You may not know Drew Struzan ’s name , but you dead make out his work . Most movie posters these days are an amalgamation of retouched photo that give the viewer a basic sense of what the film is about , but the image are only memorable because they so closely resemble other posters . From the mid-1970s through the mid-2000s Struzan was the must - have illustrator for everyone from George Lucas and Steven Spielberg to Frank Darabont and Guillermo del Toro because of his power to tell a tale with a undivided image . Struzan was recently asked to come out of retirement so that he could make a poster for the extremely anticipated sequelStar Wars : The Force Awakens , which was revealed at last month ’s Disney D23 Expo . And though this nontextual matter wasjust a promotional limited - variant posterand not the official one - sheet , it has fans trust that the legendary artist is back at the easel , working his Jedi magic .
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finally , Struzan land a job at a studio apartment creating illustrations for record album covers for musicians including Alice Cooper , Black Sabbath , andCarole King . People begin to realise his style , and with the release of Alice Cooper’sWelcome to My Nightmarein 1975 , Struzan got a earpiece call with an offer to create moving picture posters with an publicizing government agency . He start working as a freelance illustrator , imitating the aesthetic styles of iconic artist like Norman Rockwell while still developing his own style .
Beyond movie poster , Struzan also designed and painted artwork for logos , postage stamps , book covers , collectibles , and various other products and properties . And though he officially retired in 2008 , he continued to take on especial projects , include the poster for theBatkid Beginsdocumentary , a few collaborations withMondo , and his triumphant return to a galaxy far , far by .
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