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About his career, Struzan has said: "I was poor and hungry, and illustration was the shortest path to a slice of bread, as compared to a gallery showing. I had nothing as a child. I drew on toilet paper with pencils–that was the only paper around. Probably why I love drawing so much today is because it was just all I had at the time." [7] The Making of the Poster". StarWars.com. March 10, 2000. Archived from the original on May 13, 2011. Winder, Mike (December 18, 2015). "Illustration alum and legendary Star Wars poster artist Drew Struzan on the awakening of his own creative forces at ArtCente". Art Center College of Design. Drew Struzan: Oeuvre ISBN 0-9732786-7-6 – a hardbound edition of Struzan's works, ranging from movie posters to album and book covers. Due to financial problems with the publisher, Dreamwave, Struzan lost a considerable amount of personally invested money on this volume. [36] Being able to channel the creator makes Filoni indispensable at Lucasfilm. He was a critical part of the company’s new TV ventures, and Kennedy had been nurturing his filmmaking ambitions ever since her arrival. Favreau and Filoni were friendly, but Kennedy feared a turf war might erupt. She devised a fix. “I arranged a playdate,” she says.

The emphasis on television is already influencing the upcoming film slate. “I hesitate to use the word trilogies anymore because Star Wars is much more about persistent storytelling,” Kennedy says. Now she just needs to recruit feature filmmakers.The 2013 documentary, Drew: The Man Behind The Poster, directed by Erik Sharkey, examines Struzan's life and work, and features interviews with filmmakers and actors involved with films for which Struzan has done poster work, including Frank Darabont, Harrison Ford, George Lucas, Michael J. Fox, Steve Guttenberg, Guillermo del Toro, Steven Spielberg and Thomas Jane. [23] The film was scored by award-winning composer Ryan Shore. [24]

In September 2009, Struzan produced an image for publication in Kurv magazine of Mattel's Barbie, in celebration of that doll's 50th anniversary year. After meeting at Kennedy’s office in Santa Monica, Favreau started work without even a contract. “I just started writing,” he says. “So by the time I was officially hired, I had already written the first, I think, four episodes.” Immersed in Movies: DeBlois & Struzan Talk Postering 'How to Train Your Dragon 2' ". July 27, 2013. During this period, Struzan continued his association with Lucas by designing the original Industrial Light & Magic logo, and creating the associated one-sheet artwork for both the continuing Star Wars saga and the Indiana Jones series of films. In the process, Struzan's work became, in the public mind, the defining visual images representing those series. As such, he was also sought after to create new artwork for re-releases and reissues on video and DVD, book covers, theme-park rides and video game titles for those properties. [ citation needed] 1990s–2000s [ edit ] Struzan's cover art for Action Comics #800 (April 2003), with a self-portrait seen at the lower left Hawkinson, Olivia (May 14, 1999). "The brush strokes behind the images of our 'Star Wars' world". Orange County Register.Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Album Covers". Rate Your Music! Reprinted from Rolling Stone November 14, 1991, See also Archived July 15, 2012, at archive.today Earlier on we had done some concepts trying to understand what it would look like if Kylo and Rey were in two totally different places and they were using their physical Force connection to fight one another with lightsabers,” Alzmann says. Ultimately, as an artist it was the use of light sources that hinted to the out-of-place helmet in this piece. Published in 2019, Struzan illustrated the book A Bloody Business ISBN 978-1785657702 about prohibition and organized crime, written by his wife Dylan Struzan. [32] Creative process [ edit ]

In January 2019, for the release of How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Struzan came out of retirement again to create three separate posters for the How to Train Your Dragon film trilogy. [30] This series followed the exclusive Comic-Con poster Struzan did for the release of How to Train Your Dragon 2 in 2013. [31]The Magnificent Movie Poster World of Drew Struzan LIVE IN CONCERT — Golden State Pops Orchestra". www.gspo.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2017. A counselor asked Struzan about his interests and told him he had a choice between fine art or illustration. The counselor described the two careers, telling Struzan that as a fine artist he could paint whatever he wanted, but as an illustrator he could paint for money. Struzan chose to be an illustrator, saying, "I need to eat." [4] In his first year, he married and became a father. [5] Struzan worked his way through school by selling his artwork and accepting small commissions. He graduated in five years, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors. He also completed two years of graduate studies, [6] and eventually returned to the school in later years, after the campus relocated to Pasadena, California, to teach for a short time. Konow, David (February 14, 2004). "The Art of the Poster: Three legendary illustrators speak out on the declining state of movie poster art". MovieMaker. Archived from the original on September 10, 2012.