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—About the Artist
Gary Priester, Fred Eyestair (the dancing eyeball), and the iPad I first became interested, no make that obsessed, with Stereograms, about 15 years ago when I saw an article in Publish Magazine. I contacted the author and said I would pay him to teach me how to create the hidden 3D images. It was money well spent. Creating hidden image Stereograms started as a hobby. I created a Website with a few dozen of my images. I did not expect anything else to come of it. About 12 years ago, I was contacted by a Japanese publisher, Takarajimasha Inc. in Tokyo who wanted to license some of my images for a magazine they were launching. I was skeptical but 12 years later it has become a regular gig for me and I provide about 60 images a year for what has grown to a group of publications that they call TJ MOOKS (Magazine-bOOK). I started providing images for issue #2. The MOOKS are now up to issue #16 and the series has sold over four million copies. Unlike most artists who create the depth images for their Stereograms using 3D software, I draw all my depth images from scratch in Xara Xtreme, a vector drawing program. This takes a lot longer to do but gives me more control over the hidden images.
Now for the iPad in the iTunes Apps Store - EYE BALL - 3D STEREOGRAMS Volume 1 &2
Just released - STARTLING STEREOGRAMS
In 2004 I published three books with British publisher, Arcturus, a small book of 40 images, a 128 page version AMAZING EYE TRICKS, and a large coffee table-sized book, Eye Tricks - Incredible 3D Stereograms, that contains 100 of my Stereogram images and 100 images of another excellent American Stereogram designer. The big book has already sold over 140,000 copies and is in the second printing. NEW VERSION! Amazing Eye Tricks You can order AMAZING EYE TRICKS from Amazon.com.
Co-authored with Gene Levine, Hidden Treasures 3D Stereograms, published by Sterling Publishing, New York/London, contains 60 new images from Gene and 60 of my newest images. You can find it in your favorite book store or purchase it on-line from Amazon.com. To purchase prints and posters of my work visit my gallery at AmericanFrame.com I have also created a fair amount of commercial images for a variety of companies. One of the more interesting assignments was for a Japanese chef who was opening an Italian Restaurant in Tokyo. They printed a Stereogram containing the master chef’s logo ASO in the center of the dinner plates. It amuses me to think of a dining room full of diners staring down at their empty plates trying to see the 3D image hidden on their plate (seeing the logo through a pile of pasta would be considerably more difficult). I have licensed my images to several international companies for a variety of uses. When I am not creating Stereogram images, I do Website and logo design and a small amount of advertising. You can visit my Website www.gwpriester.com to see examples of my design work. I spent the first 15 years after graduating from Art Center College of Design in California working as a TV and print art director in Los Angeles and San Francisco. In 1986, my wife and I started a graphic design company, The Black Point Group, which accounted for another 12 years until Mary left the company to go back to her first love, painting. We had a great group of clients for whom we collected over 50 design awards of excellence, including Singer Printing, Charles Schwab, Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, Ernst & Young, Chateau St. Jean Vineyards and Winery, Deloitte & Touche. We also worked on graphic design assignments for Goldberg Moser O’Neil, and Young & Rubicam. Of all my many incarnations, creating Stereograms is the most challenging and the most rewarding. Click here for a Gallery of more Stereograms.
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