Don Ivan Punchatz
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Don Ivan Punchatz (September 8, 1936 - October 22, 2009) was a science fiction and fantasy artist who drew illustrations for numerous publications, including magazines such as Heavy Metal, National Geographic, Playboy, and Time.[1]
In 1993, id Software hired him to create the Doom video game package art and logo. The result was named the second best game box art of all time by GameSpy. [2] His son, Gregor Punchatz, has worked on special effects for several movies, and also created monster sculptures for Doom.[1]
Punchatz suffered a cardiac arrest on October 11, 2009 [3] and died in an Arlington, Texas, hospital on October 22, 2009.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Wilonsky, Robert (October 27, 2009). "From National Lampoon to National Portrait Gallery, Paying Tribute to Don Ivan Punchatz". Dallas Observer. http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2009/10/from_national_lampoon_to_natio.php.
- ^ Turner, Benjamin (July 27, 2004). "Top 10 Best Box Arts". GameSpy. http://www.gamespy.com/articles/533/533968p10.html.
- ^ "DON IVAN PUNCHATZ (1936-2009)". Spectrum Fantastic Art. http://www.spectrumfantasticart.com/. Retrieved October 25, 2009.
- ^ Spangler, Anthony (October 24, 2009). "TCU teacher left his mark in the art world". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. http://www.star-telegram.com/metro_news/story/1708835.html. Retrieved October 25, 2009.
- This article uses content from the GFDL Doom Wiki article "Don Ivan Punchatz"
[edit] External links
- Doom logo
- The Page of Doom's image gallery (see fifth image row's first image for a scan of the Ultimate Doom poster)
- Spectrum's article on Punchatz
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