Steve Anderson is a highly accomplished artist with a career spanning over 39 years in the art business. Since 1997, he has served as an official Star Wars artist for Lucasfilm Licensing, Disney, and their licensees. Prior to that, he spent eleven years as an artist for Hallmark Cards, where he made significant contributions by illustrating Hallmark's first Star Wars calendars, puzzles, gift wrap, and handle bags. In 1997 he embarked on his own journey by establishing his own company, Steve Anderson Design.
Throughout his career, Steve has produced official licensed artwork for Lucasfilm Licensing, encompassing all twelve Star Wars movies, the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, the Disney/Lucasfilm series Star Wars: Rebels, and the Disney+ series The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett and Star Wars: Ahsoka. He's also worked on the classic Indiana Jones style-guide, the Kingdom of Crystal Skull and The Dial of Destiny.
In his collaborations with Random House, where he served as the cover artist for over twenty-five books some of which were New York Times best-sellers. These include the novelization for Attack of the Clones movie, the novelization for the Revenge of the Sith movie, as well as titles like Labyrinth of Evil and Shatterpoint. He's also done cover art for movie novelizations such as G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and the prequel novel cover for the movie Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves - The Road to Neverwinter.
Steve is also the official resident art for the Palm Springs Air Museum in California. The museum is a living history museum dedicated to educating the public about the role Air Power played in preserving American liberties and way of life. The Museum preserves, exhibits, and flies aircraft from World War Two, Korean War, Vietnam War and the Global War on Terror.
In collaboration with the Lucasfilm/Disney style-guide, Steve's work is licensed to various partners worldwide, resulting in an array of merchandise available in over 100 countries. From limited edition posters and litho prints, to magazine covers, comic book covers, novel covers, pinball machines, puzzles, calendars, game box tops, game boards, Campbell soup cans, lunchboxes, table lamps, HO scale trains, 40th-anniversary collectible plates, collectible plaques, collectible Disney pins, Disney MagicBands, stained-glass wall decor, porcelain drinking steins, clothing, towels, bedding, drinking glasses, shot glasses, thermos mugs, backpacks, action figure packaging, trading cards, postage stamps, collectible silver coins, cosmetic containers, movie theater popcorn tins, phone cases, mouse pads, bookmarks, notebooks, binders, and party ware...
Furthermore, Steve has collaborated with Hasbro Games, lending his artistic talents to puzzles, game box tops, game boards, and action figure packaging for renowned licensed properties such as Disney, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Marvel, DC Comics, Pokemon, Lord of the Rings, Narnia, Spider-Man, Transformers, Jurassic Park, X-Men, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Warner Brothers, and Universal Studios.
For art enthusiasts interested in acquiring Steve's lithographs, they can be purchased through his Disney publisher Acme Archives or directly from him, with the option of having them signed. Additionally, Steve has showcased his versatility by taking on extra and stand-in work in movies and television shows. Notably, he served as Harrison Ford's stand-in for a period of two months on the feature film Extraordinary Measures.
