Happy birthday to arguably one of the greatest artists of our time, the incredible Ralph McQuarrie!

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On this day in 1929, Ralph McQuarrie was born. "[George] said, 'that would make a good bounty hunter. Develop it and make it a guy with all kinds of gadgets on his suit – rockets and so forth – to defend himself with.'" – The Art of Ralph McQuarrie

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Ralph McQuarrie's concept art for the original Star Wars Trilogy (1977-83)

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Legendary conceptual designer, mattepainter and illustrator Ralph McQuarrie (1929-2012) was born 92 years ago today. A talented and visionary artist, we are all on the shoulders of this giant.

Expect more tweets about his work today.

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Dude literally went from making stuff that synthesizes the best qualities of Ralph McQuarrie and James Gurney to photobashes that look like they're ready to be minted as enn eff tees

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1982: The 1st official Star Wars game.

Fun fact; this is one of the Snowspeeder's early design by Ralph McQuarrie.

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"A-Wings" Model by Adam Burch based on Ralph McQuarries concept. Rendered in Lightwave and generally tweaked in Photoshop. Couldn't decide which version I liked the most so posted both. Background was rendered out of Mandelbulb3d using parms by Les-Monts on Deviantart.

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Happy In case you missed them, here's some pieces based on Ralph McQuarrie's (and in Boba's case, Joe Johnston's) concept art
I drew up late last year.

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Showcasing Star Wars Concept Art from the incomparable Ralph McQuarrie today.... How this portfolio managed to get through my teenage and college years without the art cards being tacked to a wall, and ruined, I'll never know!

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La Radiant VII, un creuer consular de la República, utilitzada principalment per Obi-Wan i Qui-Gon Jinn per anar a negociar un tractat a Naboo. M'agrada perquè és de les naus de la preqüela que té un estil més 'Ralph McQuarrie'. Pràctica i poc elegant, amb tres motors enormes.

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That iconic Bible page from Raiders of the Lost Ark was actually illustrated by concept artist Ralph McQuarrie.

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El diseño de Darth Vader en Star Wars Rebels es mi favorito de todos los del personaje.

Me parece muy imponente y además es un gran homenaje a los diseños originales de Ralph McQuarrie. https://t.co/78w8AHFkr2

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Portafolio "SUPERMAN, THE MOVIE" (2/4)
Fue un portafolio lanzado a imagen y semejanza del de "Star Wars" de 1977 ilustrado por Ralph McQuarrie y que comenzaban a ser muy habituales en esa época.

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Did you know? Many of the archways in Calodan in The Mandalorian resemble archways found in samurai films and ones drawn by Ralph McQuarrie for the original trilogy

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Ralph McQuarrie’s amazing concept art for Return of the Jedi.

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I love when concept art eventually gets used in a future project.

Seeing the white spiders finally being translated from Ralph McQuarrie’s art to live action in The Mandalorian was such a treat.

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Phantom Menace might not be a flawless film, but Doug Chiangs concept art is excellent. It evokes old Mcquarrie & Gourney.

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"Robota is beautiful. While reading I would find myself dreaming about seeing all this up on the big screen." Ralph McQuarrie

Other artists have worked on this project (or the revised 2016 edition), including Emmanuel Shiu & Eddie Del Rio

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Return of the Jedi (1984) Dir Richard Marquand

Rancor concept art by Ralph McQuarrie and Joe Johnston.

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science70:

Ralph McQuarrie, concept art for Battlestar Galactica (USA, 1978-79). https://t.co/F2EwpGFVrG

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