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Artist and
ShopBot Illustrator Dies
Sadly, Don Elliott, illustrator of ShopBot's early manuals and
marketing materials, passed away on Dec 2, 2008. Don's fantastic
drawings in the early ShopBot documentation did a perfect job of
expressing our spirit and the "garage-innovation" nature of
ShopBot's early days. Early ShopBot adopters will well remember,
for example,
the ingenuity it took to communicate how to string the drive
cables for one of those first tools. We continue to use Don's
illustrations in ShopBot manuals, t-shirts, and even coffee mugs
where they still inspire a ShopBot "can do" attitude. |
When it was time to start thinking about the first ShopBot assembly
manual, Ted searched for a style that showcased ShopBot's homebrew
roots. The solution came to him when he saw Don Elliott's
illustrations in the boating magazine "Messing about in Boats". Don's
creativity and style fit perfectly with Ted's vision, and Don was
commissioned to create the illustrations for the first series of
manuals.
Here is a sampling of Don's drawings (scans of the actual work).
Enjoy!
[Some of Don's boat drawing can be found in in the
Yahoo Small Boats Group]
These drawings are Copyright 1997 ShopBot Tools and Don Elliott
with all rights
reserved. They are for your enjoyment only and any other use
is prohibited without the express permission of ShopBot Tools.
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