What was the last Movie poster to feature hand drawn art? anyone know?

[stewart boyle]

Does anyone know the answer?..here in the UK,the last poster i remember being hand painted was Living Daylights..

Stew

[MoviePosterBid.com]

how do you qualify "hand drawn art"?

nearly all posters have art, even those heads posters
most are either airbrushed images, digitally illustrated (that's still done by hand) or the like

very few "photo posters" are actually unedited photos, like for instance There's Something About Mary

[CSM]

how do you qualify "hand drawn art"?

nearly all posters have art, even those heads posters
most are either airbrushed images, digitally illustrated (that's still done by hand) or the like

very few "photo posters" are actually unedited photos, like for instance There's Something About Mary

Rich, I think you know what he is driving at - art/painting like Drew Struzan would do

[stewart boyle]

Rich, I think you know what he is driving at - art/painting like Drew Struzan would do

Im not going into "art" Rich,you know what i mean ya bozo..

Cheers Chris 

Stew

[MoviePosterBid.com]

Im not going into "art" Rich,you know what i mean

Stew.. as a former art dealer (a person who sold millions of $ of hand drawn and/or painted art), no I don't know unless you buttonhole it. If you mean 100% hand drawn without any photographic input or base image, you'll have a hard time finding them.

even the animated film posters are digitally created art and most artists who work in the field of illustration do all their work in digital form. Does that count as "hand drawn"? (I say yes it does)

even comic books are converting to all digital source material (which means comic book inkers are losing all their jobs as the original artist does all of this himself in the digital process, and comic art dealers are getting less new age art in hand drawn form)

[stewart boyle]

Stew.. as a former art dealer (a person who sold millions of $ of hand drawn and/or painted art), no I don't know unless you buttonhole it. If you mean 100% hand drawn without any photographic input or base image, you'll have a hard time finding them.

even the animated film posters are digitally created art and most artists who work in the field of illustration do all their work in digital form. Does that count as "hand drawn"? (I say yes it does)

even comic books are converting to all digital source material (which means comic book inkers are losing all their jobs as the original artist does all of this himself in the digital process, and comic art dealers are getting less new age art in hand drawn form)

Im aware of this.

Ok,how do i buttonhole you.?



Stew

[MoviePosterBid.com]

Im aware of this.

Ok,how do i buttonhole you.?

you mean buttonhole the question.. 

if Chris stated your intent - 100% fully illustrated images - then there is no need. but the reason I asked is really simple Stew: the term "art" encompasses a broad swath of material. "Hand drawn" may also encompass a broad swatch of material. as an art dealer (and deterred artist), hand drawn could mean anything from a small inset to 100% of the image as anything that is done by hand, including small insets, is still art. That includes air-brushing, though it does not encompass touch-up's like air-brushing a halo around Harry Potter's head, or reddening his lips in my opinion.  so your question needed a certain clarity, ergo why I asked the question. 

[stewart boyle]

you mean buttonhole the question.. 

if Chris stated your intent - 100% fully illustrated images - then there is no need. but the reason I asked is really simple Stew: the term "art" encompasses a broad swath of material. "Hand drawn" may also encompass a broad swatch of material. as an art dealer (and deterred artist), hand drawn could mean anything from a small inset to 100% of the image as anything that is done by hand, including small insets, is still art. That includes air-brushing, though it does not encompass touch-up's like air-brushing a halo around Harry Potter's head, or reddening his lips in my opinion.  so your question needed a certain clarity, ergo why I asked the question. 

If anyone else can provide a better answer to my question,please go ahead...

Stew

[paul waines]

Hobo with a shot gun?

[MoviePosterBid.com]

If anyone else can provide a better answer to my question,please go ahead...

a smart person already did I think

 

[stewart boyle]

a smart person already did I think

 

 
Em,
So...before the Hobo with a shotgun "correct" reply...what was it before that?
Stop complicating things..

Stew

[Tob]

Super 8 had a Struzan-esque hand drawn collage

[paul waines]

Looks good, but before that...My guess is Living Daylights, for me you can't count those daft-house prints etc....

[Tob]

There must be quite a few since the Living Daylights...or am I misunderstanding the question? A handful I can think of from the top of my head (I won't hot link from Ed's site, but he has the best photos, so here are some links)...

http://www.filmonpaper.com/site/media/2011/03/MidnightRun_quad-1-500x376.jpg
http://www.filmonpaper.com/site/media/2011/05/TheKiller_onesheet-1-500x746.jpg
http://www.filmonpaper.com/posters/sideways-one-sheet-usa/
+ the actual Struzan posters such as Star Wars Eps I - III, Shawshank 10th Anniversary, Indy 4, Harry Potter etc etc.

[stewart boyle]

So if i change the thread heading to..

Did I just ask a really dumb question?
Is that alright ? 

Stew

[Silhouette]

I believe you will still find the odd Bollywood movie that will be promoted by the use of hand painted posters however it has become an increasingly rare art form.

[MoviePosterBid.com]

Em,
So...before the Hobo with a shotgun "correct" reply...what was it before that?
Stop complicating things..

Rich, I think you know what he is driving at - art/painting like Drew Struzan would do

although he does not say the number 100%.. Struzan posters are 100% hand illustrated art, so I take it that's what he means, 100%

[MoviePosterBid.com]

So if i change the thread heading to..

Did I just ask a really dumb question?
Is that alright ? 

Stew

no, you just needed clarity because we all don't see the question as stated in the same way

[brude]

They are getting rare, no doubt.
Off the top of my head....
Struzan did a few nice pieces for the last INDIANA JONES.
Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell painted the cool RUBBER poster that is so hard to find...
Tom Hodge's HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN is just one of many The Dude Designs has produced...

and then, there's this one just announced today at impawards.com...
I'm not sure who the artist is.

[ddilts399]

They are still out there:

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Meek's Cutoff

Just not every poster put out, definitely few and far between.

[brude]

That INNKEEPERS one sheet might be my favorite Hodge design.
Great stuff.

[Dread_Pirate_Mel]

Does anyone know the answer?..here in the UK,the last poster i remember being hand painted was Living Daylights..

Stew

Stew, get a copy of "British Film Posters," which goes into great depth about the various artists and history of film posters in UK.  The era of hand-illustrated posters ended in the mid-1980s in UK for several reasons: (1) desktop publishing became widely available in 1984, and illustrations were perceived as anachronistic, (2) US distributors became unwilling to spend additional money creating separate designs for the quad format and simply ported the one sheet, (3) most illustrators had retired, (4) audiences felt "cheated" by "misleading" illustrations and wanted photos instead.

The book mentions that illustrations were occasionally used later when a "retro" look was required, for example, "Carry on Columbus" in 1992:

[paul waines]

Ah, it's good to see some of the U.K. rubbed off on Mel....


How was the trip Mel?

Edit, it's O.K. seen your post in the other thread....

[stewart boyle]

Thanks for the info Mel,
It does seem a very interesting book,will order a copy of it.
I`d forgotten that Carry on columbus...blast from the past..

Stew

[paul waines]

Terry has a few copies Stew, give him a ring, or Email....