Warning: fopen(/home/illustra/public_html/wp/wp-content/cache/) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Is a directory in /home/illustra/public_html/wp/wp-content/plugins/wp-cache/wp-cache-phase2.php on line 96
New Book: Ad Boy-Vintage Advertising With Characters

New Book: Ad Boy-Vintage Advertising With Characters

Update: CONTEST CLOSED
The winners were select using http://www.random.org/

Dave , Mike and Craig each won a book

Thanks everyone for your awesome comments!

I am giving away 3 copies of this book.
To enter, leave a comment below about why you like retro characters/illustration.
and when this book is available I will randomly select 3 people  and send them a copy.
Note: one entry/comment per person … multiple entries will be deleted.

 

11

Ad Boy: Vintage Advertising with Characters
By Warren Dotz and Masud Husain

Ad Boy: Vintage Advertising With Characters  is a new book by the authors of  Meet Mr. Product.  In this book you will find characters created for print, advertising and television from the post war era. Most illustrators have a special place in their heart for these retro illustrations … just look at this weeks poll.

2

 

3

You will definitely dig this book if you love modern illustrators such as:

TIM BISKUP at: Profile / Website

MATTE STEPHENS at: Profile / Spotlight / Website / RSS / Facebook / Flickr

EDWIN FOTHERINGHAM at: Profile / Spotlight / Website

CHIP WASS at: Profile / Website

DEREK at: Profile / Website

View more images/explanations from the book  on their blog.

You can purchase the book here.

See more of Mundos Retro and 50′s style illustrators.

View more retro illustration on Flickr.

blog comments powered by Disqus
  • Recent Posts

  • Recent Comments

  • Tags

    1950s 1960s Animation ART audio interview Bjorn Rune Lie BRECHT EVENS Carolyn Gavin cohen Collage Dante Terzigni drawing efii escape from illustration island female illustrators fernanda Gilbert Ford ILLUSTRATION illustration history interview Israel Sanchez JAMES YANG KAREN BARBOUR lecture Leif Peng Matte Stephens matthew scott MATT W. MOORE mid-century illustration MIKE BERTINO mural Nate Williams new york Olaf Hajek Painting Podcast Retro seb lester Silkscreen society style TOMER HANUKA Type Typography Véronique Meignaud