罗纳德出生威廉科比在58阿尔戈号，滑铁卢（截至该日，这是兰开斯特的克罗斯比，县街道），利物浦，查尔斯威廉和Ellen（NEE沼泽）柯比。父亲的职业在出生时：船东货运业务员。柯比的父母经营一家杂货店。柯比他的任期内住在这个地址在艺术利物浦的学校。

Josh的多产的职业生涯似乎写在星星当罗纳德·威廉·柯比梦见自己未来的职业生涯。他七岁的时候，他提出的贸易牌子，上面写着“KIRBY - ARTIST”

作为一个男孩，柯比发现年轻人的杂志称的现代世界，它描绘巨虫和未来汽车的一个山谷。科幻从这一点上他着迷。这是在该类型“的可能的领域扩大。”

作为一个年轻的成年人，他花了六年时间在艺术利物浦市学校（1943-1949年）研究各种艺术手法，分别获得在绘画的证书和文凭。正是在这里，他的老主人风格的肖像画为他赢得了绰号“乔希”的时候同事们比作他的作品，伟大的画家雷诺兹爵士。昵称卡，并从那个时候前进，很少有人被他原来的名字叫他。

之后，利物浦市议会委托他绘制的市长在1950年 - 在他的职业生涯的开始非常荣幸一个二十二岁的艺术家 - 科比最终决定对肖像画的一种职业。这一决定被证明是历史在制造，发射，横跨六十年一个多产的职业生涯。

他的职业自由职业始于1950年代初，当科比在伦敦和巴黎的工作室说明电影海报。他首次出版的封面是1955年的科幻小说中欧和东欧，T恤男子，丹摩根。他的下一个里程碑是在1956年，他创立了'邦德'与是跟着他的整个职业生涯，通过说明了伊恩·弗莱明的封面上的伟大太空城。

柯比开始生产作品为本书涵盖了从西部片和犯罪小说非小说，以及画封面和内墙艺术科幻小说杂志他开创性的插图增光的一些最伟大的文学科幻，幻想和恐怖的封面50年代的书，60年代，70年代和80年代。著名作家名单读起来就像一个名副其实的谁是谁，包括雷·布拉德伯里，艾萨克·阿西莫夫，阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克，莫泊桑，吉米·桑斯特，理查德·马西森，厄休拉·勒奎恩，杰克·凯鲁亚克，儒勒·凡尔纳，埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯罗伯特·海因莱因，HG韦尔斯，罗伯特·兰金，克雷格肖加德纳，斯蒂芬·布里格斯，罗恩·古拉特，布莱恩奥尔迪斯。。。当然，特里·普拉切特先生。

的可能性，一个全新的世界在70年代开辟了一个回归电影艺术海报的宣传机构FEREF。设计师一起保罗·埃迪的工作，柯比挖掘到他的拍摄对象的真实肖像能力，描绘星球大战人物：绝地归来中许多人，兽王和克鲁尔。当市场对海报图在80年代中期干涸，柯比交换了他的注意，他富有远见的风格，蓬勃发展的角色扮演游戏的现象。他强大的封面增光Duelmaster，隧道及巨魔和奇才队，勇士队和你。

Kirby的上世纪80年代最显著里程碑联手与已故的伟大的爵士特里·普拉切特，这乔希认为将是一个“一次性佣金，他最终被委托生产的所有封面碟形世界的书-超过25套总共。

随着碟形世界系列，乔希发现他比生命更大的人才完美的画布，他的照片爆炸开盖子，启发很多球迷第一次潜水头成碟形世界。特里·普拉切特本人爵士说，“我只发明了碟形世界，约什创造了它。”这种伙伴关系导致了越来越多的人从世界在Kirby的明确无误的，史诗般的作品惊叹左右。

整个职业生涯中，科比废油，丙烯酸树脂，水粉，水彩或经常使用的单件以上的方法。最终，他首选的油，因为他们不会干太快和层可以适用。这使得对它们进行修饰或全部涂过，不管它了实现伟大。

柯比慢慢地，精心工作。它会带他四到八周才能完成一个单一的绘画。为什么？他的过程包括说明之前读取每个小说。然后，他将利用在铅笔草图通过在发布的美术编辑，除非在柯比将讨论在与特里·普拉切特爵士手机概念的情况下批准。直接与作者打交道的艺术家是在出版界相当不寻常。通常艺术家的艺术编辑只处理，但随后，碟形世界是什么，但普通。

