carolina-cg:

Ralph McQuarrie positronic robot illustration for Isaac Asimov Robot Vision. 

An Annotated Guide to The Star Wars Portfolio By Ralph McQuarrie

Ralph McQuarrie’s Star Trek concept art

Ralph McQuarrie

Ralph McQuarrie Star Wars concept art

Ralph McQuarrie’s Star Wars concept art

Snowspeeder concept by Ralph McQuarrie (no. 158)

Snowspeeder concept by Ralph McQuarrie

Snowspeeder concept by Ralph McQuarrie (no. 184), February 1978

Snowspeeder concept by Joe Johnston (no. 173), circa February 1978

Snow speeder concept sketch by Joe Johnston (no. 174), February 1978

Snow speeder concept sketch by Ralph McQuarrie (no. 157)

Snow speeder concept sketch by Ralph McQuarrie (no. 159)

Snow speeder concept sketch by Ralph McQuarrie (no. 184.6), February 1978

Color study of “Armored landspeeders bring down walker” by McQuarrie, February 20-22, 1978

Final painting of “Armored landspeeders bring down walker” by Ralph McQuarrie, February 20–22, 1978

gameraboy:

Snowspeeder concept art by Ralph McQuarrie and Joe Johnston from February, 1978 for The Empire Strikes Back.

Ralph McQuarrie Star Wars concept art. All 101 images are available on the 70s Sci-Fi Art facebook page.

gameraboy:

Preparatory sketches by Ralph McQuarrie for his finished piece, “Rodent mount”, February 1978. This was back when tauntauns were more rodent-like.

design-is-fine:

Ralph McQuarrie, Star Wars Concept Art, 1977. Lucasfilm. More: buzzfeed

In 1975, George Lucas commissioned McQuarrie to illustrate scenes from the script for Star Wars. He designed characters like Darth Vader, Chewbacca or R2-D2 and drew concepts of many of the film’s sets.