Jeff Cummins is an artist who has worked in graphic design, illustration, portraiture, and marketing. His more notable projects include the Thrillington

Thrillington

Thrillington is a 1977 album by Paul McCartney, under the pseudonym of Percy "Thrills" Thrillington. The album is an instrumental cover version of Paul and Linda McCartney's 1971 album, Ram...

and Wings over America

Wings over America

Wings over America is the sixth album by Wings and their only live album. In its initial release, it was a triple album and included a poster of the band.-Recording history:...

album covers, as well as work for Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd were an English rock band that achieved worldwide success with their progressive and psychedelic rock music. Their work is marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Pink Floyd are one of the most commercially...

, Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...

, and Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel

Peter Brian Gabriel is an English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career...

. He was also commissioned to produce a portrait of Linda McCartney

Linda McCartney

Linda Louise McCartney, Lady McCartney was an American photographer, musician and animal rights activist. Her father and mother were Lee Eastman and Louise Sara Lindner Eastman....

.

Biography

Jeff's career began when he won a competition run by British Television show Magpie

Magpie (TV series)

Magpie was a children's television programme shown on ITV from the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. It was a magazine format show intended to compete with the BBC's Blue Peter, but attempted to be more "hip", focusing more on popular culture...

, with a portrait of George Best

George Best

George Best was a professional footballer from Northern Ireland, who played for Manchester United and the Northern Ireland national team. He was a winger whose game combined pace, acceleration, balance, two-footedness, goalscoring and the ability to beat defenders...

. From 1970-1973 he attended art school, before joining a marketing company in London, in 1974. While there, he was commissioned by Felix Yen of Kung Fu Monthly, and the Dennis Group to produce three Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee was a Chinese American, Hong Kong actor, martial arts instructor, philosopher, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and founder of the Jeet Kune Do martial arts movement...

 paintings, as illustrations for the former magazine.
Leaving the marketing company out of necessity in 1976, Jeff sought freelance work, eventually being hired by Brian Bolly, on behalf of Paul McCartney to produce the Thrillington album cover.
Brian Bolly introduced Jeff to employees at Hipgnosis

Hipgnosis

Hipgnosis was a British art design group that specialized in creating cover art for the albums of rock musicians and bands, most notably Pink Floyd, T.Rex, The Pretty Things, UFO, 10cc, Bad Company, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Scorpions, Yes, The Alan Parsons Project, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, ELO and XTC...

, who we cooperated with to produce illustrations for Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Moody Blues, and Peter Gabriel. At the end of 1976 Paul and Linda McCartney commissioned the Wings Over America album cover, which Jeff helped to complete.
Jeff is currently regularly employed in illustration, and product development for corporate media and musicians.

See also

• Jeff Cummins - Books, Biography, Contact Information jacketflap.com
• Jeff Cummins Items Illustrated by Jeff Cummins by gamebooks.org