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Name:
Gilbert Ford
Location:
Brooklyn, NY
Web Sites:
www.gilbertford.com
Influences/Inspiration
Pee Wee's playhouse, Garbage Pail Kids, mid century mod, WPA, silly symphony cartoons, 80's John Hughes movies, Hitchcock, film noir, good/bad hair, old toys, Polish movie posters, anything filmed in Technicolor, Miranda July, Tomi Ungerer, Savignac, Andre Francois, Roald Dahl, and Tennessee Williams.
Best Things In Life
1. 2 in 1's and 2 for 1's
2. Ramona (my bossy dog)
3. thrift scoring
4. hot tamales
5. the right hat
Music
1.Serge Gainsbourg
2. Os Mutantes
3. early B-52's
4. The Raincoats
5. Talking Heads
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Nate Williams
Nate Williams is an illustrator based in Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Posted By:
Nate Williams
September 26, 2007
Gilbert Ford was born in Jackson, Mississippi and is named after his dad and grandfather, who are both professional photographers. Instead of picking up the camera and joining the family business, Gilbert attended Pratt in New York and majored in illustration. After graduating art school in 2000, he worked for a company designing and illustrating children's products where he created activity books, games and puzzles. He eventually left the company to work for himself full time as an illustrator.
He currently shares a studio in Greenpoint with painter/ illustrator Rachel Salomon. He has done work for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic Monthly, Harcourt , Little, Brown Co, The Oxygen Network, Blue Note Records, Target and other companies.
