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.

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

LUNCH BAGS OF THE 2015 SUMMER LUNCH BAG SEASON



The first day of camp, and a First Order Snowtrooper  lunch bag, inspired by the first images available to the public in Vanity Fair Magazine.  



The Force Awakens a Stormtrooper: Thought up this one while we were flying back from Disney World, Florida.  Once I committed to the dialogue there was no going back.  It's almost right.  There are always things I would do differently if I were to do it again.  


It's always good to throw in a Boba Fett lunch bag from time to time. 
You can tell when work is busy - I draw more head and shoulder shots. 


JEDI had a lot of cool stuff, including the awesome Biker Scouts.  I love that Biker Scout  design!  Way to go Nilo Rodis-Jamero!  


I was down to my last brown bag and had to pull into service a white gift bag.  Would have drawn some guides on the large trooper helmet to keep it all inline,  but I was rushing to get 'er done quick so I could get back to my storyboard work.  The kids don't care.  They still thought it looked cool.





I got back to doing a couple more Silhouette bags.  I did a few days of these the summer before and I thought they looked pretty neat so why not do a few more.  It cut down on the amount of detail I needed to draw and looks pretty cool. 



It may sound like the JAWA's say "Hooteenie!",  but I found out later, there's no 'H'.  Just, "Ooteenie!"  Embarrassed I was, to not know that.


Just a silly little Darth Vader. 



I think I did this Governor Tarkin lunch bag because I rarely ever, ever draw the human characters.  Peter Cushing was so good as Tarkin.  I drew him then came up with his thought balloon dialogue afterward.  


A Deathstar.  Thank you roll of blue tape for providing the circle. 



Some of the days I only did the boys's names on their bags.  These ones took a little longer to execute than other 'name' bags.  Their Grandma kept these two for her wall. 


X-WING as an 'E'



Y-WING as a 'Y'.  Makes sense.


I always thought the Taun-Tauns sounded like Donald Duck.  So, I finally put them together. 


This DARTH VADER lunch bag smelled a great deal like Sharpie when it was done. I was never told if the sandwich and other items tasted like SHARPIE that day. 



I guess I just wanted to draw a JAWA this day. 



Sometimes, I have to resort to using Starbucks bags.  JABBA seemed to like that logo... a lot. 




Another Starbucks bag.  Only did  a name, but gave it some flair by adding a Deathstar to the top of Kyle's 'K'.  He didn't feel as cheated this day. 



I bought a bunch of brown craft bags at a local craft store.  Different paper than the ones I had been using before.  This paper wasn't as absorbent.  It was shinier.  But they worked well enough to do "Wicket the Ewok" posing with a Biker Scout helmet.


I hadn't ever done a protocol droid that wasn't shiny, golden C-3PO.  So I looked up a couple of these guys on the Wookiepedia.  I had no idea they had backstories.  But they do.  R-3PO is apparently moody. 



Didn't get into any personality  traits with K-3PO.  Just a made a sandwich joke with him. 


Kyle made this droid at Disneyland.  I think he called him MEXI-D2.  So for him,  I put his Astromech droid on his lunch bag. 



A quick ol' Yoda bag. 


I don't know where this idea came from in my brain. I think I had done a little doodle in my sketchbook of this set-up of this cartoony Darth Vader in his cartoony Tie-Advanced Tie-Fighter.  Then I felt like poking a little fun at The Phantom Menace.  Who know's why?


When in doubt, do a Wookie lunch bag.

 

Last bag of the Summer.  I think I started it, went to bed around 3, got up at 5am and completed it some time around 7am.  The last bag is always a gift to the head counselor and always has a caricature of the counselors, the camp kids and my sons in some classic Star Wars setup.  This year I chose the Falcon cockpit. My other son Wesley didn't want a Star Wars bag.  He wanted his to look like a Kentucky Fried Chicken box, but instead of the Colonel, it was caricatures of him and his two counsellors.