subliminal influences
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egypturnashYou find interesting art to look at in the strangest places. Just recently, an illustrator whose work I saw a lot of in my youth bubbled up from the back of my consciousness. Unfortunately, I can't remember his whole name!
His work was signed "Baxter", which I think was his last name. He did spot illustrations for the type-in programs (and occasional articles) in the magazine(s)* for the C64 that Commodore itself published.
It was really surprisingly abstract compared to the art I saw in every single other computer magazine of the time - most people did generic cartoony work, or airbrush orgies. But not Baxter. His stuff was best described as very dynamic cartoon Steadman cubism. Usually done in black and a spot color, as the magazine only had a few full color pages. A couple of his little stylizations still show up in my doodles now and then.
Of course, all my computer magazines from the 8-bit era ended up being tossed, and what c64 magazine nostalgia I can find mostly focuses on Compute!'s Gazette, Run, and Ahoy; the Commodore house organs rate no more than a vague passing mention. No staff/frequent contributor lists for those magazines! And certainly no scans of the interior pages.
I wish I could dig up more on him, because now I want to look at his art again.
* There were two, at first. Commodore Power/Play and Commodore. They were both bimonthly, one on the even months, one on the odd. Eventually they merged into one.
His work was signed "Baxter", which I think was his last name. He did spot illustrations for the type-in programs (and occasional articles) in the magazine(s)* for the C64 that Commodore itself published.
It was really surprisingly abstract compared to the art I saw in every single other computer magazine of the time - most people did generic cartoony work, or airbrush orgies. But not Baxter. His stuff was best described as very dynamic cartoon Steadman cubism. Usually done in black and a spot color, as the magazine only had a few full color pages. A couple of his little stylizations still show up in my doodles now and then.
Of course, all my computer magazines from the 8-bit era ended up being tossed, and what c64 magazine nostalgia I can find mostly focuses on Compute!'s Gazette, Run, and Ahoy; the Commodore house organs rate no more than a vague passing mention. No staff/frequent contributor lists for those magazines! And certainly no scans of the interior pages.
I wish I could dig up more on him, because now I want to look at his art again.
* There were two, at first. Commodore Power/Play and Commodore. They were both bimonthly, one on the even months, one on the odd. Eventually they merged into one.
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