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5-25-77 represents the best work I've ever done in my career as an artist. It presented opportunities for me that many studio scale hobbyists hope for, yet may never have. My heroes when I was a kid were the original ILM guys. My work on 5-25-77 is my tribute to them.
Upon seeing one of my Star Destroyer builds, someone once asked me what was the largest replica I ever scratch-built. My answer...not just an ANH Star Destroyer and Escape Pod, not just the Deathstar Trench, I was asked to scratch-build a replica of all of Industrial Light & Magic at the time they were making ANH for 5-25-77. This included a replica of the Dykstraflex that included the actual camera head that was used by ILM to shoot the models for Star Wars. For a couple of weeks I was responsible for the actual camera head that filmed my favorite scenes for my favorite movie.
What came next is the stuff of dreams for a Star Wars fan who was thrust into a Star Wars related movie experience... George Lucas gave his approval for all the SW references in the film. John Knoll, working with us as a consultant and who also polished up some VFX for us, said that the ILM set was "just so right." We had dinner with Douglas Trumbull and his family after a screening of the film where he said that I did a great job. He said that the ILM set wasn't just right, it WAS ILM. Coming from a legend like him, I could not have been happier. That was one of the highest points of my career.
When we finish a SS build here, we can't wait to share the results of our hard work with our fellow members. But my work on 5-25-77 can only be seen and fully appreciated in theaters. I have high hopes that the film will be finished soon, and I believe it will be. It is for these reasons it means a lot to me that this film gets the release it long deserves.
http://www.austinchronicle.com/blogs/scr...-dorkness/
5-25-77 represents the best work I've ever done in my career as an artist. It presented opportunities for me that many studio scale hobbyists hope for, yet may never have. My heroes when I was a kid were the original ILM guys. My work on 5-25-77 is my tribute to them.
Upon seeing one of my Star Destroyer builds, someone once asked me what was the largest replica I ever scratch-built. My answer...not just an ANH Star Destroyer and Escape Pod, not just the Deathstar Trench, I was asked to scratch-build a replica of all of Industrial Light & Magic at the time they were making ANH for 5-25-77. This included a replica of the Dykstraflex that included the actual camera head that was used by ILM to shoot the models for Star Wars. For a couple of weeks I was responsible for the actual camera head that filmed my favorite scenes for my favorite movie.
What came next is the stuff of dreams for a Star Wars fan who was thrust into a Star Wars related movie experience... George Lucas gave his approval for all the SW references in the film. John Knoll, working with us as a consultant and who also polished up some VFX for us, said that the ILM set was "just so right." We had dinner with Douglas Trumbull and his family after a screening of the film where he said that I did a great job. He said that the ILM set wasn't just right, it WAS ILM. Coming from a legend like him, I could not have been happier. That was one of the highest points of my career.
When we finish a SS build here, we can't wait to share the results of our hard work with our fellow members. But my work on 5-25-77 can only be seen and fully appreciated in theaters. I have high hopes that the film will be finished soon, and I believe it will be. It is for these reasons it means a lot to me that this film gets the release it long deserves.