New art from Fantasy Flight Games' upcoming Star Wars trading card game, which you can check out here: [link]

If you're interested, there's more where that came from:

Luke: [link]
Leia: [link]
Han: [link]
Vader: [link]
Yoda: [link]
Obi Wan: [link]
Artoo: [link]

Aaaaand the Facebook page: [link]
My Website: [link]


New Tony Foti Illustration Facebook page : [link]

New Tony Foti Illustration Facebook page! (apparently you have to be logged in to view it) : [link]¬if_t=fbpage_fan_invite&sk=wall

The Sabaac playing Mr. Solo here is the first preview from Fantasy Flight's upcoming "Star Wars: The Card Game," one of the products being released as a part of their new Star Wars line.

If you're interested, there's more where that came from:

Luke: [link]
Leia: [link]
Han: [link]
Vader: [link]
Yoda: [link]
Obi Wan: [link]
Artoo: [link]

Aaaaand the Facebook page: [link]
My Website: [link]


New Tony Foti Illustration Facebook page : [link]

My Website: [link]

The Princess of Alderaan, from Fantasy Flight's upcoming "Star Wars: The Card Game," one of the products being released as a part of their new Star Wars line. As of this posting it hasn't been spoiled on FFG's website, but it is in the current issue(74) of ImagineFX (you know, the Star Wars issue).

You can check out my other previewed illustration from the set in my gallery (Currently Han and Darth are also in there, with more to come later)

Fantasy Flight Games: [link]


If you're interested, there's more where that came from:

Luke: [link]
Han: [link]
Vader: [link]
Yoda: [link]
Obi Wan: [link]
Artoo: [link]

Aaaaand the Facebook page: [link]
My Website: [link]


New Tony Foti Illustration Facebook page : [link]

Now that Galaxies is officially defunct, I thought it safe to post some of my favourite illustrations here for posterity sake..!

Working on this franchise for close to 2 years really helped me grow as a creative and allowed me to explore many aspects of the craft-- its not often you get to play the role of illustrator, story-teller and designer within a single commission. It was truly rewarding in hindsight and more often that not, a very humbling experience when you witness the sheer quality and passion of other fellow creatives working on the same project, really inspires you to stretch yourself beyond the usual bounds!
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© LECL & LFL and SOE.

I was asked to edit out the body parts in the background.. (Note the unofficial indirect-fire wrist rockets being deployed)

Now that Galaxies is officially defunct, I thought it safe to post some of my favourite illustrations here for posterity sake..!

Working on this franchise for close to 2 years really helped me grow as a creative and allowed me to explore many aspects of the craft-- its not often you get to play the role of illustrator, story-teller and designer within a single commission. It was truly rewarding in hindsight and more often that not, a very humbling experience when you witness the sheer quality and passion of other fellow creatives working on the same project, really inspires you to stretch yourself beyond the usual bounds!
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© LECL & LFL and SOE.

Hard to see where you're going in a firefight with those blinders for a visor... Still love scout troopers all the same.

Now that Galaxies is officially defunct, I thought it safe to post some of my favourite illustrations here for posterity sake..!

Working on this franchise for close to 2 years really helped me grow as a creative and allowed me to explore many aspects of the craft-- its not often you get to play the role of illustrator, story-teller and designer within a single commission. It was truly rewarding in hindsight and more often that not, a very humbling experience when you witness the sheer quality and passion of other fellow creatives working on the same project, really inspires you to stretch yourself beyond the usual bounds!
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© LECL & LFL and SOE.

I love the official title more than the illustration. Massive killstreak for this guy.

A freelance piece from 2011.
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I can't wait for the new Starcraft expansion Heart of the Swarm.

The tenth in a series of the 22 tarot major arcana.

Some of the others in the series so far:


*Updated with a slight brightness boost. It was reading darker than I wanted on other monitors.

Hi guys! This is a new set of 12 artworks I did for the new Star Wars Essential Reader's Companion. Although the dateline for this book was a lot tighter it nevertheless was an enjoyable and rewarding experience.

As with the last book I will be posting them in the order of sequence as it appears in the Reader's Companion. Enjoy!

This next scene is from Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader. Vader and his 501st Legion battles Wookies and Jedis Siadem Forte and Iwo Kulka and just plain being a badass!

Copyright of Lucasfilm Ltd.
Published by Del Rey, an imprint of Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc.

You can get the book here >> [link]

Hi guys! This is a new set of 12 artworks I did for the new Star Wars Essential Reader's Companion. Although the dateline for this book was a lot tighter it nevertheless was an enjoyable and rewarding experience.

