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limited areas and concentrated
doses rather than overall. From
the look of things, he seems to be
well on the way to his goal.
Aside from the musical influence
on his work, Ciardiello credits
two men with turning him into
the illustrator he is today. First
there was Murray Tinkelman.
When Joe was a senior at the New
York City High School of Art and
Design, he was committed to becoming
a cartoonist. But one day
illustrator Murray Tinkelman
appeared at the school as a guest
lecturer. After hearing him
speak, and studying his wild, inventive
drawings, Ciardiello concluded
that such drawing offered
much broader scope than cartooning.
When he enrolled in the
Parsons School of Design, it was
as an illustration major. It was at
Parsons that he experienced the
second profound influence on
his work. In a figure drawing
class with Jim Spanfeller he
learned what it meant to let his
imagination soar and how to
courageously put it all down on
paper.
In a remarkably short time since
his graduation from Parsons
(1974), Ciardiello has made a
name for himself as a freelance
illustrator. His work has been
exhibited and published by a
number of organizations, including:
The Society of Illustrators
Annuals, The New York Art Directors
Show, Graphis Annual,
Society of Publication Designers
(he was a Silver Medal winner in
1979), Outstanding American
Illustrators (Vol. 2, published in