StarWars Covers--->updated 06/27/06 Salvaged Preview

[Bomba]

Hey all,
Just got back from Montreal last nite. It was an awesome workshop! And I was overwhelmed to see so much great talent plugging away. There is nothing cooler than watching how each person creates and I've definitely learned oddles of stuff. Still trying to visually download everything that I saw. And for those whom attended, I did not demo this time around, but will eventually at a future workshop.

Just have to give a shout out to everyone at Massive Black for putting together a great event and to meeting some new faces. And of course, hanging with my great friends and meeting new ones! You know whom you are!

Finally, here are some Star Wars covers I posted last week... and accidently deleted the thread. So here they are again. I will post larger images of the other covers later this week.
-J-

[nofingers]

Awesome work....i think the first one is the strongest. The light cast on the boy by the lightsaber looks very nice. The green halo effect around Boba Fett is odd, and the colors seem too saturated. The third one is nice too. Does the girl only have one arm? BTW: Why is Boba Fett in a book about people who use the force?

[Ink_Monkey]

Dam those are sweeeet eye candy Bomba. I wish I coulda made it this year started putting money aside but it was to late .... ahhhh well I'll be there next year *sigh* cant wait to see these larger. Later and take it easy.

btw first post whooot ...second post lol

[miracola]

Yo Jason, I was wondering what happened to the thread after I commented on it last time. But now I know you deleted it. Glad you reposted because these really need to be seen bro. I love them! Although I really like that first one, my favorite is the girl. I dig the subtle colors and modeling. It has a very eerie feel to it. Can't wait to see them in print at the bookstore. Congrats!

- Jeff

[GNL]

Damn cool covers indeed!

thanks for sharing them!



g

[miljenko]

Respect. I'd love to see step-by-step towards these photo-realistic paintings, but its up to you.

[Bomba]

Jeff---> Nice to hear from you! And I appreciate everything you said man... always admired your work ESPECIALLY the person stuff. The first cover is out in the bookstores(it was released 1 week ago). Random House/Lucas hired me because they wanted the new series to have a different look and feel more brooding/darker/mysterious. So it's good to hear that you picked up on the eerie feel. BTW, each cover I had painted... oh probably... 5 other verisons were created until one was finalized.

nofingers---> Thanks dood. THe 3rd cover, yes... she only has one arm. It's hard to tell because of the cropping and text. The color saturations have been heavely manipulated on the publishers side... so it's always shocking to see the end result when printed.

Ink_Monkey---> Super thanks!

GNL---> Thanks man. For each cover, I created the full dusk jacket... so I will make sure to show the entire images on the next two.

miljenko---> If I get a moment, I will see if I can hunt down and see if I saved the work in iterations. Usually I flatten the work, so I might have a sketch and some rough color comps.

MIKECORRIERO---> Much appreication dood! Cool to hear that you like the work and the design. I probably spent equal time work on both aspects. Of course I wanted to push the designs futher, but there are always limits/bountries that cannot be crossed on such a big franchise.

[Charlie_2.0]

Sweeeet.....I like the lighting, it's all spot on

[GNL]

Look forward to seeing the other dust jackets man - I like your websites btw - really cool stuff.


cheers

g

[Summer Pudding]

hey Jason,

great meeting you at the workshop. That last cover is great. All the best man.

Pete

[Bomba]

Back one more time,

Summer Pudding---> It was really cool meeting and talking with you in Montreal at the workshop. My head is still kinda spining from everything.

GNL---> I have tons more work to post, but will have to await until my artbook is release. Oh yes, it's coming out this year.

Charlie 2.0---> Thanks dood. For each cover I spent a lot of time thinking about lighting and creating a sense of mood.

As for showing off the other two full covers, that will have to wait until they are printed. Oh well, but here is something else. This is an insight on how the first cover evolved. This image below shows how many changes the cover went thru before one was agreed upon. Each one of these were roughed in and fully painted. It take me more time to do this, but makes life easier when everything is spelled out so when I hand in the final... there is usually no need for revisions.

[Living Rope]

dope ! There's an interesting composition in your first attempt though. You have a strong eye for volumes and color placement. Can't wait to see your art compiled in a book

[se7en_]

Dude Jason... I had no idea you did design/photo manip stuff too man. The shit in your galleries is amazing. Do you take all of the photos yourself?

