Finally got it: My interview with legend Art Fitzpatrick!
 

Well, after we finally got our schedules aligned I finally was able to interview the great Art Fitzpatrick for my GTO blog. He is a real gentleman and sharp as a tack at 94. We had a great conversation and spoke for about an hour and a half! The result is a very informative discussion of what went on behind one of the greatest ad campaigns ever. I am so proud of this entry to my site.

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Thanks for all your support guys. Here is the link:
http://www.mycardinalred.com/2012/07...nce=6e258dfd68

Link?
 

Gives me a "You don't have permission" error.

Sorry, this should do it:
http://www.mycardinalred.com/2012/07...t-fitzpatrick/

I enjoyed that Rick.

Thank You so much!

Charles

And I thank you Rick. I too enjoyed your chat with Art. That man has so much talent that it amazes the hell out of me every time I see one of his pieces of 'art'.

Very well done. However I believe he is not yet 94 until November.

Great job. Now get it published in HPP or Hemmings muscle machines.

Nice Job!

Below is a 2001 picture of Art taken at the 2001 Tour de Wangers & 16 Annual GTOAA Western Nats
http://www.tachrev.com/JPEG_Images/2...rs-019_019.jpg

Great Read!
Been a fan of their work for years.
Thank You for sharing.

http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/p...DEALERCAT2.jpg

Stunning artwork. Those PMD ads always been my favorite form of simplifying the product focus. Oh yea the 68 GTO ad is tops.

We had spacecraft artwork of a similar fashion: a fake starfield background(purple hue for art, nearly black hue for proposals, then the solar arrays were well definzed, then the spacecraft was a pencil drawing done on a drafting table, then carefully colored in by the graphic arts team. Still better than CAD views today.

Thanks for that...great read.
I'd love to have all his Pontiac artwork advertisements....what a great coffe table book that'd be.