SEAN BURKE DISCUSSES HIS WINNING T-SHIRT DESIGN

Via Starwars.com:

Earlier this year, Lucasfilm held a contest for its employees to design a Star Wars-themed T-shirt that would be featured at the Celebration event in Anaheim. What they ended up going with was pretty cool — several generations of Star Wars heroes, starships, and locations squeezed into a galactic delta, the ultimate power in the universe.

StarWars.com spoke with contest winner Sean Burke, a former intern in the Lucasfilm Art Department, who discussed the challenges of creating his design and the inspiration he received from iconic Star Wars imagery.

StarWars.com: What is your background as an artist?

Sean Burke: Originally I was a Fine Arts major at Connecticut College, and then after studying Fine Arts for a while I decided I wanted to specialize in something a little more practical. I got really into concept art, and ended up leaving Connecticut College to come to California and studied at four or five different schools here, just taking as many classes as I could and diving into the concept art world. Right now, I’m still learning and I’m actually still in school while I’m working here, but I’m trying to soak up as much concept art knowledge and experience as possible.

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