Face the Dark Side

Beyond of our personal preferences as a SW fans, there is not doubt that The Last Jedi contains epic moments that will perdure in our retinas forever. For me, one of these legendary moments is when Luke faces an AT-M6 battallon commanded by Kylo Ren, who out of control shoot with all the power to the master Jedi. I think the atmosphere color on this scene is incredible, with all the explosions on the layer of white salt over a red soil, and also the disposition of all the Gorilla Walkers perfectly aligned around Luke.

I tried to represent all these shots in just one frame, that's why I usually use very horizontal formats for most of my pieces. On the other hand I always try to finish my digital paintings as real paintings, but I don't like to use textures like canvas or so, I just use a real brushes set. Also I try to use the same method as if I were painting on a real canvas. First I do the sketch of the scene, then normally I put a layer of ochre color, and then I start to put layers from back to front, and from top to bottom.

Obviously digital painting are more versatile, and in case of doubt I can go back or forward in every moment on the "history", and the most important thing is I don't have to worry about drying times. But the best moment is when I have on of the final copies on my hands, all this work would not be worthwhile without ACME, their reproductions are astonishing. 

I hope you like it and may the force be with you.