Greg Call
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Greg Call is an artist who illustrated the Peter and the Starcatchers series.[1][2]
Publications[edit]
In April 2003, Simon Pulse published a new edition of the 3-volume "Harper Hall of Pern" (1976 to 1979, by Anne McCaffrey) with new cover art by Greg Call.[3]
Career[edit]
Call is an all-around artist who is comfortable using acrylics, oils, watercolors, pen and inks, and also sculpting. He is best known for his brilliant cover art and interior illustrations for the Starcatchers and Neverland books, which are science fiction novel series. Call has also had both paintings and sculptures in various fine art venues.[4]
Clients[edit]
Call's clients have him generate visual ideas to get their project started.
- Rhythm and Hues[4]
Awards[edit]
Call has been highly recognized for his continuous hard work. He has received the following awards:
- Society of Illustrators
- Addy[4]
Career[edit]
Call was raised in Colorado. He later went to the Colorado Institute of Art in Denver, Colorado, where he studied graphic design. He graduated in 1983 and then worked as an art director there. He decided to take his talents elsewhere and ended up in Pasadena, California attending The Art Center College of Design. He graduated from here in 1988 and began working freelance for clients in a number of fields. He did work for companies in the music industry, entertainment, and publishing.[4]
Family[edit]
Call was married to his wife, Andrea, and together they had two children, Ryan and Avery. His wife Andrea passed away after fighting brain cancer for several years. The family lives in the American northwest. Both his children have taken up the artist mantle and learn from their father.[4]
See also[edit]
Others articles of the Topic Children's literature : Vicky Gets Her Glasses, Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose
References[edit]
- ↑ "Shannon Associates - the premier source for illustrators and illustration". Archived from the original on 2011-08-27. Retrieved 2011-09-27. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Peter and the Starcatchers | Through The Looking Glass Children's Book Review
- ↑ Greg Call at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database —listings Dragonsong, Dragonsinger, Dragondrums.
Those had been three of seven books cited by ALA in naming McCaffrey winner of the Margaret A. Edwards Award, "honoring her lifetime contribution in writing for teens". - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Greg Call: Sci-Fi and Fantasy Illustrator and Graphic Designer". Shannon Associates LLC. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
External links[edit]
- Greg Call at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database — 1996 to 2011
- Peter and the Starcatchers, First edition Sep 1994 at ISFDB
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