Illustrating Star Wars in Photoshop

Andrew Theophilopoulos, painting from his lighthouse in sunny Sarasota takes us through the process of using photo reference, without being tied down by the limitations of amateur photography. “The force is like your artistic talent, it needs to be trained and challenged, but without enough practice you might lose it. One of the best ways to train is to set yourself up for failure, bite off more than you can chew, give yourself a tough lesson to learn from. When asked to work on the cover illustration fo