Chewbacca is probably my favorite Star Wars character, which is tough to say because there are so many great creatures, droids, and humans in the saga! He’s just a loyal presence and he knows how to get things done. So I thought I’d make an illustration of the big guy taking a break for once- relaxing on the beach, getting a tan. That’s where I like to go when I need a break. But of course, Chewie’s work is never done as you can see he still is keeping a watchful eye on Princess Leia in the background. Wrrruugggghhhhh!
The Lego Movie has been out 3 weeks now- I have seen it twice so far and I plan to see it again soon. The movie was even better than I ever expected; it was funny, entertaining, visually stunning, and had a great story. I have been a huge fan of Lego since childhood and rekindled the love within the last few years when my wife got me a minifigure from Series 4 as just a little impulse gift in her ThinkGeek order. That one minifigure multiplied into 100s as well as a few dozen sets.
One of my favorite parts of The Lego Movie is the soundtrack, including the song “Everything is Awesome” by Tegan & Sara featuring The Lonely Island. I have been a big fan of T&S since their album “So Jealous.” It is one of those albums I can listen to on repeat. My wife got us tickets to see Tegan & Sara on my birthday years ago- possibly the best birthday present ever! We met them after the show and I gave them my original painting. Since then I had gone back into the scanned version of the illustration and updated their hair and tattoos.
Tegan & Sara
I also added other elements that better convey my original idea: to have T&S as sea sirens luring ships to the rocks. I think part of the idea came from their song “So Jealous” where they sing about the ocean. The other part is that their music is so beautiful, yet sad. They rope you in with their voices but you crash on the rocks of the gloom. Something like that. The ironic thing is “Everything is Awesome” is such a happy and upbeat song which is very far from their usual sad songs. I hope The Lego Movie brings them a lot of success as Tegan & Sara are awesome!
Good luck tonight, Jimmy Fallon! Erin and I went to NYC to see Late Night in 2010, it was great fun and The Roots were awesome! I gave this caricature to a stagehand who said he’d give it to Jimmy… still waiting for my Thank You card, Fallon! haha
Wow 26 years ago today The Wonder Years premiered on tv! One of the best shows of all time!
I created this illustration last year to celebrate the 25th year of the premier right after my wife and I did a marathon of the entire series. It was such a great show and it still holds up in relevance to this day.
It was also an honor to have my illustration and sketch re-Tweeted by all three main cast members: Fred Savage, Danica McKellar, and Josh Saviano!
