Thursday, October 26, 2017

Art Center College of Pasadena is celebrating their 70th anniversary next year... why am I posting about it? Because I realized how many of their alumni are incredible, and achieved in the car world

70th anniversary? Great googly moogly.... on the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Charger, which owes it's design to alumni Richard Sias, whose designs were worked on during his lunch break from the work he was doing on the Dart http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-dodge-charger.html

if you don't know of Dan Quarnstrom http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2015/05/joyrideflatout-hot-rods-and-dream.html that's a quick note about him, and Jack Leynnwood (P38 pilot, illustrator for Revell, and Ed Newton - was doing water decals and t-shirt designs for Ed Roth (and made the Pink Panther http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2016/11/the-pink-panthermobile-has-been.html )

And Mel Keys, who made the Fibercraft company after he left Victress, and participated in creating the original Star Trek screen model of the Enterprise http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2017/09/bounty-hunter-dune-buggy.html

And John Chun! http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2016/06/ever-wonder-who-designed-1967-1968-and.html

And Dwayne Vance! http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2015/11/good-news-finally-price-is-down-to-20.html

And Thom Taylor! Ridler winner, AMBR winner, and former teacher at the ACC http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/12/best-compliment-of-month-and-honorable.html

And Armand Baltazar! http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/07/diego-and-steam-pirates-collide-escape.html not just a Pixar art supervisor, senior design concept artist on Cars 2, now an author, fine art painter, and soon to be movie making collaborator with Ridley Scott.

And Richard Pietruska, teacher at ACC http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-artwork-of-richard-pietruska.html

and Matt Gaser! http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2014/11/talented-artist-matt-gaser.html who works for Lucasfilm, and did work on the Clone Wars, and Green Lantern series

And Chip Foose, Syd Mead, Thomas Kinkaid, and Dick Teague.

And teachers like Ansel Adams

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