ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Having worked as an illustrator in the entertainment industry for many years, Michael Butkus has worked on more than 2,500 films in the areas of advertising, movie poster art, set design, and character design. Michael also invented and illustrated hundreds of characters for Lucas Films’ Shadow of the Empire. Walter T. Foster was born in Woodland Park, Colorado, in 1891. He began writing self-help art instruction books in the 1920s and produced them in his home in Laguna Beach, California, where he wrote, illustrated, and printed them himself. Michele Maltseff received her B.F.A. and M.F.A. in Painting and Drawing from the Academy of Art College in San Francisco, California. An avid horse lover, Michele has illustrated several ...

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