Influences

Drew Struzan

Drew is a phenomenal artist. Of the 3 artists mentioned in this blog, he is the only one still with us, and thank god for that. This man should be making every single movie poster that is released. Check out his stuff at www.drewstruzan.com

John Alvin

John passed away in 2008, from a heart attack. He was one of the greats, he was always able to whittle the image away and find what was iconic about it. He could tell you the movie's story with one single image. The Aladdin poster is my favorite of his. That single image tells you all you need to know about the movie...it's magic. They had prints of the Jack Sparrow pieces on sale at the Art Of Disney store in Disney World, I am kicking myself for not buying one. Check out more of his stuff at www.johnavlinart.com

Bob Peak

Bob's stuff is very surreal. I love all of the light refractions in his stuff, it's like we're seeing it after is has been broken up by a prism. Just like John, Bob always managed to find what was iconic about the movie, and turn it into fantastical art. Bob also did covers for Time magazine, and several other publications. Do yourself a favor and visit his site, www.bobpeak.com.

Bob passed away in 1992.

Movie posters today are terrible, I look at hundreds of them every year. None of them compare to the hand crafted art I grew up with. Thank God Drew Struzan is still around, though you won't see much of his work at your multiplex. Film companies seem perfectly content to slap together a piece in photoshop with Zac Efron's face taking up most of the image so that we know for sure he's in the movie. I lament the dying art form of the hand painted movie poster. Maybe someday I'll have a sweet poster up on display outside a multiplex...