Don’t Skip the Composition, Even in Space

Ink and watercolor wash illustration of the Star Wars Tantive IV spacecraft
Ink and Watercolor Wash

Click here if you’d like to see the reference photo

This morning’s sketch took us deep into the Star Wars archives. I pulled a CR90 Corellian Corvette from the toy box.

Better known as the Tantive IV, Princess Leia’s ship, and the first vessel we see in A New Hope. Turns out, it was originally designed to be the Millennium Falcon. The model even has a 1976 Playmate centerfold and a Star Wars poster hidden in the cockpit. Nerds gonna nerd.

Inside the cockpit there's a starwars movie poster and a Playboy Centerfold of Miss July 1976, Deborah Borkman
View through the cockpit window

While I wrangled the details and got bullied by my camera gear, we talked composition, shortcuts, and why even five minutes of drawing is better than none.

Tomorrow’s sketch is a low-crawling soldier from the Korean or Vietnam era. Should be a fun one. Grab your coffee, or favorite beverage, and meet me at 5:30 a.m. Texas Time.

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