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Leo Lionni
He was known for really merging fine art with graphic design. This brought him into high demand by many publishing companies and owners. In addition he was known as a great children's book illustrator even into his later years. He also raised the bar for graphic designers, and gained even appreciation as his career lasted decades. Lionni really had his own style, but he liked combining skills into a new and fascinating product. Due to his long career though he moved through many different styles and in many ways created his own. He worked pre computer, this though allowed him to incorporate more fine artistry and his famous cut paper illustrations.

I chose this designer because I felt like I could really relate the best to his work. My strong points lie in the direction of drawing and other traditional fine arts. As this year's gone on though I've found ways to merge more styles together. In addition he was a really interesting person to read about and he illustrated some of my favorite books as a kid, some of which got me into art to begin with.



All three of these images represent his work as they all combine different styles and forms of art into one piece. The top one is mostly made up of paper but to add depth to it he painted in shadows and details. The middle one Has a very realistic drawing of a carrot, an ink outline of a rabbit, and another of cut paper. The final one used stamped leaves and paint to create the cover. All are also covers or parts of some of his most well known children's books and examples of some of his later work. ==