Mid century illustration

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a drawing of a man with a hat and coat walking a dog on a leash

Illustration from "A Spy Among Us", fiction feature from Kayak magazine, March April 2008. This is a slightly earlier version of this illo ( the final is blue, with no paper texture ) , but I like how it turned out so I thought I'd share it. I did the colour separations by hand on paper to try and achieve the 2 colour look of mid to late 1950s kid's magazines that were printed on newsprint ( Humpty Dumpty, Children's Digest, etc. ) . One of four illustrations for this story.

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an orange tent sitting in the middle of a forest filled with trees next to a campfire

Mid-century art often has a simple yet charming look. In this easy-to-follow tutorial, you'll learn the 3 simple steps to creating classic mid-century illustrations. Once you learn this 3-step method you'll be amazed how easy it is to build a series of pieces in this style.

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an old children's book with pictures of people and animals

Art Seiden was a truly astounding artist who (again) very little information is available on the internet. He was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1918. He received a BA at Queens College and studied for ei…

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an old poster with many different designs on it

Learn how to make a mid-century-inspired matchbook cover design in Adobe Illustrator. Whether or not you think you'll ever create a matchbook design for a client project, it's a great exercise. Matchbooks are a perfect example of an economical design that grabs attention.

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an illustration of four different chairs and a table with a bird sitting on one chair

mid century modern✨✨ designed by Marisa Schoen. Connect with them on Dribbble; the global community for designers and creative professionals.

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an illustrated drawing shows people eating and drinking

Hello again from my weekly blog. I’ve just been putting the finishing touches to this and have been updating the images after the weekend Craft Fair. I knew you’d want to see it ! This…

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