Retro art

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Retro artwork with the title 'THE HUMAN SPACE'

THE HUMAN SPACE

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Retro artwork with the title 'Illustration of a stately 19th century gentleman on a bicycle'

Illustration of a stately 19th century gentleman on a bicycle

The goal was to create an illustration of 19th century gentleman wearing a hat and on an old style bike.

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Retro artwork with the title 'Funky 70s poster'

Funky 70s poster

Poster inspired by 70s show and concert for a 70s inspired living room.

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Retro artwork with the title 'Vintage Water ski'

Vintage Water ski

i'm a specialist digital painting illustration. please send me a PM and we can discuss further about your design needs through 1 to 1 project. Please come get the valuable price and quick response.

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Retro artwork with the title 'Sexy icon design for a Winery Label'

Sexy icon design for a Winery Label

"Design a fun and sexy woman icon for JO MAMMA'S Winery Label." I went for vintage label style, with a sexy and retro pinup illustration. (The final design for the contest holder has been slightly reworked after the contest through the files-handover step.)

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Retro artwork with the title 'Draw Antique Style Label'

Draw Antique Style Label

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Retro artwork with the title 'Vintage MAGIC POSTER- Magician tries to sell weed to cops'

Vintage MAGIC POSTER- Magician tries to sell weed to cops

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Retro artwork with the title 'Dog illustration (biker and hippie)'

Dog illustration (biker and hippie)

Anthropomorphic style illustration that represents two dogs and their very different personalities.

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Retro artwork with the title 'Fruitguys 1930's '

Fruitguys 1930's

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Retro artwork with the title '1930's style posters'

1930's style posters

i'm a specialist illustration and book cover. please feel free to contact me and we can discuss further for your illustration design needs.

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Retro artwork with the title 'Album Cover'

Album Cover

Valid Point album cover - "Rose".

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Retro artwork with the title 'Commaander Shepard Retro Futuristic Illustration'

Commaander Shepard Retro Futuristic Illustration

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Retro artwork with the title 'Coastal Illustration for Calcutta Fishing '

Coastal Illustration for Calcutta Fishing

Retro and vintage style t-shirt design that I did for coastal gear calcutta outdoors.

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Retro artwork with the title 'Retro 80's typography'

Retro 80's typography

Merchandise for podcast

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Retro artwork with the title 'MG wedding illustration'

MG wedding illustration

Hand drawn vintage style illustration for wedding invitations

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Retro artwork with the title 'Historical Axe Poster Design for Warwood Tool'

Historical Axe Poster Design for Warwood Tool

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Retro artwork with the title 'Vintage 'The Perfect Axe' Poster Design'

Vintage 'The Perfect Axe' Poster Design

The goal was to make a vintage 'Poster' look, and because I really like history and historical objects/tools, it was really a pleasure to read all the informations how the tool was used during collected the informations before start to draw. Based on these a picture came to my mind with a log house in a forest, where the american pioneers lived and cut out trees to build their own houses. The reason I used brown shades is, the design can reflects the feeling of the old sepia photos from that time, and gives back the warmth of the wood. The head of the axe came out from the design, because I used here a lighter and colder grey tone, reflecting that the steel is stronger than the wood. The rising sun is a symbol here of the returning iconic handtool which is The Perfect Axe.

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Retro artwork with the title 'Valid Point'

Valid Point

Cover for a single called "GAS" by Valid Point.

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Retro artwork with the title 'Miami'

Miami

Miami is not just a city, it's a feeling!

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Retro artwork with the title 'Hand painted banana mascot'

Hand painted banana mascot

The brief requested an image reminiscent of shock cartoon close-ups, like in Ren and Stimpy or Spongebob. The brief also mentioned Dr Seuss style illustration. So I married the two into this illustration. Painted using Photoshop, Clip Studio Paint, and Paint Tool SAI.

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Retro artwork with the title 'Pixel Art Poster'

Pixel Art Poster

Pixel art poster for a present.

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Retro artwork with the title 'Mcneese University x Crust Pizza - Pattern Illustration'

Mcneese University x Crust Pizza - Pattern Illustration

Pattern illustration for a cup design, created in collaboration between @mcneese and @crustpizzaco. Enjoy!

