Byte magazine artist Robert Tinney, who illustrated the birth of PCs, dies at 78
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罗伯特·蒂尼于2月1日在路易斯安那州去世，享年78岁。作为《Byte》杂志1975年至1980年代末的首席封面艺术家，他通过喷笔绘画为个人计算这一抽象领域创造了连贯的视觉语言，将人工智能、网络等主题转化为生动的超现实主义风格画作。蒂尼为该杂志绘制了80多幅封面，其作品深受马格利特和埃舍尔的影响，成为一代计算机爱好者的共同记忆。
On February 1, Robert Tinney, the illustrator whose airbrushed cover paintings defined the look and feel of pioneering computer magazine Byte for over a decade, died at age 78 in Baker, Louisiana, according to a memorial posted on his official website.
As the primary cover artist for Byte from 1975 to the late 1980s, Tinney became one of the first illustrators to give the abstract world of personal computing a coherent visual language, translating topics like artificial intelligence, networking, and programming into vivid, surrealist-influenced paintings that a generation of computer enthusiasts grew up with.
Tinney went on to paint more than 80 covers for Byte, working almost entirely in airbrushed Designers Gouache, a medium he chose for its opaque, intense colors and smooth finish. He said the process of creating each cover typically took about a week of painting once a design was approved, following phone conversations with editors about each issue's theme. He cited René Magritte and M.C. Escher as two of his favorite artists, and fans often noticed their influence in his work.
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