I’ve never seen such devotion in a droid before

Linch Pin Droid by Kevin Tong

Linch Pin Droid by Kevin Tong

Illustrator Kevin Tong created this great exploded R2-D2 poster for an ongoing Star Wars Art Print series by Mondo Tees. He did a thorough post on his creative process and even made a time-lapse video showing his technique:

Linch Pin Droid goes on sale Friday.

About James Provost

James Provost is a freelance technical illustrator and co-founder of TechnicalIllustrators.org. His work can be seen at JamesProvost.com. You can follow him on Twitter @jamesprovost.

11 comments

  1. Very cool, but am I the only one shaking his head when he was getting his thick and thin lines around the wrong way?….

  2. clint says:

    The guy is talented for sure but yea, what’s with the reverse thick and thin?

  3. jim hatch says:

    I think this is cool as hell. There is no right or wrong for anything you guys need to stop reading books by failed artists and do more art! Items closer to your eye are always more intense in all respects so I think that is what he is doing.

  4. Simon says:

    I’m glad Mark and Clint pointed out the line-weight, I spotted it myself and thought it a bit odd. Jim, it’s a convention for a reason: it works—and I didn’t get that out of a textbook before you start.

  5. clint says:

    I think it’s cool too, you are right Jim, no need to stay in the box all the time.

  6. jim says:

    Simon, Can we see your work, oh great keeper of the great line weight convention?

  7. Steven W. Howard says:

    Even though I found it odd as well- it is only a small part of the finished illustration and is not all that distracting.

  8. Simon says:

    …spoken like a true cynic, Jim.

  9. skate says:

    and the man inside?
    ;)

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