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Retro artwork with the title 'Typographic Illustration'

Typographic Illustration

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Retro artwork with the title 'Outdoor Dream '

Outdoor Dream

Outdoor Dream

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Retro artwork with the title '8bit beer label-brewcade'

8bit beer label-brewcade

label illustration made for 8bit brewing company

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Retro artwork with the title 'Meditation'

Meditation

Space Meditation

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Retro artwork with the title 'Poster design'

Poster design

Retro poster design

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Retro artwork with the title 'I am on another level'

I am on another level

t-shirt illustration with game retro idea

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Retro artwork with the title 'Colorado Aviation'

Colorado Aviation

Colorado Aviation

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Retro artwork with the title 'Illustration for adds and social media'

Illustration for adds and social media

Illustration for luxury med spa

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Retro artwork with the title 'Rap Album Cover with 80´s vibe'

Rap Album Cover with 80´s vibe

Cover Album Retro LimeTime

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Retro artwork with the title 'hot toddy tshirt'

hot toddy tshirt

pinup inspired illustration

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Retro artwork with the title 'Walking on Sunshine iconic song '

Walking on Sunshine iconic song

99designs held a contest and let designers and artist reimagine iconic song titles into artwork in certain styles provided. My idea of a retro cartoon style sun character would carry the metaphor of the song title and the lyrics it self. Minimal coloring and some texture will bring back oldies memory and grab viewer attention to the artwork.

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Retro artwork with the title 'Vintage Motorcycle Ad. design for Roller Bear Race Starters'

Vintage Motorcycle Ad. design for Roller Bear Race Starters

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Retro artwork with the title 'Hey! Let's talk wellbeing 👩‍🎨'

Hey! Let's talk wellbeing 👩‍🎨

Project: Illustrations to announce a workshop for the designer community Year: 2022 Yay! Starting in July, 99designs offering our designer community mental health and wellness workshops run by Hey Mate. The workshops are to be helpful, offering advice and tools they can take away and use daily, as well as an opportunity to interact and share experiences in a safe space. Was needed a cool bright colorful design, something designers wouldn't want to miss and looks so awesome they feel compelled to register. The main point of the illustrations you have to love and care about your mental health to let yourself create and do amazing work.

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Retro artwork with the title '2 dollar bill proposal illustration'

2 dollar bill proposal illustration

Client wanted a new two dollar bill with Rosa Parks, liberty statue and the Museum building as illustrations. Full blown vintage engraving artwork.

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Retro artwork with the title 'Scübert Dübert and the AlleBeats'

Scübert Dübert and the AlleBeats

Design for the Scübert Dübert and the AlleBeats bands.

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Retro artwork with the title 'retro 50's mom'

retro 50's mom

Illustration for "retro 50's mom"

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Retro artwork with the title 'TRES BANDITAS, for SKYVIEW LOS ALAMOS'

TRES BANDITAS, for SKYVIEW LOS ALAMOS

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Retro artwork with the title 'Living The Hazy Life Design for shirt'

Living The Hazy Life Design for shirt

Living The Hazy Life Design for shirt

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Retro artwork with the title 'Vintage brain diagram poster'

Vintage brain diagram poster

3x views of the brain for an anatomy poster. Vintage style. Not super detailed, more of a basic overview.

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Retro artwork with the title 'Together we thrive⚡️'

Together we thrive⚡️

Project: Digital Poster Illustration for an event Year: 2022 Poster design with psychedelic-retro vibes and illustration, which shows togetherness, community, nature, and mindfulness. Awesome project!

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Retro artwork with the title 'Dancing diva'

Dancing diva

Personal artwork. '80s dancing diva

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Retro artwork with the title 'Eroica'

Eroica

Poster

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RAW LINE STYLE ILLUSTRATION SKATEBOARD for Kids Brand.

Hand Drawn all font and object.

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Retro artwork with the title 'Bold Illustration for Hand Quilted Blankets'

Bold Illustration for Hand Quilted Blankets

Manual Hand Drawn

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Retro artwork with the title 'Steampunk Brewery'

Steampunk Brewery

Preliminary sketch.

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Retro artwork with the title 'Retro Game Inspired illustration'

Retro Game Inspired illustration

Retro Game Inspired illustration for FingerCramp.com

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Retro artwork with the title 'Vintage Inspired Floral Pattern for a Tin Recipe Box'

Vintage Inspired Floral Pattern for a Tin Recipe Box

Inspired with wildflower illustrations this pattern is supposed to lift the Recipe Box and make the product aesthetically beautiful, delightful, and pleasant to look at so it can be a perfect gift and item standing in the kitchen on its own.

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Retro artwork with the title 'tipsy tarts t-shirt design'

tipsy tarts t-shirt design

a pinup inspired character illustration

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Retro artwork with the title 'Buffalo Trail'

Buffalo Trail

Illustration for HARBINGER Pale Ale.

