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]

Fantasy Flight's Star Wars card game is out!

On the upside, I can now post what remaining art I have from the core set. On the OTHER upside, there are also quite a few more illustrations to come for the expansions, so look for more in the coming months.

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

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

Aaaaand the Facebook page: [link]

Here's a little spot illustration from Fantasy Flight Games' "Star Wars: Edge of the Empire" beginner game, which you can check out 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 is the final showdown scene, found in The Unifying Force, between Jedi Grand Master Skywalker, the Solo twins and the Supreme Overlord of the Yuuzhan Vong, Shimrra along with his retinue of Slayer bodyguards. Skywalker's strike team is part of a larger campaign Galactic Alliance is fighting in an attempt to retake Coruscant and end the Yuuzhan Vong threat once and for all.

I read the excerpt for this scene and it just thrills me to see how powerful and badass Luke is as a Jedi Master. I would absolutely love to see this as a movie but alas I can only dream

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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!

Kyle Katarn and Jerec duke it out at the Valley of the Jedi in Ruusan. This scene is from one of my favorite Star Wars game franchises, Dark Forces. Though I have to admit that Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight is the only one in the series I've not actually played through. Nevertheless I do find it baffling that Kyle was able to defeat Jerec even after he was imbued with the power of many Jedis. I know gameplay factor had alot to do with this but perhaps there's a canon explanation of how Kyle Katarn overcame the supposedly "invincible" Sith that I'm not aware of.

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!

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

You can get the book here >> [link]

Another piece for the Star Wars LCG. This is actually my most recent one, just spoilered on FFG's website.

One very interesting facet of painting Star Wars game art is that we get to paint scenes that were never filmed or that were filmed differently, sort of an extra 'Director's cut'.

Art Director: Mike Linneman

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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

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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

This is one I did for SWGTCG.

TM & © 2011 LECL & LFL. All Rights Reserved.

This is another one I did for SWGTCG.

TM & © 2011 LECL & LFL. All Rights Reserved.

This is another one I did for SWGTCG.

TM & © 2011 LECL & LFL. All Rights Reserved.

Star Wars Galaxy Card 3

Star Wars Galaxy Card 2

Star Wars Galaxy Card 1

I think the thing that has been most fun about working on FFG's upcoming Star Wars card game is that I get to envision scenes from the movies from angles that the camera never picked up. Sort of makes the whole classic Star Wars experience fresh again!

Art Director: Zoe Robinson

Image is © 2012 Lucasfilm, Ltd. TM Lucasfilm, Ltd. Under license to Fantasy Flight Games

For the "Desolation of Hoth" set in FFG's Star Wars: The Card Game. A tense moment before a classic duel!

Now this is something I'm SUPER pumped about. Star Wars was such an inspiration to me as a kid and I remember thinking time and time again "I wish I could do Star Wars art!". Well, whaddaya know. I get to do Star Wars art! Fantasy Flight Games is releasing their new Star Wars living card game soon and a couple of my cards were spoiled at the previews at GenCon. The first card I did for the game was none other than Darth Vader. I'm really humbled that my art director felt comfortable enough giving me the task to create art for the most badass sci-fi villain of all time. Rarely do we get to see Vader dealing with rebel scum in such a direct way, so I'm sure you can imagine how giddy I was when I got the initial prompt.

Image ©Lucasfilm, LTD and Fantasy Flight Games

Here is another painting I did for the Star Wars Essential Reader's Companion.

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This was a very fun job... But quite a challenge as well. I had 2 months to do 39 illustrations for this book.

While speed is a strength that normally lands me a lot of my work, I still want to do as best as I can. It can become quite a challenge. I pushed VERY hard on this assignment to do my absolute best-- even having to work it around my regular freelance work. But I pulled it off... And I am happy with the way it came out.
[link]

Well, it was announced today, so I think it is safe to post here. A quick Promo painting I did last week for an upcoming book by John Jackson Miller for Del Ray.
More here:
[link]

This is about a 4 hour painting (spread out over a few days or so).
EDIT: I should also mention that after an initial b/w rough-- I did an INTENSE study of Ewan McGregor on as many films as possible... My initial sketch had fallen flat on capturing either Ewan or Alec's Obi Wan likeness, so I obsessed with a quest to understand the anatomy of Ewan McGregor's face and expressions.

Most of the time, we artists will seek out references of people likenesses in the same pose we are about to draw.. But I could NOT --for the life of me-- FIND a pose of McGregor in any film that matched what I needed to show here. So what you have, is a very careful freehand rendition "imagined" in that pose by cross referencing MANY photos of Ewan's face, and how light and shadow reflect off of it in various environments. So yeah-- While the initial painting was about 4 hours, there was a lot longer in side sketching and studying of this man's face... I don't think I've ever went that deep before in a portrait.

Here is another painting I did for the Star Wars Essential Reader's Companion.

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This was a very fun job... But quite a challenge as well. I had 2 months to do 39 illustrations for this book.

While speed is a strength that normally lands me a lot of my work, I still want to do as best as I can. It can become quite a challenge. I pushed VERY hard on this assignment to do my absolute best-- even having to work it around my regular freelance work. But I pulled it off... And I am happy with the way it came out.

[link]

Sometimes art comes from a powerful flash of experience that changes you forever.

I call this one "The last thing your nipples ever saw…"

You have to be careful when checking out a Jedi babe's glorious backside. They know things. The Force isn't just for seeing the future, and levitating stuff. It'll also clue a Jedi vixen in on your impure thoughts. What she chooses to do with this information makes all the difference.

I will say that Darth Talon had a much, much more pleasant reaction. Also involving nipples, but far less lazering them off of me.

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

Special thanks to the fine nurses at "Scoop and Run Emergency Services and Frozen Yogurt Delivery" who promptly applied cold, and replaced the damaged tissue with Oreos.

"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.

Rachi Sitra, once again defying the stereotype that Twi'leks are the strippers of the galaxy with her Jedi'in, archeolog'in, and unfolding the mysteries of the force with a holocron'in.

For the uninitiated: A holocron is a vessel of great, abundant, and powerful secret knowledge. Like an iPad, or a book written by someone with two middle names. And just like iPads, they can be used for good or evil, but let's be realistic here - mostly evil.

This particular holocron contains a saucy sort of Jedi Kama Sutra. Once you throw force powers into a bedroom mix, things get awesome weird.

For Star Wars Galaxies. Copyright Sony Online Entertainment.

Special thanks to Rachi for candidly demonstrating some of the maneuvers involving Twi'lek "lekku" (head tails.) I will forever scheme for an excuse to do it all again.

This is card art for the latest explansion set for the Star Wars Galaxies TCG produced by Sony Online Entertainment.

Thanks to Derek Herring and RogerChamberlain for their great art direction.

This is card art done for the Sony Star Wars TCG.

....clear your swamp, Yoda does some rearranging before guests arrive.

This is a piece for the Star Wars TCG , released by Sony Online Entertainment.

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 always try to nab the trooper cards before anyone else. I recall being very taken by the bleached and cross-processed art direction of Black Hawk Down and had to do a few cards in a similar feel. What better than with one involving rappelling special forces stormies..

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