"Tim Kirk is both a professional artist and an American fan artist. He worked as a senior designer at Tokyo DisneySea, as an Imagineer for Walt Disney, and during the mid-1970s, he was an illustrator at Kansas City's Hallmark Cards. He earned his Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Fine Arts with an emphasis in Commercial Art, and his Master\u2019s Degree in Illustration from California State University, Long Beach. His thesis project consisted of a series of paintings for \"The Lord of the Rings\" by J.R.R."@en . "American artist" . "Kirk, Tim"@en .