Career
He served with the United States. Armed Forces during World World War II before becoming a graphic designer in the 1950s. Ameijide served as an illustrator a variety of clients, including Fortune, National Geographic, International Business Machines Corporation, Pfizer, television Guide, Chase Manhattan, Discover, Harcourt Brace and the United States Post Office (per his obituary January 12, 2000, TheJournalNewscom). His worked is honored by the book "The Illustrator In America 1880–1980 A Century of Illustration" by Walt and Roger Reed, (1984, page 314)
Raymond Ameijide, sometimes credited as R. Ameijide, employed 3-Doctorate layering of cutouts of various colored papers to create his caricatures, having originated and developed paper and felt sculptures, which were then photographed, as illustrations in the mid 1950s.
