so grant hipped me to the fact that one of my base cards for the new TOPPS star wars galaxy 5 trading card set is printed on page 71 ofthe new star wars insider magazine!
so i'm going to assume it's safe for me to post the art for it :P (i did TWO base cards for this set. i'll share the other one later.
first, a rare look into my EARLY process... the thumbnail i sent to topps with my idea for the card!
rar!
and now... the card!
the other side is printed with a blurb about why i chose this scene... yadda yadda yadda...
"I'm a huge fan of the creatures of Star Wars and the Wampa is right at the top of my list of favorite SW critters. In a deleted scene from Empire, Han wants to take a shortcut through a room in Empire and Leia tells him 'that's where they keep those creatures'. C-3P0 does something totally out of character and takes the warning sign down, hoping to trick the troopers into going in there. I've ALWAYS wanted to see the scene where the stormtroopers are being attacked by the wampas trapped in this room. I imagine it to be a furry, frantic battle where, of course, the wampas win."
Just awesome! I was always confused why that scene wasn't in the movie, or something like it, since in the comic book it was there. So young we were!
Posted by: Homie Bear | January 22, 2010 at 11:51 AM
Call me dumb, but what's the difference between a sketch card and a base card?
*not into the whole trading card thing*
Posted by: Jennifer | January 22, 2010 at 01:15 PM
That's really cool. Never heard about that scene, nice to see you take on it.
Jennifer: as you may know, as "sketch card" is a one of a kind piece of art. Katie recives a blank card to draw on, she does her magic on it then sends it back to the company. The company inserts it into a pack of cards.
1 lucky person will own it.
a "base card" is one of the random, highly *reproduced* cards that form the "base" set. Like they have numbers on the back. People may have duplicates of, say, card number 30 and then may trade someone who needs that card to complete, say, 1-100.
So it's widely produced, not a piece of original art.
But still pretty nifty, and a hell of a lot cheaper.
Posted by: j(ay) | January 22, 2010 at 02:01 PM
Thanks for enlightening me, Jay!
Posted by: Jennifer | January 22, 2010 at 03:15 PM
Really like that card. I heard of that scene a couple of weeks ago. And thought it would be very funny to see it in the movie.
Awesome card.
Posted by: Christophe Braem | January 22, 2010 at 04:04 PM
Excellent! I remember that card. Way to go Katie!
=o)
Posted by: Eric White | January 24, 2010 at 12:17 PM
SWEET CARD! I love snowtroopers... but evidently Wampas love them more.
(Also slightly distracted by the Brue Timm Leia... that is bonus awesome)
Posted by: Rick Glosson | January 27, 2010 at 10:41 AM
I like also that art piece of Grant. Love his work.
Posted by: Christophe Braem | January 27, 2010 at 04:01 PM