Raymond Ameijide was an American

United States

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 illustrator

Illustrator

An Illustrator is a narrative artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text...

 and graphic design

Graphic design

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er. He served with the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II

World War II

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 before becoming a graphic design

Graphic design

Graphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...

er in the 1950s.

Ameijide served as an illustrator a variety of clients, including Fortune

Fortune (magazine)

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, National Geographic, IBM

IBM

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, Pfizer

Pfizer

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, TV Guide

TV Guide

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, Chase Manhattan, Discover

Discover Financial

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, Harcourt Brace and the United States Post Office (per his obituary January 12, 2000, TheJournalNews.com). He won numerous awards for his illustration

Illustration

An illustration is a displayed visualization form presented as a drawing, painting, photograph or other work of art that is created to elucidate or dictate sensual information by providing a visual representation graphically.- Early history :The earliest forms of illustration were prehistoric...

s from various organizations and clubs, such as the Art Directors Club. His worked is honored by the book "The Illustrator In America 1880-1980 A Century of Illustration" by Walt and Roger Reed,(1984,page 314.)

External links

• January 12, 2000 Obituary http://www.nyjnews.com/obituary/obit.php3?id=175179