当被问及影响时，他最常三个名为过去的艺术家。年龄最大的是波希，他的成名作梦幻般的图像，详细的景观和宗教观念和叙述插图。其次是勃鲁盖尔，谁的宗教和神话描写扩大的现实观众的角度。最后壁画家弗兰克·布朗温，一个阿旺派艺术家，工匠知名之士为他大胆的彩色壁画。
 

Ronald William Kirby was born in the 58 Waterloo Argonauts, (as of this date, this is Crosby of Lancaster County, Liverpool, street), Charles William and Ellen (NEE Marsh) kirby. Father's career at birth: ship owner. Kirby's parents run a grocery store. Kirby his term live at this address in Liverpool art school.
Josh's prolific career seems to be written in the stars when Ronald William Kirby dreams of his future career. When he was seven years old, he put forward a trade sign that read "KIRBY - ARTIST"
As a boy, Kirby found modern world youth magazine said, it depicts a valley giant insects and the future of the automobile. Science fiction fascinated him from this point. It is possible in this type of field to expand."
As a young adult, he spent six years at the art school of Liverpool (1943-1949) to study a variety of art practices, respectively, to obtain a certificate and Diploma in painting. It is here that the portrait of his old master style earned him the nickname "Josh" when his colleagues compared him to the great painter Sir Reynolds. Nickname card, and from that time forward, few people were his original name.After the Liverpool City Council commissioned him to paint the mayor in 1950 - at the beginning of his career he was honored by a twenty-two year old artist - Kobe finally decided on a career as a portrait painter. This decision was proved to be a prolific career in the history of manufacturing, launching, spanning sixty years.
His professional career began in the early 1950s, when Kobe explained the movie poster in the studio in London and Paris. He was first published in the cover of the 1955 science fiction in central and Eastern Europe, the T-shirt man, Dan Morgan. His next milepost in 1956, he founded the 'bond' and followed his entire occupation career, through the great city of Ian Fleming on the cover of the space.
Kirby began producing works for book covers from westerns and crime fiction, non fiction, some of the greatest science fiction literature and painting cover and the inner wall of art science fiction magazines he created illustrations of credit, fantasy and horror of the cover of the 50s book, 60s, 70s and 80s. The famous writer list reads like a who is worthy of the name, including Ray Bradbury, Isaac, Asimov, Alfred Hitchcock, Maupassant, Jimmy Sangster, Richard Matheson, Ursula, LeGuin, Jack Kerouac, Jules Verne, Edgar, Rice Robert, Heinlein Burroughs, Welles HG, Robert Rankin, Craig Seaan Gardner, Stephen Briggs, Ron Goulart, Brian Aldiss... Of course, Mr. Terry Pratchett.
The possibility of a whole new world in 70s opened up a return to the movie art poster propaganda body FEREF. The designer with the work of Paul Eddie, Kirby tapped into his subject's true portrait, depicting the Star Wars characters: return of the Jedi in many people, and Beastmaster krugman. When the market on the poster in the middle of the 80s dry, Kirby switched his attention and his visionary style, the vigorous development of the role-playing game phenomenon. His powerful cover credit Duelmaster, tunnels and trolls and wizards, warriors and you.
Kirby in 80s the last century the most significant milepost teamed up with the late great Sir Terry Pratchett, Josh believes that this will be a one-time commission, he was eventually commissioned the production of cover all the Discworld book - a total of more than 25 sets.
With the world series of dishes, Josh finds his perfect canvas for a man with a greater talent than his life, and his photos explode to open the lid, inspired by many fans for the first time diving into a dish of the world. Sir Terry Pratchett himself said, "I invented the dish, and Josh created it." This partnership has led to an increasing number of people from around the world in Kirby's unmistakable, epic work.
The occupation career, Kobe oil, acrylic, gouache, watercolor or above methods often use a single. In the end, he preferred the oil, because they would not dry too fast and the layer can be applied. This allows them to be modified or painted all over, no matter how great it is.
Kirby slowly and carefully work. It will take him four to eight weeks to complete a single painting. Why? His process includes instructions before reading each novel. Then, he will use the pencil sketch by release of the art editor, except in Kirby and Terry will discuss the approval in the case of Sir Pla Chet's mobile phone concept. The artist who deals directly with the author is quite unusual in the publishing world. Usually the artist's art editor only deals with, but then, what is the dish shaped world but ordinary.
When asked about the impact, he is often the three most famous artist of the past. The oldest is Bosch, famous for his fantastic image, with the landscape and religious ideas and narrative illustrations. Followed by Bruegel, who described the religious and mythological expansion of the reality of the audience's point of view. The last wall painter Frank Bronwyn, an artist of the school of Awang, a craftsman known for his bold color murals.