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Limited Edition BYTE Magazine Cover Illustration prints
Limited Edition 16″x20″ and 11″x14″ prints of BYTE Magazine cover illustrations by Robert Tinney are still available.
Media iMPRESSIONS
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In Memoriam
Robert Frank Tinney, of Washington, Louisiana, passed away peacefully on February 1st, 2026, at the age of 78.
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Article: “Robert Tinney: Byte Magazine and Beyond”
Excerpt from Adam Rowe’s article in 70s Sci-Fi Art, which includes images of the BYTE illustrations mentioned here, as well as an extensive gallery of some of Tinney’s non-BYTE illustrations. Robert Tinney’s a big name in retro tech. Here’s a collection of lesser-known facts and art from the famed Byte magazine cover artist. Robert Tinney
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Article: “Robert Tinney – The Man Who Painted The Future”
A Conversation with Robert Tinney For anyone who stood mesmerized in front of a newsstand in the late 70s or 80s, the cover of BYTE magazine was an oasis of imagination. In an era defined by beige boxes and blinking cursors, one artist single-handedly gave the digital revolution a soul. That artist was Robert Tinney.
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Article: “The Genesis of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP): A Historical Overview”
Tinney’s “Smalltalk” illustration featured on the Aug. 1981 cover of BYTE Magazine became the defacto signboard for object-oriented programming.
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Article: “This 1981 Computer Magazine Cover Explains Why We’re So Bad at Tech Predictions”
“Tinney’s work was imaginative, technically superb (he is a master of the airbrush) and, sometimes, very funny. Byte lost a little bit of its soul when the publication started phasing out his work in favor of standard-issue photos of standard-issue computers.” – Time Magazine, April 2014