Saturday 3 December 2011

OEUVRE - DREW STRUZAN. AN AFICIONADO GALLERY TRIBUTE: PART ONE


To celebrate the recent release of multi-talented and iconic American artist Drew Struzan's beautiful new book OEUVRE: a unique final published celebration of his incredible 40 years plus life and career in art, movie poster illustration and commercial work, of which he is admired the world over and remains at the peak of his creative powers, STAR WARS AFICIONADO, in tribute to the man who creates such evocative and memorable work, thought it would put up ten of our favourite art pieces that appear in the new book - one a day - that comprise an incredible body of superb and memorable work specially selected for inclusion by the author, and in a beautiful package presented by TITAN BOOKS.

Interview: Legendary Poster Artist Drew Struzan. - YouTube

First up, above is the nostalgic front and back cover by Struzan that accompanied the first printing of the book GEORGE LUCAS: THE CREATIVE IMPULSE from 1992, which successfully summed up the STAR WARS/INDIANA JONES creators work up to that point...

OEUVRE - DREW STRUZAN, written by Drew and Dylan Struzan, can be obtained via AMAZON here: Drew Struzan: Oeuvre: Amazon.co.uk: Drew Struzan, Dylan Struzan: Books



And look out for our review of the book shortly...

1 comment:

Kris said...

This book is awesome, I've got my copy! Drew also has a great DVD out "Conceiving and Creating the Hellboy Movie Poster Art." Shot in his studio, he narrates and takes you step by step through the illustration techniques he uses to create his famous poster art. It's an incredible art lesson!