Fellow deviants, peers, friends, & watchers,

Tonight, I'm making a promise to you all: I will be an official Star Wars artist. Be it for Star Wars comics at Dark Horse, for magazine illustrations for the Star Wars Insider, or maybe even the online comics at StarWars.com!

How am I so sure it's going to happen? Because I'm not going to quit until it happens. So either I'll make it happen or die trying. And I'm dead serious on my conviction. I'll take every step that I have to, and I won't give up.

This is the reason I pursued art school in the first place. I've come too far to give up and settle on something else. We don't have a lot of time in our lives, and you need to endure until you achieve your dreams. This is no exception.

If you find it to be a worthy journey to follow, feel free to check out this journal I'll be keeping on my progress. I plan on writing weekly on any progress I've made towards this goal. That includes preparation, conventions, exchanges with editors, progress on my Star Wars art, and generally anything contributing to the rough journey ahead of me. I feel like if I record it, it'll keep me focused on pushing forward and maybe even help other artists who wish to achieve the same dream. This blog can be found here.

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I'd ask for you all to wish me luck, but to quote a wise man, "In my experience, there's no such thing as luck."

May the force be with you!

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO TOOK PART IN IT!

UPDATE: September 7th. All 10 trades of mine are finished! Some of you only had to do one and yet... I kid, I kid. No rush. I know how life can be!

Status:
Shibamura-Prime's: [link]
Mine:[link]

Hewylewis': [link]
Mine:[link]

vibog-3's: [link]
Mine: [link]

ImmortalSilver's: [link]
Mine: [link]

Nemonus': [link]
Mine: [link]

BLaKcatINK & I (collab): [link]

fridayivy's: [link]
Mine: [link]

SandalCrusader's: Not here yet!
Mine: [link]

Sakiko-Art's: [link]
Mine: [link]

Chan's: [link]
Mine: [link]

Art Trades:
So I'm looking to see if any budding artists would like to do an art trade. Looking to stretch my wings and get some extra practice. Here's how it'll work:
-You give me what you want to see. Please nothing too complicated! Time is not my friend.
-I give you something I'd like to see. I'll try to make it something that would be fun for you.
-We trade!

Commissions:
Nothing official yet but I'm just looking to test the waters and see if anyone would be interested. I'm not exactly expecting a high demand for this, but I thought I'd test the waters with the idea.

EDIT!

Status:
Shibamura-Prime: DONE!
Hewylewis: DONE!
vibog-3: On Deck
ImmortalSilver: Pending
Nemonus: Pending
BLaKcatINK: DONE!

Once again, a lot of people seem to be busy and backed up. Even Steve, who picked this week's theme, isn't able to submit on time. I'm sure you all won't mind another week extension, but what do you think about making it a permanent thing from now on to have 2 weeks instead of 1 for each jam? Let me know how we feel about that.

So, submissions are welcome until Saturday, August 16th.

Submitted so far:
Glitched9700 [link]
Boognish420 [link]
BLaKcatINK [link]

Straight from BLaKcatINK, the horse's mouth itself:

"well I've given it a lot of thought

and I would like to see peeps fav movie, posters/scenes what ever, but not your fav movie of all time I'd like to see like your 4th or 5th fav .Everyones got a list and I'm curious to see what people like "

Why do I have the feeling that "your 4th or 5th favorite" comment was aimed at me so I wouldn't do Star Wars?

But, there you have it, guys. Steve wants to see something from a favorite movie of yours, but not your number 1.

Again, feel free to use any medium. Feel free to submit starting Saturday, August 2nd. Submissions for voting ends Saturday, August 9th.

Good luck, and hope to see you all on board again!

People in so far:
BLaKcatInk
XJapanRoX
Glitched9700
JediKaputski
kawaiidchan
crimsondespot
boognish420