As with the last book I will be posting them in the order of sequence as it appears in the Reader's Companion. Enjoy!

I have another one for you Mara fan's. This one is from the first book of the New Jedi Order series called Vector Prime and it shows Mara Jade dueling Yomin Carr. She's the first Jedi to ever encounter, duel and defeat a Yuuzhan Vong in single combat, albeit with great difficulty. This was an enemy unlike any other the Jedi has faced before and one that is formidable even to an experienced Jedi like Jade Skywalker. On top of looking like a pure badass the one thing that makes Yuuzhan Vong cool to me is their use of living bio-weapons like thud bugs (thrown projectiles) and the amazing amphistaff, which is a whip, sword, spear, and venom shooter all rolled into one and its apparently so tough that it can resist a lightsaber cut.

I think some of you may have already seen this image already as it was one of the preview images from the Reader's Companion but I'd like to mention that this is the updated version of the one floating around the net right now. I made some changes after some sharp-eyed fans pointed out that her lightsaber was the wrong kind and so I gave her Anakin Skywalker's lightsaber, which is more consistent with canon. I also noticed that Wookieepedia has the old version of this image. If anyone would be kind enough to update it with this version that would be great!

Copyright of Lucasfilm Ltd.
Published by Del Rey, an imprint of Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc.

You can get the book here >> [link]

Hi guys! This is a new set of 12 artworks I did for the new Star Wars Essential Reader's Companion. Although the dateline for this book was a lot tighter it nevertheless was an enjoyable and rewarding experience.

As with the last book I will be posting them in the order of sequence as it appears in the Reader's Companion. Enjoy!

This was another piece that was done purely for the fans. It's from Force Heretic of the New Jedi Order series and it shows the Jedi Expedition led by Grand Master Luke Skywalker exchanging cordial gestures with former enemy and renown Imperial ace pilot, Baron Soontir Fel. He's one of my favorite EU characters mostly because he's an upstanding Imp and the Empire's equivalent of Alliance ace, Wedge Antilles, whom I love.

Fel here is part of the Chiss Expansionary Defense Force but was also formerly a commanding officer in Thrawn's Empire of the Hand before its dissolution....or absorption by the Chiss Ascendancy. The Jedis are on the Chiss homeworld of Csilla and they are on an expedition in search of the mysterious sentient planet, Zonama Sekot, which they believe is the key to defeating the Yuuzhan Vong.

Copyright of Lucasfilm Ltd.
Published by Del Rey, an imprint of Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc.

You can get the book here >> [link]

I don't want to disappoint you all with no jackass commentary on this piece. At the same time, this guy can strangle someone who displeases him from across galaxies. Now, I know he's just a floating spirit or whatever, and he's all redeemed and nice and junk. But I don't want to push my luck.

Vader may very well be my first icon of awesome. My parents tell me that Star Wars was the first movie I ever saw. And "forever did it dominate my destiny."

For Star Wars Galaxies. Copyright Lucas Arts and Sony Online Entertainment. Art directed by Roger Chamberlain and Derek Herring.

Chestplate by Hebrew washing machine scrapyard. I'm not even kidding. The first Vader costume was seriously cobbled together from junk, including a washing machine coin slot. The Hebrew words were the inspiration for "Sith Script" which was used for the following costumes. And the words became a prophecy, instead of, I guess "Linens and Delicates."

"The Force is just this guy, you know?"

Wait... Wrong sci-fi franchise.

Between Yoda, Kermit, and Oscar the Grouch, I realize that almost all of my childhood mentors were runty green muppets.

This would explain a few things about quirky old me...

Also, I would have liked the prequels a billion times more if Yoda had beaten the crap out of sith with a banjo. Just sayin'.

For Star Wars Galaxies. Copyright SOE and Lucasarts.

Mud hut decor and maintenance by Fraggle Discount Slaves. A division of Dreamstomper, Inc.

A father to son heart to heart, from a little known Empire Strikes Back deleted scene.

"Luke, first of all, we all want you to know we care about you. But you're careless foray into the cult of Jediism has negatively effected us in the following ways: You alienated your family, Uncle Owen and Aunt Veru. Also they burned to death because you left the 'pickle-a-droid' chemical bath on. You've developed some sort of disturbing sexual tension simmering with your twin sister. Seriously super-ew, BTW. You've fallen in with smugglers, ex-cons, and worst of all, muppets. You're little jaunt through the asteroid field has broken the hybernation cycle of the endangered space slugs. You've caused me to take time off of my important work, following you around the galaxy, cleaning up your high-body-count messes while you stir up mayhem with your miscreant band of rebels. It is for these reasons, along with countless other destructive antics, that we've all decided to send you to the' Coruscant Wellness and Medichlorian Detoxifying Center.' Please come willingly, we don't want to have to freeze you in carbonite. ...Oh, right. A lightsaber? You really want to do this, Luke? I did, after all, kill ALL the Jedi. ...Well, except Yoda, because that just feels like stomping on a box of kittens."

