Ron Barrett

Ron Barrett ( born July 25, 1937) is an American illustrator and artist, known for his illustrations in the book Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, written by Judi Barrett and his wife.

Career

Barrett is a graduate of the School of industrial Art, New York City. During his school years he was an apprentice in the studio of Lucian Bernhard, a German graphic designer. He also found a mentor in Ervine Metzl, illustrator and President of the Association of Illustrators, who predicted that the young Mr. Barrett " ... would anyway end up a psychiatric facility or make a million dollars. " ( Original: " Either ... would wind up in a mental institution or make a million dollars. " )

After early graduation, he won the gold medal from the Art Directors Club of New York. Then he turned to his future existence to as an illustrator, author and puzzle developers. He wrote The Nutty News and illustrated many books, including many children's books by Judi Barrett as the series of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - books and animals should not wear clothing. He has also worked on all her books for adults. His greatest success was this OJ's Legal Pad with Henry Beard and John Boswell. In 2009, the children's book Cloudy was filmed with a Chance of Meatballs Sony Animation.

Barret created during the 1970s, many comics in the national " gossip magazine " (English: Lampoon ), " Funny Pages ", like the cartoon " Pointless Man".

• Animals Should Definitely Not Act Like People, 1988 ( ISBN 0-689-71287-1 ) ( Illustrator with Judi Barrett )
• Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing, 1988 ( ISBN 0-689-70807-6 ) ( Illustrator with Judi Barrett )
• Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, 1978 (ISBN 0-689-30647-4 ) ( Illustrator with Judi Barrett )
• Old Macdonald had some flats, 1969 ( ISBN 0-582-15018-3 ) ( illustrator Judith Barrett )
• The Nutty News, 2005 ( ISBN 0-375-92751-4 )
• Pickles to Pittsburgh: The Sequel to Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, 1997 ( ISBN 0-689-80104-1 ) ( Illustrator with Judi Barrett )