Joe Mueller
709 Colvin Ave - Buffalo, NY   14217
E-Mail - raythay14@aol.com
http://www.geocities.com/joemuellerillus
 

I am a native of Buffalo New York where I work as a freelance illustrator I have always had a love for fantasy illustration especially dragons. In 1980 a friend of mine, who was a commercial artist, gave me a book on the airbrush art of Philip Castle, I love the way He used the airbrush to paint every thing from hollywood starlets to the metallic surfaces of airplanes. So I went out and bought my first airbrush, a Paasche VL, and taught myself to use it.

I first started painting professionally working in the back of a motorcycle shop custom painting motorcycles, customers always wanted Frank Frazetta or Boris Vallejo paintings on their gas tanks.

After a few years I wanted to take my art more seriously, so I went back to school for a commercial art degree. I learned how to illustrate for Ad agencies and print shops. But now the computer was coming on the scene so it was back to school were I learned every thing from 3D animation to illustrating with desktop publishing programs.

I learned to work in Adobe Photoshop were I found I could apply my painting and airbrush skills and work productively on the computer. This is a big help when doing a piece for an art director that is always wanting revisions of some kind.

You can veiw more of my work at http://www.geocities.com/joemuellerillus