Pencil Marks: When it came time to do "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" I was at a loss of what to do. We've done Star Wars themed picture before - twice (though only one of them is actually any good). I just couldn't think of anything to do for it. To make matters worse, our deadline came and went and the months of tardiness started to build up. That mental block which seemed to permeate the entire gallery in 2008 had even spread into one of my favorite series of films.
After wracking my brain for what seemed like and eternity I finally came up with an idea. The flick is called the "Clone Wars" - so why not feature a legitimate clone of sorts? Of course I am referring to Dolly, the lovable sheep that made headlines all those years ago for being the first animal to be successfully cloned here in the real world.
I had everything locked in my head. Erik would be standing before an open field somewhere watching a Braveheart-esque battle between all the Dolly clones. A "clone" war so to speak (insert groans here). When I told Jake my plans he loved it but stressed the fact I would have to draw it. Sure. I could do that.
Of course at the time I had no idea I didn't know how to draw a sheep. That realization came later as I neared completion of the picture. Thankfully Jake told me all I needed to do was draw one sheep and he would use his vast Photoshop abilities to duplicate it as needed. So with that in mind I sat down and drew what is now referred to as the "Worst Drawing of a Sheep Ever". And Jake copied it repeatedly. Poor guy.
Still, I really like the finished picture. Yet I still would like someone to explain those yellow eyes in the forest - those creep me out. - Tony
Ink Smudges: An appropriate subtitle to this picture would be "Army of One" because that's exactly what it is as Tony said; one sheep used over and over. Now whether it's a good sheep or not is not my call. I know illustrating a good farm animal is hard so I wouldn't dare begrudge him on that. But had I known the frustrating uphill battle in store for me, I probably would have altered his pose slightly and perhaps defined his/its legs a little more.... because this was one copy-and-paste job which got worse the more bodies I added. My vision was something in the scope of "Braveheart". What it ended up being was more along the lines of "West Side Story".
But this is not a bad picture and I'm not even pretending it is. To me, it all turned out good in the end.
By the way, I don't know why I added the glowing eyes in the forest. I just decided to include them for no reason. Maybe it's a Jawa. - Jake
