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Beautiful Modern Vintage Illustrations by Tom Whalen
July 07, 2009
One illustration style that has been seen a lot lately is the sweet Modern Vintage illustration. Mixing vintage poster elements with modern techniques, you get a beautiful result: a modern, stylish illustration that reminds us a lot of those 20's and 30's posters.
I think one of the first times I saw a modern vintage illustration was during the screening of The Incredibles. We've also seen these in Wall-E posters and much more. Two days ago, I found this guy, Tom Whalen, a professional in this style. He's got a lot of these illustrations, and here's a few of them. For more, you need to visit his DeviantART profile profile, which rocks. I hope you enjoy these! Cheers. ;)
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Amazing stuff from Tom; great details and some awesome inspirational images.
I wonder why all the faces are constantly facing towards the left?
really inspirational stuff....
very nice work :)
Lovely Stuf.. He's really great !
rofl @ above comment
"I wonder why all the faces are constantly facing towards the left?"
love it.
uses of simple shapes and lines to create strong surface features
i see optimus prime!!!!!
o:o cool!!
These posters/illustrations absolutely ROCK! I love the style. My favorites are the Batman image and the Star Wars posters (yay for nothing about the Episodes 1-3...)
Wow, that is WAY cool. Awesome illustrations!
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Love the incorporation of the SilverHawks.
Had a long discussion with a friend one time, since they never remembered them.
Good work!
Totally awesome work! You are exceedingly stylish.
And just to be a nerd for one second... the cowboy from Silverhawks didn't fly with wings. He had a spaceship and a magic guitar...
Love them all!
@ODMG, @Enk. - interesting observation ;)
just looks like the esurance commercials online. dunno if id call it inspirational or whatever. still pretty cool
Great stuff!
This is great stuff. Dugg.
@Enk. - My guess is he's right handed
Omg... all this is freakin awesome!
Army of Darkness is so wicked! WOW!
Wow these are really ingenious!
Pretty Sweet but just one question why is everyone of these looking to the left ?
Good stuff - but one thing that hit me hard the entire time. Short of a couple faces, every shot is facing left.
Different layout other than text upper left,people lower right might be a something he may want to try. Otherwise pretty cool.
The Star Wars compositions are incredible. The best IMO
This is a great collection of artwork. I love the simplicity and the angularity of the lines. Definitely inspired by constructivism and some polish poster artwork.
The subject of the work is everything I love! I'm totally inspired!
Wow, All of them looks awesome, especially the Star Wars ones.
I was in Brooklyn this past weekend and visited the studio of Grady McFerrin - a great designer and illustrator behind this awesome Driveway Moments diorama for an NPR calendar. Heres a peacock diorama too and a bear one and a bird one. Heres a quick snap I made of the original Driveway diorama with
These are great, have these ever been used in commercial activities? Like dvd covers, movie posters, comic covers.
Wow - someone loves their comic heroes! Beautiful work, though.
I absolutely love this modern vintage art! This is an awesome style. I'm sure that I will eventually (re)blog about these posters. Thanks!
A really great artist with a very own special style!
Beautiful! Awsome looking posters.
These are great! I'm inspired to do a few illustrations now... Thanks! :)
Please you do one with Wolverine or the X-men
Hey, this is cool. Nice way to bring back the 20s and 30s with a touch of modern illustration techniques. I really find this intriguing, especially the Dracula poster..I am really inspired after seeing this and cannot wait dabble with this idea of bringing back the old in a new bottle.. Thanks for sharing this and keep up the great work..
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