Incredible art brings Darth Vadar to feudal Japan

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Working with woodcut and rice paper, Brian Reedy's Star Wars art is truly worth checking out.

This incredible design was created as a 18x18in woodblock printed on 20x26in rice paper with deckle edge

This incredible design was created as a 18x18in woodblock printed on 20x26in rice paper with deckle edge

Sometimes it seems you can't move on the web for Star Wars tributes, and with excitement builds over Episode 7, that's only going to get more intense. But while of this illustration work is average at best, there are some real diamonds in the rough if you look hard enough.

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Tom May
Tom May

Tom May is an award-winning journalist and editor specialising in design, photography and technology. Author of the Amazon #1 bestseller Great TED Talks: Creativity, published by Pavilion Books, Tom was previously editor of Professional Photography magazine, associate editor at Creative Bloq, and deputy editor at net magazine. Today, he is a regular contributor to Creative Bloq and its sister sites Digital Camera World, T3.com and Tech Radar. He also writes for Creative Boom and works on content marketing projects. 

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