, and I thought some of you who are artists and Star Wars fans might want a sneak peek.

Basically the book is broken down into easy-to-read sections that cover everything you need to know about drawing characters and vehicles from start to finish. There's step-by-step instructions, trace overlays, foldout pages and stencils. I explain penciling, inking and coloring techniques professional comic book artists use, as well as handy tips on how to make your own comic book!

Illustrated by Star Wars artists Matt Busch and Tom Hodges (who both did an AMAZING job), You Can Draw: Star Wars has something for all fans and art students alike. The book features tutorials on how to draw major characters including Han Solo, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Darth Maul, Darth Vader, Padmé Amidala, Princess Leia, Emperor Palpatine, Yoda, Jabba the Hutt, C-3PO and R2-D2 -- just to name a few. Other more obscure droids, characters and creatures such as Gonk the Power Droid, Bib Fortuna, the Sarlacc, Watto and Tion Medon are also included.

For fans more interested in vehicles and starships, the book also offers tips on how to draw the Millennium Falcon, Slave I, X-wings, TIE fighters, Podracers and more. Various weapons from blasters to lightsabers are also highlighted. While the book focuses primarily on traditional drawing techniques, fans can also learn about Manga and other popular comic-book illustration styles.

It was truly a blast to write this thing. I’d already been developing the Learn to Draw section on Star Wars Kids for about 2 years with the help of some amazingly talented artists and I really wanted to write a book that both kids and adult fans could have fun with. And hopefully they will!

I have fond memories of my dad teaching me how to draw, and us watching painter Bob Ross on the TV creating "happy little trees" on his canvas with a mere flick of the wrist. So to me, this is my thanks back to my dad for telling me my stick figures of unicorns and ninjas weren’t half bad.





For a look at more inside pages, click here.

To pre-order the book, here's the Amazon info.

Playing Pac-Man against Real Crickets

The computer game we used for our experiment is "Pac-Man" (Namco, 1980). Instead of computer code, we want to have animals controlling the ghosts. To enable this, we built a real maze for the animals to walk around in, with its proportions and layout matching the maze of the computer game. The position of the animals in the maze is detected using colour-tracking via a camera, and linked to the ghosts in the game. This way, the real animals are directly controlling the virtual ghosts.

Video clip here

More here:
http://pong.hku.nl/~wim/bugman.htm

Craftster.org Challenge #15 - Zombies & Robots & Bears

Your challenge is to craft up a butt-kickin' zombie, robot or bear-themed craft in any medium you want. Paper? Fiber-based? Beaded? With or without the aid of a real zombie, robot or bear? The details are totally up to you!

Official Rules:
Post your craft during the period of Oct. 1-5. No sooner. No later.
Instructions for exactly how to post your entry will be available on Oct 1.
Voting will happen from Oct 6 to Oct 12.
Each participant can enter ONE project.

Originality:
It's probably impossible to know whether your project is 100% original and has never been posted on Craftster or made by anyone else in the past. But if your project was definitely inspired by something you've seen before, then just give credit to that project.

Prizes:
At the end, the first prize winner will get:
(1) their project in the Featured Projects area
(2) their project in the Craftster Blog

A one-year subscription to CRAFT Magazine.
And the winning project will be posted on the Craftzine.com Blog!

FULL info here:
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=118714.0

Princess Leia Sock Monkey!

And there's Chewie Monkey too!