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Steven Spielberg: "You have so well crystalized, memorialized our movies in this great still poster art we've all been blessed with over the years. From Star Wars to Indiana Jones, you have been so much a part of how our films are represented to the world based on your snapshot and vision of..."

"...what those movies have meant to you, and how, as an artist, you're able to transfer that brilliantly into amazing collective compositions with color and style. Your art is your art. Nobody has ever done anything before the way you do."

slashfilm.comDrew Struzan, The Greatest Movie Poster Artist Of All Time, Has Died At 78 - SlashFilmDrew Struzan, a titan in the world of illustration and movie poster art, has passed away. If you have a favorite movie poster, he's probably responsible for it.

The Black Fleet Crisis: Before the storm (1996): Covert art by Drew Struzan

Legacy Expo@legacy-expo.bsky.social

Drew Struzan was probably best known for his movie posters, but we will always cherish his many, many contributions to our bookshelves - a master, and an inspiration. ✨ #DrewStruzan #starwarslegends

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Robert Rose@robear.bsky.social

A great thing about Struzan's Star Wars book covers was when his artwork continued across to the back cover. Here is an example where the back featured two "Preybird" starfighters, a ship which at the time I don't believe had any fully-rendered high quality artwork of it.

Mike X. Nichols@mikexnichols.bsky.social

When Disney secured the Indiana Jones Adventure ride license from Lucasfilm, they didn’t have permission to use Harrison Ford’s likeness for the poster art. Drew Struzan called Harrison Ford and directly asked him. Ford permitted Struzan because he inherently trusted him.

Spielberg: β€œDrew made event art. His posters made many of our movies into destinations … and the memory of those movies and the age we were when we saw them always comes flashing back just by glancing at his iconic photorealistic imagery. In his own invented style, nobody drew like Drew.”

hollywoodreporter.comDrew Struzan,Β Iconic Movie Poster Artist and Favorite of Spielberg and Lucas, Dies at 78He created some of the most memorable movie posters of all-time in his own signature style as Steven Spielberg and Guillermo del Toro pay tribute.