Cliff Nielsen
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| Cliff Nielsen | |
|---|---|
| Education | Art Center College of Design |
| Known for | Illustration |
| Awards | Society of Illustrators, Spectrum |
Cliff Nielsen is a book illustrator and comic book artist. The Internet Speculative Fiction Database credits him with cover art for about 500 book and magazine covers published since 1994[1] Nielsen is best known[citation needed] for his work on projects such as Star Wars, The X-Files, Chronicles of Narnia among many projects including advertising campaigns, designs, and magazines. His illustrations have been recognized for their excellence by the Society of Illustrators, Print, and Spectrum among others[citation needed]. Feature articles focusing on his work appear in design publications and fanzine magazines. Nielsen has been an international speaker on digital art and has served as a judge for the Society of Illustrators[citation needed] and a variety of professional illustration award programs. He lives in Los Angeles, California.
Personal life
In 1994, Nielsen graduated from the Art Center College of Design, where he also currently teaches.[citation needed]
In 1995, the husband-and-wife team of Cliff and Terese Nielsen (since divorced) collaborated on Ruins, a Marvel Comics mini-series[2] (two issues).
Work
Nielsen works are primarily created digitally. He has illustrated the covers of several books, including:
- The Giver
- The Chronicles of Narnia [3]
- Star Wars [3]
- Star Trek [3]
- Wrinkle in Time [3]
- The Dark Tower series
- The Mortal Instruments
- The Infernal Devices
- Shadowhunter Academy
- Cirque Du Freak
- Heir Apparent
- Ranger's Apprentice
- The Inheritance Trilogy
- Tiger's Curse series
- Blood and Chocolate
- Demon in My View
- Midnight Predator
- Royal Street [3]
- Kiesha'ra Series
- The Chronicles of Faerie'
Cliff Nielsen has also illustrated some comic books, such as Marvel comic book Ruins.[4]
Besides this, he was known for working in the magazine Carpe Noctem, and was interviewed as well as created a few covers. He is currently[when?] designing/writing a graphic novel known as Beloved, but it so far, has only shown at ComicCon. Nielsen has also illustrated cards for the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game.[citation needed]
References
- ↑ "Cliff Nielsen – Summary Bibliography". ISFDB. Retrieved 2014-12-20. Select a title to see its linked publication history and general information. Select a particular edition (title) for more data at that level, such as a front cover image or linked contents.
- ↑ "Nielsen, Cliff". Revised October 28, 2014. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (sf-encyclopedia.com). Retrieved 2014-12-20.
The entry is signed 'GW' for Gary Westfahl ("Contributors"). All information used here dates from the September 9, 2012, original version of the entry. - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 [1]
- ↑ Felt, Kevin (November 17, 2007). "Painter of "Magic" cards inspiring random acts of kindness", San Gabriel Valley Tribune.
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External links
- Cliff Nielsen at agent Shannon Associates
- Cliff Nielsen at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Articles with hCards
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- Articles with unsourced statements from June 2015
- Vague or ambiguous time from June 2015
- American illustrators
- American speculative fiction artists
- Fantasy artists
- Magic: The Gathering artists
- Artists from Los Angeles, California
- Living people
- Year of birth missing (living people)
- Place of birth missing (living people)
