Poster artist John Alvin passes away (Mobius)

Title: Poster artist John Alvin passes away

William S. Wilson - February 9, 2008 04:46 PM (GMT)

I saw this news over at Twitch:

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Considered the pre-eminent movie campaign artist of the past 35 years, Alvin’s career began in 1974 with his creation of the iconic movie poster for Mel Brook’s “Blazing Saddles.” He most recently contributed design ideas for the campaign for Disney Studio’s “Enchanted.” In a career that encompassed multiple projects for such directors as Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Blake Edwards, Mel Brooks and Ridley Scott, Alvin was considered by many studios as the go-to artist for movie poster and campaign art. John Alvin said that his work “created the promise of a great experience” and in that he never failed.

Here is a gallery of his work. He did some truly amazing artwork. I've always loved his DARKMAN art and his GREMLINS poster had me gazing in wonder as a kid.

http://www.impawards.com/designers/john_alvin.html

Michael Blanton - February 11, 2008 07:33 PM (GMT)

Here's a quote from the NY Times today:

“He captured the heart of whatever the assignment was,” Federico Tio, executive vice president of marketing for Walt Disney Studios from 1990 to 2005, said in an interview on Friday. “John became synonymous with almost all of the recent posters for Disney” — for films including “Beauty and the Beast,” “Aladdin,” “The Little Mermaid” and rereleases of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” and “Pinocchio.”

“We actually started using him as an adjective,” Mr. Tio said. “We called his work Alvinized.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/11/movies/1...html?ref=movies

I liked his BLADE RUNNER poster.

http://www.impawards.com/1982/blade_runner_xlg.html

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