Robert Tinney Graphics

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About The Artist
In late 1975 the phone rang in Robert Tinney's Houston apartment. It was long distance from Carl Helmers, a friend Tinney had met several years earlier.
"We've just started a new magazine called BYTE," said Carl, "and I'm the Editor-in-Chief. Would you be interested in illustrating the covers?" Helmers sent Tinney a copy of the first issue, September '75. (One of the ads offered readers a whopping "4K RAM for your Altair for only $185 assembled!") Tinney heard opportunity knocking, and his first BYTE cover appeared on the December 1975 issue, at the very beginning of the personal computer revolution. The theme of that issue was, "Computers: The Ultimate Toys."
Since then Tinney has done well over 100 BYTE paintings; his popular BYTE covers have been shown at the prestigious Computer Museum in Boston, and he has received numerous awards for the technical excellence and inspired themes of his illustrations. His clients include Motorola, Ford Aerospace, JDR Microdevices, QNX Software, Actel, Inc., Haestad Methods, Information Security Bulletin, and many others. His haunting images are among the most recognized in the computer industry.

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