MetaFilter posts tagged with vintage and illustration

THE BOSOM BUDDIES OF WASTE

The Whelk — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 05:05:37 -0800

“During the 1920s, the British firm Parker-Holladay created a fictional character named Bill Jones. Mr. Jones’ dispensed his friendly advice to British clerical workers through colorful lithographic posters emblazoned with his get-right-to-the-point maxims." Why not enjoy this collection of can-do, yes-sir business motivational posters before you head back to work?

Master of Good Girl Art and Pop Culture Pioneer

netbros — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:30:49 -0800

The Passion of Dave Stevens — The work of the late, great Dave Stevens is known to comic book aficionados in the form of his enduring creation, The Rocketeer, and to art collectors and illustration enthusiasts for his reverently retro yet brilliantly modern renditions of vintage pulp characters, science fiction adventurers and iconic superheroes. But as dedicated Stevens fans know, the artist's true passion and inspiration manifests in his seemingly countless and unfailingly exquisite renderings of the female form, most typically in the classic pinup and "good girl art" style at which he became one of the very best. [nsfw comic art]

Children's book art by Freud's niece Tom

madamjujujive — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:24:58 -0800

The Rabbit Dreams of Dr. Freud's Niece - An illustrator of children's books, Sigmund Freud's niece Martha went by the name Tom, wore men's clothing, and died by her own hand in her late 30s, a year after her husband's suicide. BibliOdyssey recently featured some of her early work from Das Baby-Liederbuch, noting that because she was Jewish, many of her books were destroyed in the Nazi era and are scarce in the book trade. More about the artist and her work at Tom Seidmann-Freud.

Mickey Mouse Job

madamjujujive — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 19:44:47 -0800

The Ropes at Disney's - 1943 Employee Handbook. The good old days when women got twice as much sick leave, the Penthouse club was accessible by "men only! - sorry gals...", and a violation of the U.S. Espionage Act could get you fired.

Vintage Printable

lalex — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 14:37:54 -0800

Vintage Printable provides vintage images in the public domain for download or printing.

Girls! Girls! Girls!

hermitosis — Sat, 07 May 2011 07:55:21 -0800

Vintage Sleaze: Exploitation and enticement in the form of drawings, comics, and pinups.

BiblioPulp

Joe Beese — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13:00:44 -0800

BiblioPulp

Vintage children's illustration

Kattullus — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 23:41:21 -0800

Flickr user katinthecupboard has scanned and posted nearly 2000 vintage illustrations, largely from children's books. Luckily they have been organized into collections and sets, and extensively tagged. There's so much in there that I hesitate to point out any individual images I especially like, but here's a few starters: A foppish Mercury, freezing child Jesus in modern city, children playing with sunbeam, boy with a bone-whistle, dancing fairies, bathing silhouettes and sailing ship and merman riding a sea creature.

Vintage German Illustration

Fiasco da Gama — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:54:09 -0800

Vintage German illustrations, poster art, and advertisments.

Vintage Kids' Stuff

PhoBWanKenobi — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:18:54 -0800

Illustrator Glen Mullaly archives hundreds of vintage illustrations in his flickr stream. Featuring work by Alice and Martin Provensen, Robert J. Lee, Charley Harper, Jack Tremblay, Jerry Smath and Dan Lawler, among others.

vintage cutaway illustrations

madamjujujive — Sun, 03 May 2009 17:55:29 -0800

Frank Soltesz was a master of fascinating cutaway illustrations depicting "modern businesses" in the '40s and '50s - from hotels and hospitals to breweries, grocery stores, and more. (via Telstar Logistics Blog) See also: Frank Soltesz - Storyteller and a biographical site by his son, which includes examples of his other styles of illustration, too.

pulpapalooza

madamjujujive — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:52:32 -0800

From cops vs. hoods and other toughies to mad science and dramatic ledges and bridgewalkers, a vast and entertaining collection of vintage pulp art categorized into themes.

Fancy a little story?

carsonb — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:12:35 -0800

On this page
you can make a choice
out of several little stories
in different languages.
Most of them however can be enjoyed without speaking the used language.

Viñetas - Spanish comics and illustration blog

mediareport — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:59:12 -0800

Viñetas is a prolific blog from Spain focusing on illustration, vintage comics (sometimes wordless), advertising, humor magazines and other beautiful ephemera, curated by the editor-in-chief of a Spanish comics company. [via Journalista]

Gems of 19th and early 20th century penmanship

mediareport — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 21:40:43 -0800

Gems of Penmanship, Penman's Leisure Hour, Ninety-five Lessons in Ornamental Penmanship, The Champion Method of Practical Business Writing and other Rare Books on Calligraphy and Penmanship from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Lots of neat tidbits. [via mlarson.org]

Early Zionist propaganda posters

mediareport — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 05:36:57 -0800

Beautiful early Zionist propaganda posters, courtesy of the Swann Galleries. The first 73 items in this large batch of vintage posters up for auction are related to Israel, Jews or anti-Semitism. [via Paperholic]

The fabulous Petty Girls

mediareport — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:50:54 -0800

12 months of George Petty pinups. And 16 more. Hell, have 5 pages worth. More about the Petty Girl, an advertising and pop culture icon with an often unfinished look who made her first appearance in Esquire in 1933 and whose elegant line quickly became famous. [via Bibi's Box, which has lots more Petty and pinup links] [warning: busty pinup girls]

Ivan Ho!

Robot Johnny — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 21:27:40 -0800

Ivan Brunetti, in addition to drawing dirty little comics (nsfw) and illustrations, has a great collection of vintage photographs of models, both demure and not-so-demure (again, nsfw), Hollywood starlets, cats, and comics ephemera. Finally, he also has a blog featuring a Doodle-a-Day.

taz — Mon, 04 Nov 2002 04:37:41 -0800

You probably remember him best for his famous green devil, tempting you with the esoteric delight of evil absinthe^*, or the familiar image of the jester pushing the pleasures of Bitter Campari. Called by some the "father of the modern poster", and even the "father of advertising", Italian-born Leonetto Cappiello created over 1,000 memorable posters during his 40-year career in belle-epoque and fin-de-siecle Paris, and a quick look at a collection of his work quickly reminds us how enduring both his images and his basic concepts have been. (more...)