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Retro artwork with the title 'Energy Powder for Gen Z'

Energy Powder for Gen Z

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Retro artwork with the title 'Portrait of Kumaoni woman'

Portrait of Kumaoni woman

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Retro artwork with the title 'Vintage Summer Camp Flyer'

Vintage Summer Camp Flyer

Hand-drawn fun illustration, 70's groovy vibe.

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Retro artwork with the title 'poster design'

poster design

retro poster

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Retro artwork with the title 'Illustration of retro postcard for a zippered pouch'

Illustration of retro postcard for a zippered pouch

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Retro artwork with the title 'Hot and fresh street pizza!'

Hot and fresh street pizza!

Another amazing design inspired by retro pizza logos! A t-shirt design for mobile pizza popup. We created a character based on the owner's photo and completed the illustration with bold, retro, outstanding typography. This project was so much fun! I hope this design will be a delicious part of a pizza pop-up 🍕

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Retro artwork with the title 'I'm just here for the dumplings - Illustration for FUNCLUB'

I'm just here for the dumplings - Illustration for FUNCLUB

another lovely project done for FUNCLUB. Cute dumpling design to use on t-shirts, stickers, tote bags pins and more...

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Retro artwork with the title 'Retro zoom background'

Retro zoom background

Warm color and tropical vibe to lift up WFH mood

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Retro artwork with the title 'Island luxury coach'

Island luxury coach

Chinook helicopter based touring coach

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Retro artwork with the title 'Vintage style illustrations for a website'

Vintage style illustrations for a website

Vintage style illustration in digital etching/crosshatch technique for a website.

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Retro artwork with the title 'Extreme sport inspired'

Extreme sport inspired

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Retro artwork with the title 'Retro Gouache advertising for wine'

Retro Gouache advertising for wine

Gouache painting evoking the 40's - 50's style of advertising illustration. Wanted to keep the painting interesting by leaving a fair amount of brushwork visible and evident.

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Abstract Psychedelic logo variation for Big Machine Production

Fluid abstract psychedelic

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Retro artwork with the title 'Mondays, am I right?'

Mondays, am I right?

Illustration imitating the style of the 80s. A carpenter near his boombox pickup truck.

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Retro artwork with the title 'staying Lucky is Hard Work'

staying Lucky is Hard Work

Practice!

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Retro artwork with the title 'B.A. Baracus NFT'

B.A. Baracus NFT

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Retro artwork with the title 'Fun retro mascot merch design'

Fun retro mascot merch design

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Retro artwork with the title 'Modbar Generation'

Modbar Generation

Proposals made on the basis of an original illustration of the photograph, made with the style of the 70's also worked with this style the typography and colors, achieving that look of the seventy or sixty that is requested, worked proposals with both texts [Generation, Messner & Bonatti,] Striking design, colorful, and easy to apply on any product, [mugs, key chains, flannels, postcards, etc].

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Retro artwork with the title 'Propaganda-Style Cover Art for a Podcast'

Propaganda-Style Cover Art for a Podcast

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Retro artwork with the title 'Retro Tech Elements Design'

Retro Tech Elements Design

1-on-1 project

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Retro artwork with the title 'Realistic illustration'

Realistic illustration

The client requested a large size illustration based on a small and highly pixelated photo. For someone who loves vintage photography and illustration this was a dream job <3

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Retro artwork with the title 'Digital portrait of entrepreneurs'

Digital portrait of entrepreneurs

The client wanted several digital portraits of modern entrepreneurs, with their faces (plus matching hair variants) drawn as vintage paintings. Paintings of entrepreneurs from centuries past were matched up with the modern photos and redrawn entirely in Photoshop, rough oil paint style.

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Retro artwork with the title 'Retro poster for Husmoderen.dk '

Retro poster for Husmoderen.dk

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Retro artwork with the title 'SoonLabs'

SoonLabs

SoonLabs twitter banner. Battle against fee. Retro cartoon space war. https://twitter.com/soon_labs https://soonaverse.com

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Retro artwork with the title 'TV dinner illustration'

TV dinner illustration

Food container label illustration for ranchlb.com

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Retro artwork with the title 'Rodeo Red's Coffe Co.'

Rodeo Red's Coffe Co.

Design for Rodeo Red's Coffe Co.

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Retro artwork with the title 'hand drawn products, pattern form.'

hand drawn products, pattern form.

Manual hand drawn-like sketches of Redtree Albums products in a pattern form.

