Star Wars Rebels Premieres Tonight! - Shorts & Character Art

A round-up of character design/concept art - plus the four Star Wars Rebels animated shorts to get ready for tonight's premiere of the 1-hour pilot episode on the Disney Channel.

Meet the Rebel Heroes!

The Empire

 

Concept designs/art via Star Wars Rebels.

And here's some very cool loose concept paintings via StarWars.com and SlashGear.

Gamora and Nebula 'GOTG' Concept Art by Andy Park

via Andy Park

Villains & Nova Corps - 'GOTG' Gear & Garb Featurette Pt 3

'Guardians of the Galaxy' Concept Art by Anthony Francisco

 Baby Groot and Groot

 The Collector's slave girl Karina

An early Korath Concept

Sakaraan Pilot

Orloni (Gaming Table Critter) Concepts

 

The Kyln Prison

Via Anthony Francisco Art

and his Monsters and Stuff Blog

Gear & Garb of the Galaxy Part 2 'GOTG' Making of Featurette

Nebula "Guardians of the Galaxy" Concept Art by Andy Park

via Andy Park

'Star Wars Rebels' TV Series 7 Minute Extended Preview + Art

Ahh...back to basics - Rebels vs. Imps! 

This reminds me so much of the kind of characters my circle of friends and I used play in the Tabletop RPG and well as elements of my beloved Star Wars Galaxies MMO - that I'm totally willing to overlook the occasional flatness in the animation style. Plus, it's still early - maybe they'll punch it up before the actual series debut - or it will improve over time like the Clone Wars did. Also it's kinda thrilling to hear those classic music cues and sound effects.

 And here's a look at some of preview/concept art that the 

Star Wars Rebels Facebook Page has been sharing lately.

New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Character Posters & Trailer

While I appreciate the attempt to make the characters more individual beyond mask color - it's still hard 

getting past the kinda creepy facial designs. Certainly no shortage of action in the trailer though!

Shiny Silver Samurai Concept Art by Josh Nizzi for The Wolverine

Check out  more fantastic film concept art by Josh Nizzi here

X-Men: Battle of the Atom - Arthur Adams Covers & Character Art

Cover art and character designs by Arthur Adams for X-Men: Battle of the Atom - the big 

X-Crossover event coming in this fall to help celebrate 50 Years of the X-Men.

So exciting and nostalgic to see Adams drawing mutants again!

Images via Marvel.com