10 high resolution decorative paper textures with unique elements taken from a large collection of genuine vintage papers. Perfect for adding a touch of classic character to your own designs.
Each paper (non-tileable) is provided as a jpg saved in the highest quality and average 3000 x 4600 pixels in size.
Available in the Creative Market for only $5
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The Gordano Home Front are a group of history enthusiasts based in Portishead, near Bristol who recently approached me to design a war-time inspired logo / emblem for their upcoming website and promotional material. Taking visual cues from world-war two propaganda posters such as those produced my the WPA in the 1930s and 1940s, I ...
Save $5 on the individual purchase price with the Epic Art Deco Bundle! Containing all three art deco vector image collections including the best-selling Background and Frames, Seamless Patterns and stylish Badges you’ll never need for 1920s deco glamour again. Package Includes: 1. Art Deco Backgrounds and Frames Six background designs Two Bits and Pieces ...
Star Wars Storyboards prove the prequel trilogy wasn’t all bad. In fact they contained some great ideas and no matter what your opinion might be regarding the Star Wars prequel trilogy, (and i’ve recently re-watched The Phantom Menace and it’s even worse than I thought) this new book by J.W. Rinzler containing the complete storyboards is a fascinating look ...
Gain a helping hand with these downloadable vectors. A set of four hand-drawn and converted vector illustrations of Hands! Each shown in an unique pose, included as editable vectors and high resolution jpgs. They are also included in colour and black and white versions, plus, as a FREE bonus you’ll find a pair a green ...
New collection of Norman Rockwell paintings offers some good, old-fashioned entertainment for Father’s Day. It’s always been a pleasure to take time-out and casually browse through the work of one of my favourite artists, the outstanding Norman Rockwell, and this Father’s Day inspired collection from Abrams Books is no exception. Norman Rockwell’s Treasury for Fathers proves ...
Re-released this month from TASCHEN is Robert Nippoldt and Hans-Jürgen Schaal’s hardback collection of biographies, facts and anecdotes from the earlest days of the Jazz revolution, Jazz: New York in the Roaring Twenties. Told through a series of portraits by Nippoldt (drawn in a similar style to R. Crumb’s Heroes of Blues, Jazz and Country and William Stout’s ...
This collection of 50 genuine vintage banners, frames and decorative flourishes represents the perfect antique toolbox for creating authentic, antique style posters. Sourced from a collection of reclaimed, century old letters and documents, these elements have been individually scanned at 1200 dpi to create clean, black and white bitmap tiff files; usable in Photoshop as ...
A collection of ten genuine antique paper textures complete with rough and torn edges. Perfect for adding a touch of authenticity to your vintage themed designs. Each are provided as high resolution (300dpi) jpgs with the average size measuring at around 4400 x 6300 pixels. Available to buy and download instantly for only $5 via the Creative Market. ...
There are several books written on the subject of fashion illustration with many unfortunately proving to be little more than filler or catalogues of aspiring artists, but there are two in particular that stand out for me as recommended titles. The first being David Downton’s Masters of Fashion Illustration and the second, Cally Blackman’s 100 Years of ...
Rudolph Belarski (1900-1983) was an American paperback cover artist whose action-packed or pin-up laden paintings sold countless books and magazines during the 1930s and 1960s. While predominantly of pulp fiction, detective or war stories in subject matter, he is also well-known for a series of paintings dedicated to the hospitalised servicemen in London and New ...
A collection of 10 leather and leather effect textures to use as backgrounds or parts of your own designs. All are is provided as high resolution (300dpi, non-tileable) jpgs, saved in the highest quality and average 3000 x 4600 pixels in size. Available to buy and download instantly for only $5 via the Creative Market. Creative Market is a ...
Character designers, animators and illustrators throughout the ages have all shared the wisdom of one simple truth; that adding an eye-patch to a character provides an instant coolness upgrade. From ‘the man in the Hathaway shirt’ to countless cowboys and Kurt Russell’s portrayal of Snake Plisskin, the eye-patch fits the bill whether you’re looking to ...
