by Paul on Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 | 
1 Comment | Tags: book cover, design, film, illustration, inception, retro, vector
Inspired by my recent post regarding a series of book covers based on famous films, I decided to jump in and give it a go myself.
Since I’m still reeling from the excitement of ‘Inception’ I decided this would be the subject matter for my designs. And since I’m fond of the classic Penguin Books style of books covers, this was my theme. Sorted. Read the rest of this entry »
by Paul on Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 | 1 Comment | Tags: design, film, flickr, illustration, redesign, retro
I’ll admit, I’m a little slow posting these (over a year too slow it would seem) but great designs are great designs, regardless of age, so I’m bringing them to light again.
Flickr user spacesick has created a number of quaint, retro-inspired book covers based on several famous films. The “I can read movies” flickr set features novelizations of Ghostbusters, Back to the Future and Batman Returns to name but a few, all of which use simplistic, recognisable elements from the films in question to illustrate the cover. Read the rest of this entry »
by Paul on Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 | 2 Comments | Tags: free, photoshop, photoshop brushes, pin up girls, retro
45 FREE Photoshop Brushes of classic retro pin up girls. Read the rest of this entry »
by Paul on Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 | 1 Comment | Tags: free, photoshop, photoshop brushes, pin up girls, retro
This set features 41 raunchy pin up girl images created by the legendary ‘girly picture’ artist Alberto Vargas. Read the rest of this entry »
by Paul on Sunday, February 28th, 2010 | No Comments | Tags: artists you should know about, collections, grunge, retro, traditional art
Saul was a prolific graphic artists and film maker who was well known for his many collaborations with film directors, including Alfred Hitchcock and Martin Scorcese, often designing both the title sequences and the advertising posters for films such as ‘The Man With the Golden Arm’, ‘Psycho’ and ‘Anatomy of a Murder’.
by Paul on Sunday, February 21st, 2010 | No Comments | Tags: artists you should know about, collections, grunge, retro, traditional art
Martin O’Neill is a UK-based graphic designer and illustrator who creates deliciously grungy, mashed-up artwork using the old school traditional method of ’scissors and glue’ to splice retro and classic images from film, TV and various publications to into something fresh and new. He also makes use of photocopying, silk-screening, photography, paint and transfers to create his fabulous work.
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