Inspiration: Illustration Master Robert McGinnis

by paulo | Jul 03, 2008

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For the last few weeks came to my knowlegde an artist that gotta be the Jedi of Illustrators. His name is Robert McGinnis, and you might know him by his 007 vintage posters.

Today, I'm gonna pay a little tribute to this man, who made superb illustrations to book covers, paperbacks, posters and etc. He portraits women like no one, and his designs are really sexy, no wonder he was the man to picture 007 posters for so long. Well, just enjoy these eyecandies. ;)

Some sources besides Flickr: American Art Archives, Stainless Steel Droppings, The Pinguin Blog.

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Hello, everyone! I'm Paulo Gabriel, a 24 years old designer from Porto Alegre, Brazil. I work as a webdesigner since 2006, but websites and blogs have been a hobbie for me since 1999. Here in Abduzeedo, I try to bring only the hot stuff for you... and hope that all of you enjoy my posts! You may also follow me on Twitter.

Marta 07/03/2008

Great post Paulo! You're absolutely right, this man portraits women like no one. They're all stunning, but this illustration in particular is absolutely gorgeous if you ask me: http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/7346/mcginnis12lz1.jpg

ardhian.satrya 07/04/2008

Whooaaaa! Awesome! He's the master indeed, I think 007 also agreed with that :p
Thanks for the post Paulo!

AfroGato 07/04/2008

I have been trying to find more of his work for a long time, thanks Paulo!

portfolio
http://snackt.deviantart.com/gallery

Vasmaxdu 07/04/2008

Thanks for letting us see all of those covers! If you love the golden age of illustration, you will certainly like Illustration magazine, now on its 22nd issue. The home page shows a special reprint of issue 1. I hope that you like it as much as I do! Great art should be shared! Go to this site to see images like you have posted above:
www.illustration-magazine.com