Iain McCaig

Born March 19, 1957

Education Glasgow School of Art

McCaig was born in Santa Monica, California, but spent most of his younger years in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He later moved to Great Britain and attended the Glasgow School of Art, but returned one summer to California work at Korty Films, where he contributed to Sesame Street cartoons and a trailer for the 1983 animated film Twice Upon a Time.

Returning to the UK, he began a career as a freelance illustrator; his work there includes the cover for Jethro Tull\'s (The Broadsword and the Beast) and cover and interior illustrations for Ian Livingstone\'s \'Fighting Fantasy\' books. In 1990, he returned to California to work for Industrial Light and Magic and later for Lucasfilm. During that time, he directed his first professional film, a 1998 short called The Face, which won multiple awards, including the Year 2000 Notable Video from the American Library Association.

In film, McCaig is best known for designing the Star Wars characters Padmé Amidala and Darth Maul and has contributed key designs to many of the films in the Star Wars franchise, including Episodes I, II, III, and VII.

Teaching:

McCaig has taught drawing and storytelling publicly and privately for most of his career. He is the author of four DVDs on Visual Storytelling and Concept Design for the Gnomon Workshop

Iain is also an instructor at the Illustration Master Class

Honors:

2014 Elected to Spectrum\'s Grandmasters for lifetime achievement award

online gallery http://iainmccaig.blogspot.com/

Iain McCaig History of American Illustration