Interviews // MARCH 22, 2021 The artist discusses his recently released illustration — and the meanings within. A Jedi meditates. It’s an image we’ve seen before in film, animation, and comics. But not like this. The ground seems to ripple in waves beneath the Padawan learner; his lightsaber levitates, pointing upward; peering through the windows […]
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Marvel Celebrates Sana Starros and More in Star Wars Pride Month Comics Covers this June
Books + Comics // MARCH 18, 2021 Get your first look at the smuggler drawn by artist Jan Bazaldua and the full list of variant covers celebrating the LGBTQ+ characters of the galaxy. StarWars.com Team This Pride Month, gay and transgender artists will pay homage to some of the LGBTQ+ characters inhabiting a galaxy far, […]
Fan Favorites from Classic Star Wars Stories Come to Hasbro’s Black Series – Exclusive
Even Jennifer Heddle, executive editor of Lucasfilm Publishing, couldn’t believe it. A longtime reader of Star Wars books and comics long before she made it her career, she understands the importance of those stories better than most. And when word came down that Hasbro would honor that legacy for Lucasfilm’s 50th anniversary, bringing several characters […]
Smartphone Camera Tricks That Will Make Your Life Easier
Selfies are great—but have you ever tapped into the powers of AR, PDF scanning, and reverse image search?
WTF Is an NFT, Anyway? And Should I Care?
This week we talk about non-fungible tokens, digital art collectors, and what it’s like to sell one of your tweets.
An Interview With Siddharth ‘Sid’ Mantri: Moments of Narrative in Landscape Imagery
Siddharth “Sid” Mantri is a landscape photographer currently based in Spain. His unique voice leads him to find smaller moments of a narrative within large landscapes. He creates images that aren’t just swathes of landscape, but rather elements within a landscape that unequivocally act as a subject within a scene.
Who Makes the Best 85mm Lens? Samyang, Sony, or Sigma?
An 85mm lens with a wide maximum aperture is the tool of choice for countless portrait and wedding photographers, offering a classic, flattering focal length in tandem with shallow depth of field and plenty of low-light capabilities. Such lenses run a wide gamut of prices, however. This excellent video comparison takes a look at three options with a $1,000 price difference between them, the Samyang AF 85mm f/1.4 FE II, Sony FE 85mm f/1.4 GM, and Sigma 85mm f/1.4 DG DN Art.