The cover work on all 3 of these is very nice man. kick ass.

[Lone Wolf]

Really great covers Jason! This is by far the best work i've seen from you. Looking forward to that art book.

[Bomba]

Living Rope---> I owe you a big email update! So far, the cool thing about working on these covers is the ability to really play around with different compositions... and of course... go thru TONS of iterations. In the end, I think it's allowing me to grow and improve(fingers crossed). I always appreciate your thoughts

se7en_---> Hey! Yeah, I rarely talk about my digital work with people simply because I never think it directly relates with concept art. It's my side passion and my dirty secret. For these covers, I took all my own photos except for Boba Fett which Lucas supplied a number of sources images to reference.

BTW...everybody.... JS and I have a book coming out this year. As soon as it is off to the printers, I will definintely post a new thread showcasing the pages and new art.

[synthetINK]

nice work J...I meant to reply to this a while back...It's cool to see your take on some Star Wars characters & I really like the designs in the first one.

[Hookswords]

I gotta tell ya man. I was at work today and I saw a student reading this book. I was like " I know this picture....oh crap that's Bomba's!" It's really fun to see something on this site, and then see it in real life attatched to something tangable. Nice stuff man.

[PeterLee]

Nice!

[Aleksi]

Hi Jason,
It's cool to finally see this cover you've talked about in Montreal.
Your different thumbnails are really interesting.
I love the dark feeling (the dramatic light) on the final one.

Cheers !

[Mr Man]

I like these alot, because they portray the more old school traditional star wars. The newer star wars is just too new, but anyway thats another thread.
For some reason the concept with the blue saber reminds me of tom cruise.

Just curious whats it like working for a book publisher? or are these just tests?
Is it hard to get a steady income in this area of work? Im sorry for my ignorance but I know bugger all about books lol.

Thanks.

Rich.

[Pixeldragoon]

thanks for those thumbs.... looks like fun! Great work man!

[romance]

Great covers Jason, it was really nice meeting you at the workshop as well.
Hope to see you at the next one.

- Rob

[cognition.sb]

You've aced these covers. Very nice design work.

[Bomba]

synthetINK---> It's been awhile since we last talked. You've been doing some killer stuff! I do not know how you are able to create so much detail... very consistant.

Hookswords---> That is awesome! I was walking thru the Borders yesterday and saw the book when I entered the store. I still get a kick when I see it in print let alone someone reading the book.

PeterLee---> Thank you.

Aleksi---> THanks man!!! Just a quickie question for you... what is your favorite part of an illustration? The quick sketch? THumbnailing? Or finalizing? I really enjoy the thumbnailing aspect the most on these covers.

Mr Man---> Old school? Yeah, now you are talking! THe cool thing is that Lucas/Random House approached me because of the mood I create. A BIG part of that is the way that I utilize textures in unconventional ways. ANd, to me, Star Wars was all about used/grit/industrial. These are all actual covers and you can find the 1st cover in Borders. Go look and see! To answer your last question, yes... getting steady cover gigs is very difficult.

Pixeldragoon---> Thanks!

romance---> Nice to meet you as well! Keep up the great work.

cognition.sb---> Thanks man. I'm looking foward to revealing more work when I can.

Lastly, here is a quick teaser at my new art book titled 'Salvaged'. It's going to be 132 pages of painting and photography. I did all of the artwork, our very own JS Rossbach created the design, and Rick Berry has written the introduction. I'll be posting more pages in another thread soon! I'm also taking pre-orders thru my website incase anybody is interested in securing a copy:





http://jasonfelix.com/shop.php

[Tomato]

those are some sweet cover designs! Jedi! oooo! Sith! oooo!

[Doomgriever]

wow! i just saw the cover in a Scifi-book magazine today

[flex mathews]

awesome, i want a book.

[Titan]

I'm curious, what was your art brief or art direction like for the betrayal cover...what did they ask for?

[jfwalls]

Congratulations on the book Jason. Will this be available in major commercial stores?

[nicolas]

damn, I might just have to buy that......


stunning!!!!!