Steve Anderson is an artist with more than 41 years of experience in the licensed art industry. In 1997, he founded Steve Anderson Design, through which he has created artwork for a wide range of entertainment properties and brands, including Star Wars, Indiana Jones, James Bond, Harry Potter, Marvel, DC Comics, and many others. He has served as an official Star Wars artist for Lucasfilm Licensing and Disney since 1997.
Steve serves as the official artist for the Palm Springs Air Museum in California, a living history institution dedicated to preserving and honoring the aircraft and airmen of World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Global War on Terror.
Before launching his own studio, Steve spent eleven years as a staff artist at Hallmark Cards, where he illustrated the company's first Star Wars calendars, puzzles, gift wrap, and handle bags.
His Star Wars work covers all twelve feature films, the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars: Rebels, and the Disney+ series The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, and Star Wars: Ahsoka. His work within the Indiana Jones franchise spans all the classic movies as well as Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and The Dial of Destiny.
As a cover artist for Random House, Steve has illustrated more than twenty-five titles, including several New York Times bestsellers. His book cover credits include the novelizations of Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, as well as Star Wars: Labyrinth of Evil, Shatterpoint, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, and the prequel novel for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: The Road to Neverwinter.
Beyond Star Wars, Steve's portfolio spans a broad range of film and television properties. His work includes art for James Bond 007, Harry Potter, Dune, Marvel's Doctor Strange, DC's Aquaman, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, The X-Files, Charlie's Angels, Firefly, Doctor Who, Carnival Row, and The Gentlemen, among others.
His work with Hasbro Games has included puzzles, game boards, game box tops, and action figure packaging for properties such as Marvel, DC Comics, Pokémon, Lord of the Rings, Transformers, Jurassic Park, Spider-Man, X-Men, Action Man, and productions from Warner Brothers, Universal Studios, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He has also contributed art to classic Hasbro game titles including Connect Four, Candy Land, and Rook.
Steve has also created personal portrait work featuring sports figures, including NBA athletes Michael Jordan and Derrick Rose, and NFL player Reggie Bush. His licensed portrait work extends to cultural icons including The Beatles and James Dean.
Through the Lucasfilm/Disney style-guide licensing program, Steve's artwork reaches consumers in more than 100 countries, appearing on a wide range of products, including posters, lithographs, magazine covers, pinball machines, collectible plates, Disney MagicBands, porcelain steins, HO scale trains, Campbell's soup cans, postage stamps, collectible silver coins, and more.
Away from the drawing board, Steve has taken on stand-in and extra work in film and television. He served as Harrison Ford's stand-in for two months on the feature film Extraordinary Measures, and has also done stand-in work on the TV series Leverage and Grimm.
Steve's original lithographs are available through his publisher Acme Archives, an authorized Disney fine art publisher, or directly from the artist, with personalized signing available upon request.
