Kyle Lambert

Illustrator / Movie Poster Artist

Kyle Lambert is an L.A. based artist, who is known for creating illustrated Movie Posters for the entertainment industry.

Most notably, Kyle designs and illustrates the iconic key art for Stranger Things, the Emmmy Award-winning Netflix series. His work has been at the forefront of global advertising campaigns for all 4 seasons of the show and has been featured on billboards, best-selling books, comics, action figures, apparel, and as part of the Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights experience in Hollywood, Orlando and Singapore.

Kyle Lambert - Stranger Things Billboards

Kyle works with some of the world's largest brands, including Apple, Disney, Marvel, Netflix, Paramount Studios, Sony Pictures and Universal Studios. He most recently illustrated the key art for One Piece, the Netflix live-action Manga adaptation. Kyle created over 30 title illustrations for Disney's adventure movie, Jungle Cruise and is the artist behind advertising campaigns for Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Amazon Studios' The Boys, the NBC shows, The Blacklist and Timeless, the J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg movie, Super 8, and cover art for the number one album, Simulation Theory by British rock band Muse.

If you are interested in hiring Kyle for a project, you can contact him HERE.

Clients

Endorsements

The Duffer Brothers

Writers & Directors / Stranger Things

"We felt compelled to contact Kyle after seeing his amazing retro artwork for the J.J. Abrams film Super 8, and were impressed with his ability to use the latest cutting-edge digital techniques to create artwork that recalled to a bygone era of filmmaking. The incredible poster that Kyle designed for us perfectly captures the soul of our show and contributed heavily to it's success. Being fans of his work as we are, we could not be more excited to work with him again in the future. Kyle, you are a wizard!"

Henry Ong Global Marketing / Marvel

"Compared to the numerous art pieces I've worked on at Marvel, this was one of the few that changed very little from the original pitch - A testament to Kyle's abilities and understanding of the business."

"I love how it reflects my original vision for the piece, he did an incredible job!"

Meghan Boots

Marketing Strategy Lead / Adobe Systems

"I first reached out to Kyle, when I was looking for artists to help shape the future direction of mobile apps at Adobe. His revolutionary use of our apps awed us all by showing my team and me that the capabilities of our own products were beyond what we could have imagined. He collaborated with us on marketing materials as well as working with our technical team to improve our applications. Kyle's association with Adobe has proven to be highly beneficial to our market position in the creative industries and we hope to continue our partnership on future products."

James Cuda Co-founder / Procreate

"The creative team at Savage Interactive first contacted Kyle after seeing his iPad artwork online and have worked with him to create a roadmap of changes to improve our app. Kyle has performed a critical role in our efforts to popularize Procreate amongst the worldwide digital arts community. His work has changed the mobile art industry and catapulted our product to the next level, creating instant brand recognition for our product. I continue to work with Kyle because I truly believe that his artwork showcases the true capabilities of our app."

Features

Huffington Post Interview / huffingtonpost.com

"Kyle Lambert is an extremely talented movie poster artist who has created the artwork behind some of Hollywoods biggest movies and TV shows. If you are a fan of the hit Netflix series Stranger Things you've probably seen his work featured on everything from posters to lunch boxes, t-shirts, and giant billboards.." Read more..

Adobe : Artist Spotlight

Interview / Adobe.com

"If you've not seen Kyle Lambert's artwork it's pretty safe to say you've missed out on one of the best series of the past few years, 'Stranger Things'. His distinctive, slightly retro style is infused with fantasy and magic, and yet there's also an element of realism; an illustrative hybrid that has no doubt contributed to his international success.." Read more..

KERRANG! Feature / kerrang.com

"Kyle Lambert nailed it" drummer Dom Howard tells Kerrang!

"We wanted to do it properly: we had to find the right person, it had to be illustrated by hand, it had to actually look like a movie poster," explains Dom. "We looked at a few different people, but I knew that Kyle, who did Stranger Things, would be the one.

I'd seen a load of his work aside from Stranger Things and I knew he could nail it. Colour-wise and stylistically, we gave him a little direction, and he knew exactly what to do." Read more..

The Hollywood reporter

Feature / hollywoodreporter.com

The Poster That Made Legendary Artist Drew Struzan "Speechless"

"This is called speechless," said an emotional Struzan after Stranger Things poster artist Kyle Lambert presented him with a poster paying homage to his life's work on posters for Star Wars, Indiana Jones, E.T., Back to the Future and The Shawshank Redemption." Read more..

iMore : iPad Pros Interview / iMore.com

Kyle Lambert made his illustration career on the iPad

"I first met Kyle back in 2011 at Macworld Expo - he had made waves as one of the first artists to fully embrace finger-painting on the original iPad. We've corresponded throughout the years as digital art on the iPad has progressed and developed, and I thought it only natural that he be my first subject for this column - just over six years after our first ever iPad art interview.." Read more..

Mashable

Interview / Mashable.com

The iconic 'Stranger Things' poster got its start on the iPad Pro

"It turns out that the surprise hit Netflix show of the summer, Stranger Things, has also quietly boosted the profile of a new piece of Apple hardware: the iPad Pro. The now iconic poster for the series, which effectively mimics the look of classic movie posters of the '80s, was created on the iPad Pro by artist Kyle Lambert, who also used the Apple Pencil.." Read more..

Kyle Lambert

Illustrator / Movie Poster Artist

Kyle Lambert

Movie Poster Artist

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