Included in this pack (acting as a perfect partner to the Art Deco Backgrounds and Frames) are 5 Art Deco seamless patterns provided as vector swatches enabling you to create background patterns repeatable to any size. Also included are each pattern displayed at A3 page size in vector eps and high-resolution jpg format. The vector ...
First released in hardback last year, Naughty and Nice: The Good Girl Art of Bruce Timm was so popular that it quickly became hard to find a copy without spending upwards of £100. Thankfully, publishers Flesk now offer a more accessible paperback edition subtitled, The Big Pocket Edition. Although not much smaller in physical size ...
Great Gatsby inspired Vector Illustrations Available to Download. Add a touch of Gatsby glamour to your work with this collection of 6 Art Deco inspired backgrounds and frames. Every party occasion is covered in style with elegant designs supplied as vector and high-resolution jpg files. Added to which you’ll also receive a set of individual ...
In 2006 the ever popular comic book artist Robert Crumb introduced us via a book of portraits, profiles and accompanying music to his Heroes of Blues, Jazz and Country. Following the same format, it’s now William Stout’s turn to present his Legends of the Blues. Again, another legendary comic book artist, Bill Stout is also ...
A collection of 10 high resolution textures to add an extra touch of character to your own designs. This pack includes; Sponge, Pine Wood, Cork, Snake Skin, Red Wood, Linen, Old Paper, Hessian, Leather and tiki textures. Each texture (non-tileable) is provided as a jpg saved in the highest quality and average 3000 x 4600 pixels ...
A set of 10 high resolution notebook covers with a vintage, grungy twist. Perfect for adding a touch of character to your own designs. Each image (non-tileable) is provided as a 300 dpi jpg saved in the highest quality and average 3000 x 4600 pixels in size. Available to buy and download instantly for only $5 via the Creative ...
A set of 10 high resolution paper textures with unique decorative elements taken from a large collection of genine vintage papers. Perfect for adding a touch of classic character to your own designs. Each paper (non-tileable) is provided as a 300dpi jpg saved in the highest quality and average 3000 x 4600 pixels in size. Available ...
It’s something of a coincidence that just a few days before receiving a copy of World Tour from Abrams Books, i’d sat down to watch the classic 1932 film Grand Hotel. A film that couldn’t match this book more perfectly, telling the story of the comings and goings inside this truly grand hotel. Starring Greta Garbo and ...
Credited as inspiration behind my own fashion portraits, René Gruau (4 February 1909 – 31 March 2004) was an Italian fashion illustrator who’s stylised and elegant work for high-profile clients such as Christian Dior, Vogue, Schiaparelli and Givenchy became synonymous with fashion illustration and has continued to inspire generations after him – perhaps none more so than in the ...
This week sees the release of the next in Titan Books series of Andrew Loomis reprints, Fun with a Pencil. Actually dating as the first of the Loomis instructional art books (going all the way back to 1939) it inevitably shares some of its content with his later releases, but where Figure Drawing for all ...
Audrey Hepburn and Marylyn Monroe star in this new collection of fashion illustrations. In a departure from my usual illustration style i’ve recently developed these 12 portraits celebrating some of history’s classic female icons. Ranging from the television comedian Lucille Ball (I Love Lucy) to Hollywood Goddesses such as Ava Gardner, Marilyn Monroe and Greta ...
With the anticipated release of the new Superman movie, DC’s status as a leader in the comic book industry remains as strong as ever, with its success only really comparable to that of Marvel. It’s testament to the power and longevity of their characters that the very same Man of Steel started it all with ...
With the sun beginning to tease with ideas of long days spent at the beach and hanging out at that unrealistically cool and imaginary surf shack, my artistic cravings start to lean towards the work of legendary surf artist Jim Phillips. No other artist captures the feeling of easy-going summers better, with his eye grabbing ...
I was thrilled to have been invited to contribute to the Mail Me Art project for 2013 and after much procrastinating popped my C5 effort in the post yesterday. I eventually decided on a fashion portrait inked on parcel paper with black and yellow acrylics with white gouache for the hair. A very loose, sketchy ...
With Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer Artist’s Edition, IDW introduced it’s range of high-end books for the comic collector, featuring reproductions of raw artwork from some of the worlds most renowned comic book artists. So acclaimed (and limited) was this first edition of Stevens’ beloved creation that it sold-out within days, leaving die-hard fans (like myself) ...
Swissted is the brain-child of Graphic Designer Mike Joyce, combining a love of punk rock, indie and grunge gig posters with his own Swiss inspired modernist aesthetic. Featuring great bands such as Alice in Chains, Jane’s Addiction, Beastie Boys and The Cramps, the result is an unlikely pairing of seemingly un-related pop-cultures, collected in a new release ...
During the 1960s and 70s, a time of ever-increasingly functional highrise buildings, existed Archigram, an avant-garde architectural group who’s principal members Peter Cook, Warren Chalk, Ron Herron, Dennis Crompton, Michael Webb and David Greene undertook experimental projects in response to the changing world around them. This was also a time of the moon landing, rapidly evolving technologies and materials, and the influx of ...
During the reading of The Art and Making of Peanuts Animation I found myself watching all of the classic 1960′s TV Specials and subsequently listening to the excellent Vince Guaraldi soundtrack which has been pretty much playing on repeat ever since, so infectious are the characters and stories created by Charles Schultz and brought to ...
Robert McGinnis (1926) is an American illustrator best known for his paperback book covers for crime and romance stories written by authors such as Donald Westlake (aka Richard Stark of the excellent Parker books) and the Carter Brown Series. He’s estimated to have illustrated over an amazing 1200 covers and is still working today on ...
Creating the Filmation Generation tells the story of the famous animation studio that coloured the airwaves of the 1980s with its classic Saturday morning cartoons such as Batman, Star Trek, Archie, Flash Gordon and my personal childhood favourite He-Man and the Masters of the Universe! Told by its co-creator Lou Scheimer, the book covers in detail the ...
The 1980s was a fertile time for fantasy movies, delivering classics such as The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, Willow and Ridley Scott’s excellent Legend in 1985. A film with a much darker edge than your average family fare thanks to Ridley Scott‘s gothic fairy-tale visuals, superb character design (and performance from Tim Curry as The Lord ...
Robert Maguire (Aug 3rd 1921 – Feb 26th 2005) was an American illustrator synonymous with the world of pulp fiction producing over 600 covers for paperbacks and magazines during a prolific career spanning the 1950s – 1980s. Only a few of his contemporaries (artist’s such as Charles Copeland and Rudy Nappi) could match his ability ...
In the mood for some trashy pulp pop? Try The Midnight Caller. In a new piece for my portfolio, i’m entering the world of pulp fiction with a cover illustration for The Midnight Caller. A story in the tradition of the classic pulp paperbacks of the 1940s and 50s, full of sex, murder, intrigue and now sporting ...
If I may, i’d like to introduce you all to Ernest, my humble pet, studio regular and now star of his own cartoon in what i’m calling Tales of Ernest – The Troublesome Spaniel. A particularly naughty and greedy English Springer Spaniel, this first drawing describes what became a regular occurrence over the holidays, in which our muffin thief of ...
Publisher Manuel Auad and art historian David Apatoff deliver the first major retrospective on the life and career of Albert Dorne, one of the most prominent figures of American illustration in, Albert Dorne Master Illustrator. Aside from his incredibly popular and accomplished work that graced magazines and billboards of the 1940s and 50s, Albert Dorne is ...
David Downton (1959) is arguably the most popular and recognised fashion illustrator working today with work appearing regularly in magazines such as Vogue and Harpers Bazaar. He also works extensively with commercial clients including Chanel, Dior, Tiffany’s, Harrods, Topshop and Bloomingdales. His deceptively effortless and beautifully stylised fashion portraits featuring (among many others) models Catherine Deneuve, Carmen ...
In Awakening: The Art of Halo 4, games journalist Paul Davies takes the reader through the creation of the latest instalment of one of the most popular video-game series of all-time, and one that established Microsoft’s Xbox in 2001 as a major force in the video games industry. It’s fair to say that this book’s near 200 ...
