The making of Ralph McQuarrie by MarkRaats

Ralph McQuarrie An Illustrative Life Lobby Poster.
Here is behind the scenes video showing how I create my art.
Prints of the artwork will be available exclusively from the Art of Ralph McQuarrie booth at Star Wars Celebration in Los Angeles - April 16-18. 2015
www.markraats.com

[@tomslater8374]

my goodness, incredible

[@children_of_the_craft]

thank you so much for sharing this!

[@brenthobart5096]

Beautiful.

[@brenthobart5096]

Beautiful

[@AlphaProto]

As an artist, I really enjoyed this video. It was great learning about Mr. McQuarrie, and fun watching you work.

[@markraatsart5049]

Thanks very much, glad you feel it works for you...

[@ReidDesigns]

I love your little cabinet with the colored knobs. Genius. Now I am thinking of getting one! :)

[@markraatsart5049]

+ReidDesigns - Thanks very much. Actually I can't claim it was my idea. I saw one like it in Drew Struzan's studio and it looked like a great idea.

[@lansvsion9543]

Wow!

[@RonWylie-gk5lc]

Brilliant Mark, a fitting tribute.

[@captainjacobi]

What a beautiful piece! Thank you for sharing your process!!!

[@CaptainNow2]

Wow!! Thank you so much for sharing this! Wonderful work!

[@anthonypc1]

Such a daunting task, and amazingly executed!

[@stevenkee61]

Hello from Singapore. Fantastic piece of work! I am very sure that Mr. Ralph McQuarrie would have been proud of it too.

[@sliceoflifefilm]

Oh wow! Just came across this! Such a lovely painting Mark.. what better way to present the artist than through his studio! Awesome work!

[@richardksimpson800]

This is a wonderful piece of art.

[@marcogallologic5260]

Wow! Today, I posted a video walk-through of my framed poster collection on the Star Wars Poster Collectors Facebook group. this print is one I have hanging. Unfortunately I forgot the artist name and admitted such during the video. so when I posted it, a fellow member reminded me of who the artist is, and pointed me towards this video. This is fantastic to see how this image came to life. It is one of the few non-movie posters I have hanging in a frame and I’m happy to now know more about it. Thank you.

[@thescotsmandownunder4630]

Love this insight into how you created this artwork Mark. It's a stunning piece!

[@rovo7249]

Simply beautiful

[@wingitprod]

Lovely. You influences are present, as is your own mastery.

[@moisestorres9618]

THIS IS PURE AWESOMENESS!! I am so glad I came across this vid!!!

[@markraatsart5049]

+Moises Torres - Thank you very much, glad you like it!

[@MrFloppyHare]

Stunning, mate. Absolutely stunning!

[@gedmcmahon3206]

Wonderful 👌

[@jggmobile]

That's really nice Mark. Great tribute.

[@Davy.J.Y]

Truly amazing, love it:)

[@BrandonWorkshop]

Truly beautiful work Sir!

[@steveh7933]

thanks for being so generous and sharing your technique - it was fascinating and the results are stunning (-:

[@dominicdoyle2895]

Talent celebrating talent. Great job

[@CapricornMediaProducts]

I like how it was done.

[@steveyoungwork]

Brilliant, first class art well done!

[@ridewherever]

Mark...you def achieved your goal. It's beautiful.

[@markraatsart5049]

Thank you very much. All the best to you for a great 2017

[@MartinSchlierkampIllustration]

I love this piece, Mark. A beautiful concept and an excellent painting. This truly captures the spirit and honors the legacy of Ralph McQuarrie. You should definitely leave your comfort zone more often! ;-) Thank you for sharing your process here, would love to see more of these. :-)

[@markraatsart5049]

Martin Schlierkamp Cheers buddy, Glad you like and and thanks for your encouraging words. Not sure if I will make more but who knows!

[@RoboRobotnik]

I see artwork like this and I am in awe, then I look at my own paintings and they seem hollow.

[@dropbearcomics1105]

awesome video with great narrative .. thanks :)

[@designellementorganicartde2456]

AMAZING !!!!!!

[@deanraats]

Wow... Really awesome to see how you work!

[@markraatsart5049]

Cheers Dean!

[@dougmorrison4510]

Great video Mark, thank you for sharing!

[@markraatsart5049]

+Doug Morrison - Cheers mate. Glad it worked for you!

[@yecatsraine]

Any news on when 'Ralph McQuarrie - An Illustrative Life' the Documentary is getting released?

[@godstomper]

Great work.

[@3ftdeep523]

This is epic, Mark. Really great to see your work method & consummate skill. Glad you managed to get the PKD in there. I think I see a Han Solo blaster too. You should do a tour video of the artefacts in your studio. Left handed, eh! All the best people are ; ) Would love you to post more of these. Like everything you do, this video is slick.

[@markraatsart5049]

Many thanks for taking the time to comment and for your kind words. Yes there's a lot of stuff there - interesting only a small few recognised the PKD though. Cheers again, I'm delighted you feel it works well.

[@AngryBrother360]

"Excellent!.

[@MadSUPANOVA]

Nice dream studio. PEACEFUL space

[@markraatsart5049]

Thank you AlphaProto.

[@rutgervanderhorst5009]

Hello sir, I just watched your Indiana Jones and the spear of Destiny diary and I am obsessed with it, love the craftsmanship. I already made the grail diary from scratch and for my next project I would like to make the spear of destiny diary. Would you be so kind to send a pdf file of high res photos? Keep making beautiful art! Kind regards from the Netherlands.

[@Luke_Hammontree]

This is amazing. I love how much time and effort you put into this piece. Especially since it was for such an amazing and inspiring artist. What exactly was this created for? A movie?

[@markraatsart5049]

+Luke Hammontree - Thanks Luke, glad you approve. The poster was done for a movie that is coming out soon.

[@ramblerrichie]

Awesome~~~

[@markraatsart5049]

+Richie Siu Thanks very much!

[@AMScrubb]

This is AWESOME! A pure delight from start to finish! Aa someone who struggles with patience, I have to ask, approximately how long did this project take from start to finish? Thanks for sharing your process with the world.

[@omard5888]

Chingooon master

[@chrisstanzione8313]

Amazing!!! what type of brushes and sizes are you using?

[@jonathancameron6118]

Thankyou so verry much wshat a privelew see how you go about creating a peace of art and a great tribute too Ralph. What other things are you interesting in creating art wise do.? I like sketch and drawing sketching wild life especially birds of pray, old architecture dogs and of cars especially classic to the modern day sports. Cars not excluding motto bikes. Jonathan thank you. avourite

[@dannynicholas3053]

This video is brilliant, and thank you so much to sharing your process, Mark! This encourages me to try out this technique! May I ask, what are the colors you use to make the sepia tone "gouache" under painting? I couldn't quite hear the colors you called out in the video.

[@christhevalentine]

Sounded like he said Napthol Crimson Light and black? :)

[@viccreator4062]

very nice work,.sir, Are you prepared MDF board with some white paint, previously?

[@markraatsart5049]

+Victor Hugo Carvajal Lozano . Generally I use the MDF just in its natural form because I like the colour. If I want a white base, then I will prime it first.

[@viccreator4062]

nice

[@hugodojo460]

Is this gouache? Or acrylic?

[@Amakhekhe]

Mr Mark, if you don't mind me asking, are you from South Africa?

[@AntoineDemangeAART]

C’est un doublage de trump ou quoi ? X)