Handy genius

Been over at this site lately Art and Story They host podcasts, videos and article relating to techniques, tools and and bits and bobs. A lot of it is focussed around comics but knowledge is universal and there's some useful stuff in there.

This weeks 'Oh how I wish I could draw like that award' goes to Drew Struzan. I saw a review/tribute to his movie posters over on ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.com and he's done some pretty epic stuff. Not just in terms of the movies he's been hired to produce posters for (Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Back to the Future, Harry Potter, Hellboy, Blade Runner etc etc), but just the quality of it all.















He's got a great sense of cinematic layout and drama, and everytime he paints a key character not only does it physically look like them, it stands like them and conveys something of their personality, which is really what every good character drawing should do (says I, who am nowhere near understanding half of it!)
His painted posters are often far more interesting than many current posters made using photographs and computer manipulation, because he knows how to put them together.
Go oggle at him
here