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Beautiful Modern Vintage Illustrations by Tom Whalen

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Who dugg this? Made popular Jul 7, 2009

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  • meridian, on 07/07/2009, -0/+34Modern Vintage = Samurai Jack
  • CanadianDollars, on 07/07/2009, -0/+16Why is everyone looking to the left? I'm over here on the right!
  • mikeliketrike, on 07/07/2009, -1/+14something REALLY interesting is happening on the right hand side of every scene
  • plainOldFool, on 07/07/2009, -0/+11What the ***** is so interesting on the left?!?
  • nesstheking1, on 07/07/2009, -1/+11Modern Vintage = looking left
  • danwallace, on 07/07/2009, -0/+9Man, I wish you could get these in poster prints. The walls of my new apartment are seriously lacking in Star Wars posters.
  • edru, on 07/07/2009, -0/+8Modern Vintage? Is that similar to New Antique or Old Baby?
  • randomdave, on 07/07/2009, -0/+8Dugg for Bruce Campbell
  • Postalp, on 07/07/2009, -0/+7The second one of the Silverhawks is clearly photoshopped......Bluegrass cannot fly (and his shadows are all wrong of course).
  • MrMontag, on 07/07/2009, -0/+7Dugg for Shaun of the Dead... complete with a cricket bat
  • ShiftyBizniss, on 07/07/2009, -0/+7Stage right?
  • bjs3171, on 07/07/2009, -0/+7dude. is that the ***** SILVER HAWKS?? i can't tell you the last time i saw one of those.

    really awesome illustrations. Some read as vintage posters more than others, but that's more about the other "poster" elements. really nice work.
  • bat-21, on 07/07/2009, -0/+5Direct link with more artwork:
    http://strongstuff.deviantart.com/
  • dse78759, on 07/07/2009, -0/+5Profiles much?
  • MOJIRA, on 07/07/2009, -0/+4Plus sepia color tinge.
  • ObeseSnake, on 07/07/2009, -0/+4Did you take your monocle out before opening your mouth and frowning while you gave us your review?
  • JonTheGoose, on 07/07/2009, -1/+5Is this the same guy who did the esurance commercials?
  • bjs3171, on 07/07/2009, -4/+8hi. designer here. gonna have to completely disagree with you.
    oh, and, what?
  • kickelephant, on 07/07/2009, -0/+4Heavily hinted? Is this like saying a screaming whisper?...Suggestively declared? Who the ***** do you think you are?
  • inactive, on 07/07/2009, -0/+4Which is it, modern or vintage.
  • podopie, on 07/07/2009, -0/+3Bonus digg for saying Frankenstein is the guy who made the monster, and not actually the monster.
  • thisismydigg, on 07/07/2009, -0/+3you got red on you
  • JoshyLeeArm, on 07/07/2009, -0/+3I wish I could digg this twice.
  • enronias, on 07/07/2009, -0/+3Must be something really interesting off to the left . . .
  • unfilterthought, on 07/07/2009, -0/+3Back to the past and homeward Jack!
  • X9001, on 07/07/2009, -0/+3His dev art profile
    http://strongstuff.deviantart.com/gallery/
  • KarateMedia, on 07/07/2009, -0/+2Some of them are good, but it's nothing ground-breaking. Certainly, some of them are reminiscent of Darwyn Cooke's covers for DC's New Frontier series from 2004: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/62/DCNE ...

  • monkeyBox, on 07/07/2009, -0/+2/me thinks he's a leftist.
  • PearlJammer985, on 07/07/2009, -0/+2check out brad klaussen at artillerydesign.com and then the ames brothers at amesbros.com
  • robosexy, on 07/08/2009, -0/+1mmmmmmmeh
  • AnotherThought, on 07/08/2009, -0/+1dudes... i did enjoy the works, loved them.

    i was responding to the oxymoron (modern vintage) in the title with oxymoron comment... chill, these are great works to say the least :)
  • EvilNapkin, on 07/07/2009, -0/+1you beat me too it
  • rarefactory, on 07/07/2009, -0/+1Dugg for Darwyn Cooke.

    That New Frontier cover is exactly where my mind went when I saw the Whalen's Green Lantern image.
  • tattoojoo, on 07/07/2009, -0/+1i'm digging you up because of the amesbros mention. i have a few of their t-shirts from back in the day. good stuff.
  • J0415, on 07/08/2009, -0/+1or.. MrBabyMan ?
  • beautifulbeast, on 07/07/2009, -0/+1I was happy to see them because I loved that show (it was right there with Thundercats) but couldn't remember the name to google it.
  • stiemy812, on 07/12/2009, -0/+1how can I get a prints of these???
  • blackbeltin, on 07/08/2009, -0/+1really cool renditions
  • ophello, on 07/08/2009, -0/+1Holy ***** Wizard of Oz looks ***** amazing.
  • ophello, on 07/08/2009, -0/+1You should focus on being less of an arrogant *****.
  • Giggashrume, on 07/07/2009, -0/+1Incredible illustrations!!! Muy diggs.

    I have noticed a lot of comments as to why most of the characters are looking to the left. As a cartoonist, I can possibly give a little insight to this. It could, of course, be this particular artist's stylistic choices; however, all artists favor a certain side (left or right). It has to do with a left brain / right brain thing. Often during the sketching, and even final stage...I often flip my canvas back and forth to help me avoid imbalance in the piece (due to my favored side). This is an old trick either replicated in Photoshop for digital artists, or using a hand-mirror for more traditionalists. The practice helps to reduce imbalance: the artist will usually favor drawing / painting objects pointing toward their favored direction. In this case, using his profile illustrations as examples, I would make a sound bet that this particular artist's favored side is the left.

    I hope this tidbit of info helps.
  • Ghstfce, on 07/07/2009, -1/+1WTF is wrong with Hulk's fingers?!!!!? He should really get those looked at!
  • RoyaleC, on 07/07/2009, -0/+0/ah but remember! It's his right.
  • Manworth, on 07/07/2009, -0/+0Why so many of the characters have their right arms crossed over their chests?
  • rarefactory, on 07/07/2009, -4/+3The only instances where I see crude stylization that jumps out at me is in the occasional too-pointy chin or over-skewed head. Otherwise, I see no glaring issues. If it's alright with you, I'm going to go ahead and admire this work.
  • nepidae, on 07/07/2009, -3/+1He should have focused on quality not quantity IMO.
  • OZnilla, on 07/07/2009, -3/+1Blah blah blah blah, stop being a total art ***** and enjoy what your looking at for once instead of analyzing everything. Successful designs are ones that you can look at for more than two seconds and recognize the effort put into them. These "modern vintage" works are bomb, and there of movies that every digger can appreciate. Quit hating.
  • sebedard, on 07/07/2009, -5/+1they are all awesome but not "modern vintage" at all.
  • inactive, on 07/07/2009, -11/+3What's the hardest part of roller-blading? Telling your parents you're gay.

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