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What Made Bob Gill So Brilliant?

Eye on Design

Born in Brooklyn in 1931 and having trained at Philadelphia Museum School of Art and Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art , he freelanced as a designer/illustrator in New York City before and after being drafted into the U.S. Initially working as an art director for advertising agency Charles Hobson Ltd., Army in 1952. .

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10 Best Books on Graphic Design: A Deep Dive into Visual Creativity

Inkbot Design

He urges people not to regard typefaces as mere tools and to recognise them among fine arts by themselves. While primarily aimed at painters, the principles expounded herein apply equally well across all spheres of visual arts. Though sometimes this publication may seem too technical for beginners, don’t be intimidated!

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Meet 6 Shillington Half Scholarship Winners from 2019

Shillington

I had previously studied Fine Arts in photography and then worked at Nikon for a few years as a sales rep. As someone who has always been interested in other forms of visual art, it seemed like the most effective way to tell my story and convey the fact that this was something I had been passionate about for a long time.