The DOODLES, DESIGNS, and aRT of CHRISTOPHER BURDETT: Fortified Holding Cells

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Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Rediscovered Art Now Available - Star Wars

With the completion of my studio last year and my return to conventions, I have been digging through many files, boxes, and art and doing a great deal of organizing. With all this comes the resurfacing of older art and art that I had assumed was gone. I have previously shared some L5R work I located, but this time I found work that is near and dear to me. I have for you a selection of paintings and drawings that I produced for various Star Wars games.

Fool Me Once

Star Wars Imperial Assault - Ahsoka Tano Ally Pack

14 x 11 - Acrylic and pencil on board

Art Director - Deb Freytag

Fortified Holding Cells

Star Wars LCG - Ancient Rivals

11 x 14 - Acrylic and pencil on board

Art Director - Taylor Ingvarsson

Hunter in the Night

Star Wars LCG - Meditation and Mastery

11 x 14 - Acrylic and pencil on board

Art Director - Taylor Ingvarsson

Fortified Holding Cells

SOLD

Star Wars LCG - Ancient Rivals

17 x 14 - Pencil on paper

Art Director - Taylor Ingvarsson

Concussion Rifle

SOLD

Star Wars LCG - Galactic Ambitions

17 x 14 - Pencil on paper

Art Director - Taylor Ingvarsson

Hunter in the Night

SOLD

Star Wars LCG - Meditation and Mastery

17 x 14 - Pencil on paper

Art Director - Taylor Ingvarsson

That's all for another exciting Wednesday on the blog. See you back here on Friday! Until then...

For more samples of my work or to contact me regarding my availability, head over to my website: www.christopherburdett.com

Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Fortified Holding Cells - Star Wars: Ancient Rivals - Process

Today I have the steps and process that went into my Fortified Holding Cells card for the Ancient Rivals expansion of the Star Wars LCG. I first announced this piece about a year ago, and it is well past the appropriate time to share the process. Here is how the final Fortified Holding Cells painting turned out...

Fortified Holding Cells

Star Wars LCG - Ancient Rivals

11 x 14 - Acrylic and pencil on board

Art Director - Taylor Ingvarsson

Original available over on my web store

This was my first opportunity to work on a Talz, so I was pretty excited about that. Anytime I get to work on an original Star Wars alien or sneak one into the background, I am happy. As with all my work, I started things off with some thumbnails...

Fortified Holding Cells - Thumbnails

While option 'A' was the winner, I was asked to flip the piece horizontally. It apparently fit the card template with all its chrome better flipped. With a click of a button, the thumbnail was flipped and approved, and I would get started on the finalized drawing.

Fortified Holding Cells

Star Wars LCG - Ancient Rivals

17 x 14 - Pencil on paper

Art Director - Taylor Ingvarsson

Original available over on my web store

This was a really straightforward piece. I had lots of reference, I knew what needed to be done, and there wasn't any huge unknowns or crazy aspects to this piece. It came together quickly, and it was just a matter of being in my chair working on getting it done. Here is a look at the painting coming together in 14 steps. As with all my paintings, I work back to front, touching the entire painting as I go.

Fortified Holding Cells - Process steps

While I really like this piece, I am still concerned it looks too static and motionless. The other thumbnails always read better to me and conveyed more motion. For reference, I pounded on a wall while being photographed to get some good images of the desired action. I picked the ones that I felt worked best for action for the composition and worked in the limitations of the template. Looking back now, maybe the other two have more action? Or maybe not. Hindsight is not always 20/20. The splatter of blood adds a lot of movement, which is a plus.

Here is an animated process progression of the painting coming together so that you can better see the change from step to step. There is always a certain level of color and clarity issues when I take images of my paintings with my phone. But I don't think it distracts enough to get the point across.

Fortified Holding Cells - Animated progression

There were no notes of changes after the painting was turned in, which is always lovely. Here again, is the finished painting as well as how it looks on the production card it was made for...

Fortified Holding Cells

Star Wars LCG - Ancient Rivals

11 x 14 - Acrylic and pencil on board

Art Director - Taylor Ingvarsson

Original available over on my web store

Fortified Holding Cells in handy dandy card form

That is all for another exciting Wednesday on the blog. See you back here on Friday! Until then...

For more samples of my work or to contact me regarding my availability, head over to my website: www.christopherburdett.com

Monday, November 28, 2016

Fortified Holding Cells: Star Wars LCG - Ancient Rivals

I have another new(ish) Star Wars piece for you today! This piece was spoiled at Gen Con with the early release of the expansion to the Star Wars Card Game Ancient Rivals. The expansion came was released officially a short time after Gen Con, and my blog schedule is finally opening up for me to share it here. Enough yammering; here my piece titled, Fortified Holding Cells...

Fortified Holding Cells

Star Wars LCG - Ancient Rivals

11 x 14 - Acrylic and pencil on board

Art Director - Taylor Ingvarsson

Original available over on my web store

That poor unfortunate Talz. It is definitely having a bad day. The Talz was on my list of Star Wars aliens and monsters I really wanted to officially paint, so this was a fun piece to receive for sure. I usually jump at any opportunity to illustrate any original trilogy creatures. Fun fact: while other of my completely bloodless Star Wars illustrations have been deemed too violent, this one, with splattered blood, bloody hands, and droplets of blood in mid-air made it through with no comment. Here is the drawing that I did for this piece...

Fortified Holding Cells

Star Wars LCG - Ancient Rivals

17 x 14 - Pencil on paper

Art Director - Taylor Ingvarsson

Original available over on my web store

Last but not least, here is an image of the card this painting was created for. It uses the football template, so there is some loss of the image due to the chrome of the card, but the important stuff is still there. All in all, it turned out really well...

Fortified Holding Cells in handy dandy card form

That is all for another exciting Monday on the blog. See you back here on Wednesday! Until then...

For more samples of my work or to contact me regarding my availability, head over to my website: www.christopherburdett.com