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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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Roadside Americana – The Neon EAT Sign
There’s no ambiguity with this sign. It beckons hungry motorists for miles. Perhaps a sign below stating “get gas” would be a humorous addition? Over the years I’ve made several trips along Interstate 5 traveling back and forth between the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950s, Adobe Illustrator, digital, eat, lettering, neon, roadside, signs, travel, vintage poster
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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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Steve Forney Illustration’s New Yosemite Poster
Half Dome is bathed in warm afternoon light in my latest addition to the National Parks series. The palette is kept to a minimum of under 10 colors and is reminiscent of the great WPA silkscreen posters of the 1930s. … Continue reading
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Tagged Adobe Illustrator, lettering, national parks, orange, poster, retro, screen print, Sierra Nevada, silkscreen, sunset, vintage, vintage poster, wilderness, world landmark, wpa, yellow
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Steve Forney Illustration Thinks Green Thoughts.
For a long time I’ve wanted to create an image to promote green technology. It ties into my interest in peak oil theory, resource depletion, and sustainability. I wasn’t sure what image to use, but then it came to me … Continue reading
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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