Wondering how I create the covers for the Scholastic Book Series “Star Wars: Rebel Force?”, Well you can read al about it at the official web site for Star Wars.
Bonnie Burton wrote a great article that features an interview with yours truly!
The response to these books has been over whelming, and I feel honored to be part of it.
I’ll let the article do the rest of the talking.
Finally out in Hobby shops, if ther are any left , is “Xmen Archives” from Ritten house Archives.
Xmen Archives are trading cards featuring Marvel Comics own group of misfits, The X-Men. Randomly inserted in to packs of cards (at least one per box) are hand drawn Sketch cards by some of todays most popular illustrators in Comics, fantasy and Scifi.
I was one of the lucky artists to participate in this great set. I complete 147 unique sketch cards in full color for this set. I’m getting great response from the fans, and I am really digging the style I am working in for these Comic Book cards.
I have been a fan of the X-men for years, but I no more than when I was in Jr. High School. I Lived for X-men comics! My cards have a very obvious 80’s flavor to them, as I harkened back to my early teen days!
You can check out the full gallery of my cards here at my Webs site.
How do you get these cards? Hobby Shops bought a lot, but many are selling out quickly, so I would call before you head out to the shop.
Ebay has boxes on sale, and if you want one of my cards specifically, Ebay is your best shot. There are several up there right now for pretty reasonable prices.
I will have a few Artists Proofs that I will be able to sell once I get them.
Contact me for more information on that.
All the rage today is collectible designer toys. You can now pick up Toys hand painted by some of today’s mos
t famous artists. Granted, it will cost you a pretty penny, but it s a sound investment as each piece is one of a kind, and they look cool.
One of the more popular versions of thee designer toys are the “Mighty Muggs” fr
om Hasbro. They make Mighty Muggs for Marvel Co
mics, Indiana Jones, and of course Star Wars. I thought they were kind of weird at fi
rst, but they really caught on and people love them.
Out of shear demand Hasbro started to produce BLANK Mighty Muggs so artists can paint their own de
signs on them. This is the basis of one of the coolest events at San Diego Comic Con this year. Lucas film LTD has contacted several of the most popular Star Wars artists in biz today to design their own Star Wars Mighty Mugg. The only restriction was it had to be Star Wars related. The artists went crazy and produced some really great designs that will not only be
displayed at the Star Wars pavilion at Comic Con, but will be auctioned off one by one, with all proceeds going to the Make A Wish Foundation.
I was one of the artists chosen to create a Mighty Mugg for the event, and I tried my best to do something a little different. I started out with a few ideas, to create a Mugg for Characters they m
ost likely would never produce. Like Jaxxon, The Ice Cream Machine Man, or the horse head pilot. But, that challenging little voice inside my head wanted to do something more outside t
he box. So I gave it some time, and let inspiration come to me. The next idea I got came from watching Denise make her mighty Mugg of Steve Sansweet (Lucasfilm LTD Director of Fan affairs). Denise did such a great job of executing the piece, but more than that I really liked how she did something so very Star Wars, but at the same time completely thinking outside the box. My idea was for the world’s greatest Star Wars fan. He was going to be equipped with all kinds of toys, Star Wars clothes, sleeping bag, everything. But I ran out of time to do this.
Now I was in trouble because I was running out of time, and I had no
ideas that would not take a couple weeks to do.
That was until I was sitting in my living room where we have a framed copy of my “Sith Rocks” poster form 2007. Inspiration hit m like a thunderbolt, and I decided to make Rock and Roll Darth Maul, but even more Glam Rocked up with sparkly gold horns, and a sparkly double-ended Guitar. The easy part was painting on the Toy, the hard part was creating the 3D objects like his horns, Guitar, and oh yes, the Gigantic Tongue.
I broke out a box full of sculpey and went to work. This stuff is fun, and so easy to use!
A little Glue, and some Sparkly Paint provided by Denise was all this little guy needed to make him the meanest Glam Rock hero in the Galaxy.
Read More about the Mighty Mugg project here at the official Star Wars Web Site.
Unfortunately I did not finish my Mugg early enough to have it featured on the Web site, but you can See Denise’s “Steve Sansweet”.
Get Ready folks, I’ve got a bunch of great announcements, products and new offical web site stuff all this week, and leading up to San Diego Comic Con.
Check out all the Newest Posts at my Website www.randymartinez.net
Today, it is my pleasure to announce that I have official started to overhaul the “Art for Sale” section of my Web page. Fans were getting really confused with the way I had it before, so I am taking steps to making it better.
I have added a ton of new really cool stuff and I’m selling a lot of for cheap. Including Official Original art work from the Book covers have been illustrating for Star Wars: Rebel Force. The New Star Wars book series from Scholastic Books. I added even more Original art to my store, this time from my new how to draw book “Creature Features” (Impact Publishing). Just about everything from the book is there and fairly priced.
I added a section just for Sketch cards I have been hiding away in my card drawer. Every thing is for sale and on sale. The cheapest prices yet! Everything from my Topps Terminator Salvation Artist Returns, to Star Wars Heritage and Indiana Jones. There is also a TON of Randy Martinez Brand cards just waiting to be scooped up!
It’s a Sketch Card Blow out!
Finally I put a Style Guide page for fans interested in getting commissioned art from me. This Style Guide Describes each of the distinct different styles of art that I work in. It’s actually quite interesting and I think will give fans a chance to consider other types of art from me, that they may not have even known I do.
To make this guide even more comprehensive I have posted a general price list of the different kind of commissions that are requested most.
So go check it out. Tell me what you think and hey! Order something. I think you will be surprised at how reasonable my prices are.
Thanks everyone!
Randy
