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Steve Forney’s San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge Poster is Now Available at www.art.com
You don’t have to travel all the way to San Francisco to marvel at the Golden Gate Bridge. My most recent poster in the Famous World Landmarks series is now available. It makes a striking companion piece to London, New … Continue reading
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Tagged Adobe Photoshop, airbrush, Art Deco, California, digital, font, Golden Gate Bridge, ITC Anna, lettering, nostalgic, poster, retro, San Francisco, travel, vintage, vintage poster, world landmark
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Steve Forney’s Kings Canyon National Park Poster Now Available at www. art.com
I’m happy to announce that my Kings Canyon National Park poster is available as a gicleé print through art.com. These prints are high quality and printed on archival paper. You may choose from several sizes and they are perfect for … Continue reading
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Tagged Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Art Deco, backpacking, bighorn sheep, black, Block Berthold font, California, climbing, digital, hiking, illustration, kings, lettering, mountaineering, mountains, national parks, poster, retro, screen print, Sierra Nevada, silkscreen, travel, vintage, wilderness, wpa, yellow
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Steve Forney’s Mt. Whitney Posters Now Available at www.art.com
I’m delighted to announce that my two Mt. Whitney posters are available as a gicleé prints through art.com. These prints are high quality and printed on archival paper. You may choose from several sizes and they are perfect for framing. … Continue reading
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Tagged Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, airbrush, Art Deco, Block Berthold font, California, climbing, digital, gicleé, hiking, illustration, lettering, mountaineering, mountains, Mt. Whitney, national parks, poster, retro, screen print, Sequoia, silkscreen, travel, vintage, vintage poster, world landmark
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Steve Forney’s Sequioa National Park Poster Now Available at www.art.com
I’m delighted to announce that my Sequoia National Park poster is available as a gicleé print through art.com. These prints are high quality and printed on archival paper. You may choose from several sizes and they are perfect for framing. … Continue reading
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Tagged Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, adventure, Art Deco, Block Berthold font, California, cross country skier, digital, font, illustration, lettering, national parks, nostalgia, poster, retro, Sequoia, Sierra Nevada, snow, vintage, vintage poster, wilderness, wpa, yellow
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An Olympic Flashback
As I write, the 2012 London Olympics are in full swing. Prior to the opening ceremonies, a tremendous amount of work has gone into the promotion of the games. Photographers, graphic designers, illustrators and film makers, to name a few, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1996, airbrush, Art Deco, Atlanta, Coca-Cola, illustration, lettering, Olympic games, Olympic torch, poster, retro, vintage, vintage poster, wpa
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Steve Forney Illustration’s Yosemite at Night.
Yosemite’s Half Dome makes another appearance, this time under a starry night sky and illuminated under a bright moonlight. When creating this image and envisioning the color scheme, I couldn’t decide whether to portray Half Dome in daytime or nighttime. … Continue reading
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Tagged Adobe Illustrator, airbrush, Art Deco, digital, half dome, illustration, lettering, moonlight, national parks, poster, retro, screen print, Sierra Nevada, silkscreen, travel, wilderness, world landmark, Yosemite
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More Adventures in Typography
During down time I’ll look into my sketch books to find ideas that may be developed further. Back in my airbrush days, I created some Art Deco style lettering using nothing more than a circle template, ruler and post-it notes … Continue reading
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Tagged Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, airbrush, Art Deco, berlin, gradient, lettering, london, monochrome, paris, radio tower, retro, roma
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Adventures in Typography
Letter forms have fascinated me since I was a child. I remember using Crayolas at the family dinner table and meticulously replicating the logos of professional baseball and football teams. The overlapping “LA” of my favorite team, the Dodgers, was … Continue reading
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Tagged Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Art Deco, crayolas, font, lettering, retro, rough sketch, scan, vintage
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Vintage Poster of the Day: Volcan Paricutin
What’s not to like about this poster? A dramatic subject, beautiful complimentary orange and blue colors, great typography and a balanced composition. I found this image while searching for reference material. I’ve seen thousands of posters, but somehow this one … Continue reading
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Tagged Art Deco, mexico, poster, retro, vintage, Volcan Paricutin
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Casablanca Lettering from Rough Sketch to Finished Art
I love lettering. Some people like to sketch animals, some like to sketch people, some prefer to sketch landscapes. I like to sketch letter forms. Predominantly mid-20th Century lettering. Sometimes these letters don’t amount to anything legible, but sometimes they … Continue reading
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Tagged Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, airbrush, Art Deco, how to, Humphrey Bogart, lettering, prismacolor, retro, tutorial, vintage
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