Are you a fan of Ralph McQuarrie’s artwork for the original Star Wars film trilogy? Over the years, he has also created pieces outside of Star Wars.
Dreams and Visions Press hopes to raise $50,000 for their coffee table book, The Art of Ralph McQuarrie: ARCHIVES. The executives at this publishing house intend to feature “a career-spanning retrospective of Ralph McQuarrie’s non-Star Wars artwork” with this book. We’ve embedded a video about the project above. Here’s more from the Kickstarter page:
“The Art of Ralph McQuarrie: ARCHIVES contains examples of Ralph’s work in each of the following areas: Early technical illustration, movie posters, book covers, film and television production, other commercial illustration and a selection of personal pieces. In many cases we have examples of work that demonstrate Ralph’s process, from his tiniest thumbnails to larger sketches, color comps and ultimately his finished paintings.”
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