Otta Demonstration at Zoo Naboo
Remember when all the cool kids here at SWAG were doing hypothetical Star Wars self-portraits?
I always intended to do one. I remember my initial thought being; "What, you mean if I wasn't born as a magical space lizard man that had fantastic adventures helping decide the fate of the galaxy??". But then, I like to imagine that had I been born into the Star Wars universe with largely the same interests and opportunities as I currently have, I'd probably have ended up as basically the same person.
Except that in this fantastic hypothetical universe, my microphone would work better, I'd be able to afford new shoes more regularly, and I'd be a heck of a lot better at drawing myself because this doesn't really look much like me at all.
Love it! Those little critters are really well imagined.
Nice work on the spectators too - must have taken you ages!!
Haha, I love it! I would draw a Star Wars linguist at work, but that would probably be... boring.
Boshuda
Boshuda
Haha! Well, the credit for imagining those creatures goes entirely to Terryl Whitlatch and Bob Carrau, as you'll find them in 'The wildlife of Star Wars; a field guide'. ;) I had to laugh out loud when I saw the entry for 'Otta' ...I mean they're not even trying to pretend it's anything but a re-skinned Lutrinae.
I do love the book for bringing a few more 'cute and fuzzy' type critters to the SW universe... I only wish the Eopie was anything NEAR as wonderful as its Planet Earth counterpart, or that there were any decent dog analogues AT ALL!!
Star Wars linguist. I want to see it! XD
Really cute Tusserk!
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Major props for using the Latin name! Though, I should expect it from a zoologist...
I LOVE the SW wildlife book - one of the best art books I've ever bought, hands down! And that dewback-hide jacket really pulls it together, you know...
And if I'm not mistaken, there was at least ONE Star Wars linguist...
Boshuda
Boshuda
Aside from being freakin' awesome, this pic toally reminds me that I never finished MY self portrait.
Love those ottas, Tuss.
And what about the anubas? They are KINDA dog-like.
HEY! Is that a bunch of SWAGgers in the audience?
Anoobas... are probably one of the best/closest dog-things the universe has to offer, yeah! But why does 'alien animal' almost always have to mean 'ugly noses and enormous tusks or improbable face-horns'?? Are a couple of cute doggy-faced beasts too much to ask for?
And HEY HEY-- could it be, a SWAG trip to the zoo?? ;)
This is sheer genius. You in your natural envirornment. A Asok...you could always be a live version of a protocol droid. I just didn't want to run a frieghter refueling station at a space port.
Haha, snap! Didn't even notice all of us in the audience! I IS OBSERVANT. This is why Asok had a wisdom of 9...
Boshuda
Boshuda
Dude you got like 3 eyes...what the heck...lol. But i do have to ask. Is the guy between Asok and mercy wearing a fez? I seem to recognize a Male twi' lek wearing distinctive googles, and I believe Asok should chech his wallet...darn Deveronians.....I should be working
He stole that fez from the guy with a bow-tie standing next to him.
And the 'Devaronian' is supposed to be a Ryn, but it's such a tiny scrawl that you can't be blamed for the mistaken species identity. XD DEFINITELY wise for Asok and Drig to be keeping check on their wallets with that shady piece of work lurking around...
Aha! I thought that was Matt Smith's 11 back there!
This is really, really awesome. I love it Tuss! 'Zoo Naboo' :D
Great work, excellent line work ;)
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Nice piece Tussy.