Cliff Cramp | Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Cliff Cramp

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

In his twenty-plus years as a creative professional Cramp has contributed his skills to a wide range of media including animation, comics, music, games, books and editorials. He has worked for companies as diverse as LucasFilms, 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 Dik Entertainment, among others.

International juried competitions exhibit the artist’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, Cramp 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.

Cramp is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. He finds comfort in his legacy as the husband to a wonderful wife and the father of two boys and lives in beautiful Boise Idaho.

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