I guess Drew Struzan was one of my early influences, as well as Ralph McQuarrie and Joe Johnston. What artists or artwork have been the most inspiring to you? I think by the time I was in college I started to seriously consider it as my career. I’ve been drawing since before I can remember – I guess I realized it over time as I continued to enjoy drawing and being creative. How did you first know you wanted to be an artist? Though we used to argue over who would play what character (I wanted to play Han Solo)! My friends and I used to play Star Wars after school, reenacting scenes from the film. I can’t remember my feeling after watching the movie, but it’s safe to say I became a big fan thereafter. My Dad took my brother, myself and a friend to see it at a drive in.
Since the original movie came out in 1977. I’m not 100% sure but it looked like him and he was about the right height. I may have seen George Lucas once when I was at Disneyland. I have a personalized autographed photo from Harrison Ford which I got when he was making Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. We did ask the receptionist if we could peek inside and of course she couldn’t let us, but hey we were there, so had to ask! We also walked into the reception office and I think there was a stormtrooper helmet on display. I didn’t exactly get to go inside, but my grandfather drove my brother and I to the building and we saw some interesting things, like the Empire wardrobe from the outside. I once got to visit Elstree Studios when The Empire Strikes Back was being made. What are three interesting facts about you? His answers in our interview are both fun and engaging, and we trust that readers will enjoy reading them as much as we did. Each email we received from David during our correspondence was detailed and thoughtfully written, and to our mild embarrassment always accompanied by a friendly apology whenever his response was not immediate. David is also the artist responsible for the Concept Boba Fett limited edition print that was created for Star Wars Celebration V.įor all of David’s accolades and talent, what is perhaps equally as remarkable is how approachable and down to earth he is. We are fortunate that David happens to have an affinity for Ralph McQuarrie and Joe Johnston‘s Boba Fett concept art and has chosen the white bounty hunter as the subject of several of his Topps Star Wars Galaxy return sketch cards. If that’s not the definition of success, we don’t know what is. Additonal samples of his work also continue to appear on his Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts, and even on Wookieepedia. For starters, just his DeviantArt gallery alone contains a vast array of professional, personal, and commissioned work.
To offer adequate commentary on David’s full portfolio would quite literally require writing a book. The well-established concept artist, illustrator, and animator has a curriculum vitae that covers an impressive range of pop culture as we know it, having worked with big industry names like Fox Animation Studios, Marvel, Topps, Upper Deck, Fantasy Flight Games, and of course Lucasfilm. Our ultimate model was the 2 helmets used at C7 on the display with the orange background.Regardless of who you are, it’s nearly impossible to not have seen David Rabbitte‘s work at some point. It is possible they got a larger size to scan from. From their details they scanned one of several different helmets made for he production and I read somewhere there are several sized and versions of the helmets. Comparing it to the ANOVOS helmet, I'm not sure. Once the C7 photos came out of the 2 screen used suits Roy was able to run lots of overlays of the photos to get the shape and sizing relative to the other parts and their known sizing. The sizing was based on first a gut feeling compared to the other parts of the armor and their sizing, and trying to get a similar sizing to the original TK helmet, but a few % smaller. Just curious if this is about ANOVOS size or if any info was gleamed at Cvii that would let us know just what the proper size is? Just out of curiosity, what basis did you use for the overall size? The dimensions look very good, but how did you determine the overall size to make it? Maybe I am incorrect (and I probably am:)) but the ANOVOS seems to be a touch big -? Like maybe 5% oversized? It could also be the troopers I have seen wearing it compared to the trailer actors (who may be taller than the OT 5'10" actors).