Tim Kirk

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Tim Kirk is an American fan artist. He has been a senior designer at Tokyo DisneySea. Previously, he was an Imagineer for Walt Disney, and an illustrator for Hallmark Cards. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts with an emphasis in Commercial Art, and his Master’s degree in Illustration from California State University, Long Beach. His thesis project consisted of illustrations for "The Lord of the Rings" by J.R.R. Tolkien, and was published by Ballantine Books as the 1975 Tolkien Calendar. Today, Kirk runs Kirk Design, Inc., a design firm in the Los Angeles, California area. He sits on the advisory board of the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame.[1]

[edit] Hugo Awards

Kirk won the Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist in 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, and in 1976. He has been additionally nominated numerous other times. Of other Hugo Award nominees, only Brad W. Foster has won the award as many times as Kirk has.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame -- Advisory Board, accessed February 28, 2007

[edit] External links

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