Star Wars Lunch Bag: A description

Star Wars Lunch Bag: A description

Star Wars lunch bags were something I started for my eldest son when he began Summer Camp in 2009. It was something special that I could do for him each day. It also acted as an ice-breaker, a conversation piece between my son, the camp staff and the other campers. Now, I've got two boys in camp, so it's double the quota. Each night I draw up pictures, usually something "Star Wars-y" on the next day's lunch bags. It can be any thing: a ship, a character, a mash-up, or whatever ( I do take requests.) It's something fun for them to discover each morning. And, it's a reminder of me, their Dad, when they are off having fun at camp.
In years past, most of the bags were kept by the camp staff. But, so far this year, the boys have been bringing them home to keep for themselves.

Some of the bags turn out fairly decent. And others, perhaps, not as successful or artistically satisfying. But, in the end, it's all for fun - theirs... and mine.

Friday, July 13, 2012

CAPT. REX and CAPT. REX - Lunch-bag - 2012


A nice Hawaiin Punch for scale!
"Welcome aboard! This is Capt. Rex in the cockpit!" - Ahhh, STAR TOURS... me love you! Paul Reubens's voice as the droid pilot for the original STAR TOURS ride at Disneyland will forever be in my consciousness. So, when CLONE WARS came along and there was another Capt. Rex, a clone Capt. Rex, I used to make this little joke with my son about the two Capt. Rex's being in the same place at the same time, and the confusion that ensued. Poorly illustrated here for his lunch-bag entertainment. I didn't get started on this bag till around 1am, after playing an hour and a half of ice hockey. I flipped the pages of Stephen Sansweets' "The STAR WARS Vault" book and ended up stopping on the STAR TOURS page and decided quickly that Rex would be the idea for the bag. I did a quick sketch in my book and then speedily sketched it on the bag. There were moments, Sharpie in-hand, that I was asleep while working on this image. I'm amazed it doesn't have horrible black Sharpie scribbles all the way down the length of the bag. In the process I had forgotten to leave room for Rex's word balloon, and had to fudge it in there. Not one of my best, but it'll do. Bag done. Off to sleep.

Makes me want to go press the buttons on my STAR SPEEDER 1000. I think I will.
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