Biography

Cliff Cramp is a veteran illustrator, painter and storyteller working in popular entertainment.

Cliff’s career as a professional artist spans over 20 years, with expertise in a wide range of media including animation, comics, music, games, books, and editorials. He has contributed his artistic abilities to a diverse selection of companies such as Lucasfilm, 20th Century Fox, United Artists, MGM Studios, Trailer Park, Shout Factory, Hollywood Records, Nickelodeon TV Animation, Disney Entertainment, Warner Bros., DC Comics, Acme Archives Direct, Penguin Books, Philomel Books, Ingram Micro, Menagerie Creative, and DIC Entertainment, among others.

Cliff’s licensing deals with Lucasfilm, Fox, Bungie, DreamWorks, and Disney not only allow him to legally work on the intellectual properties of these companies, but they’ve provided for accolades and awards in a number of genres. Via Menagerie Creative, Lucasfilm/20th Century Fox chose Cliff from a top list of talent to illustrate the collectible Blu-ray covers for Star Wars: The Complete Saga, Star Wars: Episodes 1 to 3, and Star Wars: Episodes 4 to 6. Currently, Corel features his works as exemplars in their Painter software, and includes him among their ranks of Master Elites.

International juried competitions exhibit Cliff’s paintings, and legendary filmmakers J.J. Abrams and George Lucas own Cliff Cramp original oils as part of their private collections. In his professional work, Cliff uses both analog and digital methods, generally completing commissions with oils and other traditional tools, and employing digital painting solutions for the more iterative illustration assignments.