David Willardson is an American artist. He attended the Art Center College of Design. He has worked on

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characters, designing a "new look" for many of Disney's movie posters, and worked on Disney movie campaigns for 17 years. As an award-winning illustrator in the 1970s, Willardson was instrumental in the rise of airbrush art in pop culture, leading to a prolific career in illustration and design. His work includes the covers of

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' '' There Must Be More to Love Than This'' (1970), the

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for '' American Graffiti'' (1973), Little Richard's '' The Second Coming'' (1972) and the Refreshments' ''

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'' (1996), as well as ''

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'' magazine cover art and the Fender guitar poster series. Willardson is a "pep" artist.

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Living people Film poster artists Year of birth missing (living people) Album-cover and concert-poster artists Art Center College of Design alumni {{US-artist-stub