Moore attended
graphic design classes at
Maidstone College of Art and was accepted by the
Royal College of Art with a focus on illustration from 1969 to 1972. In the 1970s he also created a number of album covers, for recording artists including
Rod Stewart (
The Vintage Years), the group
Magnum,
Journey,
Fleetwood Mac (
Penguin),
The Allman Brothers Band,
Lindisfarne (
Magic in the Air and
The News),
Status Quo (''
Just Supposin', 12 Gold Bars and Never Too Late), and Pentangle (Pentangling''). Moore's
interplanetary spaceflight images were used to illustrate books by
Philip K. Dick, including
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? which was used as the foundation for the 1982 film
Blade Runner. Moore was known for his
airbrushed style and his artwork was used for books by science fiction authors
Isaac Asimov,
Ursula K. Le Guin,
H.G. Wells, and
Alastair Reynolds. His design was sold as
wallpaper merchandise for the 1980 film
The Empire Strikes Back. Non science fiction authors whose work he provided covers for include
Jeffrey Archer,
Frederick Forsyth,
Jackie Collins, Claire Francis,
Jerzy Kosiński,
Stephen Leather,
Wilbur Smith, Terence Strong,
Joseph Heller, and
Colin Forbes. Moore died on 7 February 2025, at the age of 77. == Collections ==