45. Marc Tobin has worked for clients such as Jiffylube, Wells Fargo, McDonald's, Glenco/McGraw Hill, HR Magazine, CNET Networks, Chevron, Sea World Graphics, and KFC. He attended college at Keystone College in La Plume, Pennsylvania, where he received an A.F.A. He went on to Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia to obtain his B.F.A. He does illustration work of all kinds, including logos, posters, cards, murals, web graphics, and animation. He is also versed in a plethora of computer programs like CorelDraw and Photoshop.
44. Frank Stockton lives in New York, creating work for clients like The New Yorker, Esquire, Penthouse, and GQ. He attended Art Center Design College in Pasadena, California, where he received his BFA in Illustration. He is fascinated by adventure stories, like Indiana Jones, and directed his art in a very masculine direction. He uses photo reference, draws, scans the drawing, prints it in blue on bristol and inks. Then he scans it back, and colors it in Photoshop. http://www.lostateminor.com/2008/07/29/the-inside-word-on-illustration-from-frank-stockton/
43. Greg Horn is a digital painter who mainly creates work for comic book covers. He mostly works for Marvel, but he also does freelance work for companies like Allstate, Nike, GM, and Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Video games are part of his repetoir, such as 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS, CITY OF THE DEAD, and STARCRAFT: GHOST. Magazines he's worked for include Wizard, PCGamer, PSE, Mad Magazine, Toyfare, and OXM, not mention work for role-playing games and novels. His career has mostly spanned the past five years alone, and he has licensed just about any merchandise you can imagine. He loves pinups, and of course, specializes in super heroes.
42. John Hendrix was born in St. Louis, Missouri, drawing. He loved comic books, and decided to pursue his art career at the University of Kansas, specializing in graphic design and illustration. He did graphic design work to save up to go to New York. When he got there, he went to school at The School of Visual Arts in the program Graduate Illustration as Visual Essay. He taught for four years at Parsons School of Design while working as Assistant Art Director at the New York Times. He then moved back to St. Louis, where he teaches illustration to undergraduates at Washington University. He has more awards than this entry allows, from 2004 to 2007, and to top that off, he's worked for Rolling Stone, the New Yorker, and Sports Illustrated.
41. Alex Grey was born to a graphic designer, November 29, 1953 in Columbus, Ohio. He played with dead bugs as a child, and when he was old enough, he attended Columbus College of Art and Design. He only went two years before painting billboards for a year. Then he studied with Jay Jarslav at the Boston Museum School. He spent five year attending Harvard Medical School, studying and documenting human anatomy and conducted experiments relating to possible healing energies. His doctor colleagues noticed his artistic skill and had him do medical illustrations. He later taught at Artistic Anatomy and Figure Sculpture for an entire decade; now he heads Visionary Art at several different locations, along with his wife Allyson. He has done work for Tool and Co-Evolution Quarterly, among others.
40. Hans Rudolf Giger was born in Chur, Switzerland, on February 5, 1940. His father was a chemist, prompting Giger to study interior and industrial design from 1962 to 1970 at the School of Commercial Art. He suffers from night terrors, and his first paintings he created at school were actually a means of art therapy. His painting "Necronom IV" inspired the design for 1980's Alien movies and landed Giger an Oscar. His work appeared in Omni Magazine and was featured on many album covers. In Gruyeres, Switzerland is the H. R. Giger Museum, opened in 1998. Most of his work was done in ink until more recently, he chooses markers, ink, or pastels.
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