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Retro artwork with the title 'Elvis Presley portrait'

Elvis Presley portrait

Elvis Presley portrait with Miami sunset in background

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Retro artwork with the title 'Making a modern photo appear vintage'

Making a modern photo appear vintage

The client had a modern color photo with him in vintage golfing clothes. He wanted the photo to look like a hand-colorized vintage photo, in keeping with the vintage clothing and golfing gear. I desaturated the image, blurred the background and some of the foreground to match how vintage lenses worked, and digitally painted areas to match similar photos from the era he wanted.

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Retro artwork with the title 'Retro Stickers for Photo Collage App'

Retro Stickers for Photo Collage App

The idea is to make these vintage sticker set look aspirational enough for this photo collage app's target audience, which is aimed towards japanese girls/women (mainly in their 20’s). I used watercolor looks combined with 50's/60's American magazine colors palette. I enjoyed very much working on these stickers, and I personally love the result!

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Retro artwork with the title 'Programmer interview'

Programmer interview

Client want minimalist abstract illustration to represent programmer interview situation

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Retro artwork with the title 'Heat Lassitude Album Cover'

Heat Lassitude Album Cover

"The Unread Text" band's new album cover.

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Retro artwork with the title 'Modbar Generation'

Modbar Generation

Proposals made on the basis of an original illustration of the photograph, made with the style of the 70's also worked with this style the typography and colors, achieving that look of the seventy or sixty that is requested, worked proposals with both texts [Generation, Messner & Bonatti,] Striking design, colorful, and easy to apply on any product, [mugs, key chains, flannels, postcards, etc].

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Retro artwork with the title '"Lead Decay" article artwork'

"Lead Decay" article artwork

Visible metaphor for an invisible problem, with a hint of retro.

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Retro artwork with the title 'Vintage Playing Card Design'

Vintage Playing Card Design

Vintage Playing Card Design

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Retro artwork with the title 'Big band album cover'

Big band album cover

Unusual and fun retro/vintage illustration done for a great client and a talented musician, and his band. I used my own fun interpretation to represent the concept of "high score" which is their next album, which needed to be done around the picture of the client.

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Retro artwork with the title '"The Mawson" - "Antarctic Ale" vintage style beer label design'

"The Mawson" - "Antarctic Ale" vintage style beer label design

This is a high alcohol beer that was sent on expeditions to the Antarctica in the 1800’s. It is named after Australian geologist Douglas Mawson who led a team of scientists to Antarctica in 1911. The label itself is similar to that of vintage medicine bottles, miracle elixirs, and has floral and ornate elements from old documents from the 1800’s. Even though the label will be brand new it should look aged and weathered.

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Retro artwork with the title 'Shooting Trouble - retrò coverbook'

Shooting Trouble - retrò coverbook

illustration - concept art

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Retro artwork with the title '1 to 1 project'

1 to 1 project

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Retro artwork with the title 'The Streets'

The Streets

Steampunk illustration for a board game.

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Retro artwork with the title 'Illustration for antique shop.'

Illustration for antique shop.

Illustration for an antique shop inspired by Fruit Loop Toucan from old-school ads from the 1960s. Always love cool and fun work with previous clients especially if you have great communication and understanding with them. If you like our style feel free to fly us a message, always looking for a new experience.

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Retro artwork with the title 'Vintage automotive poster '

Vintage automotive poster

The poster for Petersen Automotive Museum one of the largest automotive museum's in the world, housing more than 400 vehicles from all eras. This design is made for an upcoming exhibition on Race cars built in Los Angeles. Car on this design is 1965 Shelby Cobra

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Retro artwork with the title 'T-shirt illustration for a vintage antique Store.'

T-shirt illustration for a vintage antique Store.

A funky illustration for a small roadside Antique/Vintage Store, Berry & Flower "Farmette" & Fruit Stand, and a Soda Fountain where we make our own ice cream & sodas from Fruit from our Stand in Oregon USA. As a client described his shop with the words: " It's a quirky shop" we decided that illustration must follow that description. Listening to the client's request we came up with this black and white anthropomorphic style illustration with Polish chicken and dog enjoying listening to records on the retro stereo. It was really fun working with women behind the Old Truck shop. If you like our way of design feel free to contact us.

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Retro artwork with the title 'Greetings from Pineapple Willy's'

Greetings from Pineapple Willy's

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Retro artwork with the title 'Typographic Poster'

Typographic Poster

Typographic poster for a company which help young men get off the coach, out the house and into the real world.

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