jeffpenningtonnc

It is a sad day, I will miss Corey.  I worked with Corey for most of the 1990s starting at AMC and then Image Technology / MCI.  We shared an office at AMC, played tennis together, sometimes ate lunch at Mugs Deli where we could get a half sandwich and a bowl of soup for $3.00.  We were always down for some good Mexican food, a quesadilla at Applebee's, or maybe a steak and cheese sub at Rico's, We were brothers somewhat during this period of life, with little responsibility other than our jobs since we had no families yet.  Sometimes we worked late evenings working on jobs together, printing four color process film.  We were known to start a long film job printing and go play a few games of tennis until it completed.  

Sharing an office with Corey, I was amazed at his skills in Photoshop.  May not seem like much now with all the advancements in technology, but I remember him taking a photo of a building under construction that still had dirt on the ground, adding nice green grass around it, changing the gray sky to a bright blue and touching up photo to make it "pop".  I was amazed at what he could do.  For me, it seemed he literally had the ability to alter reality.  I was just a copy artist of sorts, with the job converting existing artwork to digital for use in desktop publishing.  Corey was an artist, clearly on another level.  I was somewhat his "sous chef" doing smaller jobs that required far less talent and imagination.  It was obvious that Corey had great things in his future beyond AMC and Image Technology.

Corey was a great friend and role model, immensely talented, humble, always upbeat and prepared to help in anyways possible. He was a loyal friend who was always there when you needed him.  During that period of life, he was the brother I never had.  I wish we could have stayed in contact through the years, but our careers took us down separate paths.  I went into software development which eventually took me out of Greensboro and into the RTP area, he stayed the course in graphic design and started Icon Factory in Greensboro before starting his own family.  

I will miss you dearly my friend, thanks for all the memories.

Jeff Pennington,

Snow Camp, NC