Bill Hood (born October 12, 1945) is a screenprint consultant, journalist, writer, and artist. Born in Hobart, Oklahoma, he was educated at Lee College and Sam Houston State University in Texas. He currently splits his time between his residencies in Austin, Texas and Real de Catorce, Mexico.
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Author
Hood is the author of over a dozen books, including “50 Ways to Increase Your Business,” which was originally published in Solutions Journal,[1] an online screenprinting journal, before being published as the first eBook in the screenprinting industry. Other titles include "Charlie's Secret," "The Fraud Handbook" and "The One Secret to Success." He is the author of the internationally syndicated column This Week I Learned[2] which has been published in many newspapers and magazines including Shannon Wheeler's "Too Much Coffee Man Magazine.[3] This Week I Learned was originally published in 1995 as an email column and was moved to the Internet in 2000. Today it is read by over 30,000 subscribers worldwide. He has published over 500 technical articles on screenprinting that have appeared in Solutions Journal, Impressions Magazine,[4] Printwear,[5] and most recently Images Magazine[6] in the United Kingdom.
Art
Always a workaholic, Hood also excels as an artist. He was educated and has been successful as a fine arts painter, painting mostly landscapes and skyscapes. Hood also does pen and ink drawings in a stipple technique that can take hundreds of hours to complete. He is an internationally recognized jewelry designer, having twice placed in the top at the prestigious Diamonds International Awards, which is the most prestigious jewelry award ever. It is termed the "Oscars" of jewelry industry. Hood has also won numerous awards as a photographer, editorial cartoonist, designer and inventor. When Hood moved to Austin, Texas in the 1960’s he fell in with other screenprinters and artists. He quickly began creating posters for local and traveling musicians as well as local venues. He worked with Benny Benfield at Calico Press to produce many of the great posters for the Armadillo World Headquarters and other venues.
Broadcaster
His Austin Arts BBS begin broadcasting pre-recorded information for members of the screenprinting community and artists from a Bulletin Board System in Austin, Texas. The BBS, originally created in 1983 by Hood, was the first online screenprinting community. Hood created the first internet radio station for the screenprinting industry with Screenprinters Radio which featured interviews, stories, tips and tricks as well as music. The BBS was moved to the Internet in 1993 and renamed Solutions Journal, which as of 2007 is still in existence as the oldest screenprinting community with well over 500 subscribers worldwide.