For Star Wars Galaxies. Copyright Sony Online Entertainment.

Carbonite bath by "'Smuggler's Secret' Specialty and Bail Bonds, Inc."

After a very long process, the first of my works for the Star Wars card game by Fantasy Flight Games went public .

Here is the original illustration before 'graphic-deparment treatment'.

Art Director: Zoe Robinson

Copyright: Lucasfilm Limited

Another piece painted for the Star Wars LCG by Fantasy Flight Games.
I am told this one had a brief appearance as the titular 'Luke Skywalker' card during the first GenCon playtesting.

Art Director: Zoe Robinson

Copyright: LucasFilm Limited

Another illustration painted for Fantasy Flight, the brief requested a female Jedi dealing with a group of stormtroopers.

Copyright: Lucas Film Limited

Art Director: Mike Linnemann

I've already posted other drawings of Darth Vader, but he's a popular character - and I like drawing him - so I thought it was time to do another!

I'd also been wanting to draw some TIE Fighter Pilots and thought up an idea so that I could include them with Vader in the same piece...

If you've seen the original Star Wars movie - you might remember the scene where Vader gets a couple of pilots to follow him into battle against the rebels. I couldn't help think that they took it a little too leisurely as they marched off round the corner like they were heading straight to the fridge for a snack. What they needed was a red flashing emergency light to generate some urgency! So here they are - red light on - and whadya know - they're all running to their ships now!

In reality I just made that up because I wanted to draw the characters in a dynamic pose - and with some red highlights (which always looks good against black). But I hope my little backstory helps sell the idea!


This is an original depiction of George Lucas's characters - drawn in Photoshop using a Wacom pad. I might put up a work-in-progress of this if anyone's interested because I took a couple of screenshots at various stages. You might also find it interesting that I used Google Sketchup to create a 3D model of the background to ensure that the perspective is right (after having sketched it out freehand first). This is a reduced resolution version of the original which is 600dpi.

Hope you like.

I wanted to draw Darth Vader again - but I wanted to do something different. I thought that the juxtaposition of the Dark Lord of the Sith, ultimate movie bad guy - in a pretty, colourful woodland on some alien world would be something different!

I've called it 'The Nightmare' because, the way I imagine it - the last thing you would want to see if you were in such a peaceful place would be Darth Vader suddenly marching towards you. But I also thought that, for Darth Vader, being in such an idyllic place would also be torture... maybe even a nightmare?

This is an entirely original depiction of George Lucas's character. Drawn by me in Photoshop using a Wacom pad.

I put a lot of hard work and thought into this and I hope you like it - but please let me know before you use any of my drawings anywhere else. Thanks.

Now that George Lucas has (sadly) decided to retire from movie directing, I'm expecting him to call me up to ask me to take over on the next Star Wars movie/tv series.

My first pitch will be this... Darth Maul fighting Aliens! I thought it would be a very cool contest - and I also wanted to draw Darth Maul because of the interest in the 3D release of The Phantom Menace.

The idea is that this was an initiation test that Darth Sidious set for Maul during his training.

This took a lot of hard work - but I'm really, really pleased with how it turned out and I think it's my best work yet!

It's an entirely original depiction of George Lucas's and HR Giger's characters and was drawn first in pencil, then scanned and coloured in Photoshop using a Wacom pad.

This is a reduced resolution version of the original which is 600dpi.

Hope you like!

Hey Guys!

Here's a recent piece I did for Fantasy Flight Games's Deathwatch series. I hope you like it!

Nick
© Games Workshop under license to Fantasy Flight Games

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Hey everyone,

Here is a new painting set in the Warhammer 40,000 Universe (surprise!).

This image features a Necron Overlord and his endless war host as they mercilessly overrun some Ultramarines.

The painting took approximately 16 hours to do and has been compressed here for your viewing pleasure.

If you've enjoyed this video, please feel free to check out my other videos and my blog, [link], for more updates on my work.

Thanks for watching!

-Nick

**UPDATE, AGAIN!**
Tutorial video is up!
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Hey everyone,

More Warhammer 40,000 commissions, hurray! But seriously, I should have some non 40k stuff coming up soon.

This image features a terminator of the Emperor's Shields space marine chapter as he stands before a demon-infested plinth to the Chaos god Slaanesh.

You can read more about this painting here:[link]

-Nick

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