Just in time for WonderCon, I wrote a story with our Licensing Art Director here at Lucasfilm -- Troy Alders -- about what he looks for when he does new artist portfolio reviews at conventions... so I thought you all might find it interesting.

From the article:

What Alders is looking for in a new artist's portfolio might surprise some fans. "I am always looking for art that is not just traditional illustration -- something that is dynamic, unique and impactful and feels new and fresh," Alders says. "It could be cartoon drawings, logo designs (icons/symbols/emblems), photo collage art, or art that shows strong design skills. The use of typography is always helpful. Illustrations and paintings that incorporate photography digitally are wonderful. The combination of art techniques with the photography can really inject life into images that we may have used many times previously, and the use of photography really does bring it back home to the fact that these are live action films we are representing."

"That is not to say that I don't want to see any traditional illustration," continues Alders. "If there are dynamic comic drawings or paintings that are great poses of characters and scenes, colored beautifully, designed well and actually showing a really good likeness of a real life person, I would take notice."

Read the entire article on starwars.com here:

Be a Star Wars Artist: Portfolio Review Tips