Ivan Sutherland
Creator of Sketchpad (1963); recipient of the 1988 Turing Award.
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People and creators
This section covers the people whose work shaped digital art. We write only what is confirmed by public sources and do not publish private information.
Pioneers
Researchers who laid the foundations.
Edwin Catmull
Computer graphics researcher and co-founder of Pixar; recipient of the 2019 Turing Award together with Pat Hanrahan.
Martin Newell
Creator of the Utah teapot model (1975).
Tool creators
People who built software for artists.
Thomas and John Knoll
Creators of Photoshop; the first version was released in 1990.
Daniel Langlois
Founder of Softimage (1986).
Ton Roosendaal
Creator of Blender and founder of the Blender Foundation.
How we write about people
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- No invented quotes or interviews
- No private information: addresses, contact details, family circumstances
- If information becomes outdated, we correct it against the primary source
Related sections
- HistoryA timeline of digital graphics, from Sketchpad to open-source Blender.
- Softimage XSI: a history (in Russian)From its founding in 1986 to the end of sales in 2014.
- AnalysisRasterization and ray tracing: how a computer draws an image.
Related sections
- HistoryA timeline of digital graphics, from Sketchpad to open-source Blender.
- Reading listsReading paths for beginners and for those who want to go deeper.
- EventsA dated feed of materials, each tied to a news hook.
Sources
- A.M. Turing Award: official ACM website
- Blender Foundation
- Computer History Museum
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