Drew Struzan

[Brian Braddock]

Decided that this absolute legend should have his own thread - showing some of his works:-

(http://www.drewstruzan.com)

 

[Brian Braddock]

 

[Brian Braddock]

 

[DorkyFresh]

one of my favorite artists ever. often imitated, never duplicated.



in fact, i've imitated his work myself (though, not nearly as good)...

Spoiler

 

[Brian Braddock]

 

[Brian Braddock]

 

[Moviefan2k4]

I have one of his movie poster books; Drew is one of the greatest talents the film industry's seen in a long time. from "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones" to "Back to the Future" and the "Muppet" films, this guy is easily the best poster artist of his generation.

 

[Brian Braddock]

 

[Brian Braddock]

Drew Struzan paints the best movie posters bar none imo.

His opposite number in the comic cover field, it's Adam Hughes.

Those two are my favourite illustrators, right there.

 

[DorkyFresh]

i wonder who that is on the lower left!!!! t:

 

[Brian Braddock]

Ah, a self portait eh?

Anyways, more awesomeness:-

 

[Brian Braddock]

 

[bunk]

Great thread!

 

[Brian Braddock]

Cheers - any additions welcome by the way folks.

 

[JackBauer]

You know the guy's good when he manages to make Cutthroat Island actually look interesting and, dare I say it, epic.

Anyway, yeah, Drew Struzan's pretty much the definition of a legend.

Can't tell how many movies I've wished had a poster done by him. Oh, what I wouldn't give for a Struzan painted Serenity art...

 

[dark_b]

Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1486843/

trailer
http://www.youtube.com/embed/tMVfIc7aCtA

 

[ttotheusher]

Here's a clip from that documentary I just found too.

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Gotta say, I genuinely think that his artwork for The Thing is a masterpiece of the highest order. I struggle to think of words to even describe it, it's that good!

Reading the annotations in his book, you get the feeling he's a little bitter at the studio system for the way they treated him. Atleast there were guys out there like Darabont, Del Toro, Spielberg and Lucas looking out for him.

 

[TheVileOne]

Some great stuff. Many try to emulate his style but no one does it as good.

 

[Elevator Man]

I'm glad you made this thread Brian Braddock eventhough it was 4 years ago since you started it. But he definitely deserves it.The man is an artist, legend and genius, imo. I love his artwork. The guy's talent and work is untouched, unparalleled and unmatched, imo. I can't praise the man's talent enough. I would love to see him create posters for the Nolan Batman trilogy, Inception, Cameron's movies, all Marvel Studio movies (especially CA:TFA and The Avengers) , Burton's movies, Bond movies, Watchmen, Super 8 (don't recall if he ever did one for that he might've) heck every movie as a matter of fact. It would be cool if he did a poster for the upcoming MOS or other upcoming superhero movies like Thor 2 and IM3 as well. It's sad a lot of movies today use photoshop and are not hand drawn and painted like Struzan's posters. Its an art form that's getting lost in the marketing/movie industry everyday. His posters would make a movie I have no interest in more interesting, imo. I also like how he seems to capture the tone, heart and attitude of a certain movie perfectly with his posters. Some of his posters captures it better than some of the movies itself do. If that makes any sense.

Largest size I could find. Sadly.

 

[DCW]

No cool posters to ad but I just wanted to chime in on how much I love Struzan's work. Always amazing! That Shawshank poster is so excellent.

 

[DCW]

You got my Struzan brain juices flowing:

 

[Dave McFly]

I freaking LOVE those BTTF ones never saw em before

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Simply put, he is the man. Why they didn't want him to first HP I will never know.

 

[Elevator Man]

Didn't know about this.

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[DarthDaveBanner]

Just fantastic.

It depresses me how mundane movie posters are nowadays. The Harry Potter movies are a prime example: Struzan's from the first two were very creative and memorable, the ones for the subsequent films were just lazy photoshop jobs.