Illustrator, Web Designer, Visual Journalist
San Francisco Bay Area
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- Web Master at Letters Arts and Music (Self-employed)
- Web Designer at Bill Russell Design
- Visual Journalist at Profile Reportage
- Illustrator at Reactor Art + Design
- Illustrator at Billustration
- Past
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- Staff artist at San Francisco Chronicle
- Adjunct Professor of Illustration at California College of the Arts
- Education
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- Parsons School of Design
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Bill Russell’s Summary
Bill Russell creates images and design that enhance the printed word. As an accomplished illustrator, visual journalist and web designer, he has contributed his creative expertise and picture-making to a multitude of companies, forums and online media throughout the United States and Canada. His voracious appetite for artistic expression keeps Bill busy painting abstract collages in his San Rafael studio. When Bill is not busy creating art and design, he enjoys spending time with his family and their beloved Chihuahua, Peso.
Bill Russell’s Specialties:
illustration, web design, visual journalism, writing and teaching.
Bill Russell’s Experience
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Web Master
Letters Arts and Music (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Public Relations and Communications industry)
April 2009 — Present (9 months)
Letters, Arts and Music is a PR company Bill formed with musician Brian Gore, that adapts new technologies, Web 2.0 and other social media to promote authors, musicians and artists.
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Web Designer
Bill Russell Design
(Graphic Design industry)
March 2006 — Present (3 years 10 months)
Bill Russell's web design company is expert at interface design, front-end programming for websites and web-based applications, blog creation, quality assurance, professional services, and marketing strategy and design.
Bill is looking for a few small businesses requiring these custom services. -
Visual Journalist
Profile Reportage
(Design industry)
April 2005 — Present (4 years 9 months)
Bill specializes in an illustration style he calls "profile reportage", an on-site, sketchbook-style series of drawings and text. Through this approach BIll brings people, situations and events to life.
Some clients include Chow.com where he draws various dishes being prepared for a bi-weekly, on-line feature called The Basics. For TODO magazine he drew cab drivers in sitiu. He illustrated small business owners for the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce monthly newsletter. Bill created over 80 illustrated profiles of unique Bay area people for a Saturday feature called the Bay Folk Sketchbook in the San Francisco Chronicle.
His recent Civil War Days portfolio illustrates the characters that perform a live reenactment of the Civil War. His process is showcased in a video at http://billustration.com/prorep/civilwarvideo.html
Bill is seeking a few corporate clients to produce visual profiles on an on-going basis. -
Illustrator
Reactor Art + Design
(Design industry)
1982 — Present (27 years )
Bill is represented by Reactor Art + Design, the Toronto-based agency and design studio serving a plethora of clients.
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Illustrator
Billustration
(Design industry)
June 1976 — Present (33 years 7 months)
As a freelance illustrator Bill Russell uses an art medium called scratchboard which produces a very graphic, iconic, woodcut-like style images for corporate and editorial clients, book publishing companies, magazines and newspapers,licensing, logo design and package design.
Some highlights include interior drawings for three Stephen King novels and a complete illustrated brand identity for MetroWerks, the Austin-based software developer.
Samples can be viewed here: http://billustration.com/ and here: http://billustration.com/desirevintage.html -
Staff artist
San Francisco Chronicle
(Public Company; Newspapers industry)
October 1998 — December 2005 (7 years 3 months)
Bill's job at the San Francisco Chronicle involved illustrating news stories, features, food illustrations, logos, portraits and news and information graphics to enhance the printed word.
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Adjunct Professor of Illustration
California College of the Arts
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
February 1993 — May 2000 (7 years 4 months)
Bill's passion for imparting knowledge inspired him to teach the aesthetics and practicum of art, design and illustration at the California College of the Arts. He taught art students to think conceptually, draw graphically and always carry a sketchbook.
Bill Russell’s Education
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Parsons School of Design
1973 — 1976
Additional Information
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Bill Russell’s Groups:
Graphic Artist Guild
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DEVELOP, DESIGN, CREATE, MANUFACTURE, BRING TO MARKET! -
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Designers Talk -
AIGA San Francisco -
TED: Ideas Worth Spreading -
Parsons
Bill Russell’s Honors:
Society of Newspaper Designers, Society of Illustrators, Toronto Art Directors Club, Communication Arts Interactive Annual, San Francisco Society of Illustrators,
Bill Russell’s Contact Settings
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