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By Dan Brooks
The popular artist discusses the original character portraits created for Lucasfilm’s official fan event.
One of the best Star Wars Celebration souvenirs has always been the very item that gets you inside: the badge. That’s because Lucasfilm has made it a tradition to commission artists to create original badge art for Star Wars Celebration, adding a little galactic flair to something that, at most conventions, is little more than an afterthought. Being part of that tradition is especially meaningful for Alice X. Zhang, the digital artist behind Star Wars Celebration Europe 2023’s badge paintings — a beautiful collection of character portraits that StarWars.com is excited to reveal.
“Well, it has absolutely been a huge honor! I have never been to a Celebration, but when I was first approached and researched the history of Celebration badges, I was immediately inspired — not to mention, portraits are my favorite illustration subject,” she tells StarWars.com. “So, it was exciting for me to take this on, and I really wanted to do a memorable job”…
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