This is a man's job

[rich]

It's a man's job in the Royal Australian Airforce.......... nice recruitment ads from WW2

 

[CBI]

very cool - these would go over well today!

 

[atkins]

I wish i could render those kind of brush stroke. Thanks Rich. How big is this print?

Oscar

 

[tom james]

The brushstrokes are fairly easy to replicate- take a photo of what you want to paint, scan it into a computer, and increase the contrast. The breakup of the 40's color patterns in commercial art are created by taking away some of the midtones between two colors.

 

[Silver Dollar]

I wish i could render those kind of brush stroke. Thanks Rich. How big is this print?

Oscar

That goes for me too.

 

[Silver Dollar]

The brushstrokes are fairly easy to replicate- take a photo of what you want to paint, scan it into a computer, and increase the contrast. The breakup of the 40's color patterns in commercial art are created by taking away some of the midtones between two colors.

Thanks for the great tip, Tom. I've got Photoshop CS4 which does a really good job in separating colors and shades. I'll give it a whack.

 

[tom james]

Most commercial artists of the period also used "One Shot" bulletin enamels. If you have ever used these, you would have found they have a very narrow palette when it comes to mixing colors for another color. Mixing colors had a tendency to cause them to "grey out" or "brown out" somewhat. This is the reason colors of the '30's & '40's look much more subdued that colors of later periods. The only colors that "popped" then were laquers, oils, hand tinting photographs. Sometimes adding a bit of grey to cooler colors or brown to warmer colors helps to achieve that vintage look.

 

[tom james]

Most commercial artists of the period also used "One Shot" bulletin enamels. If you have ever used these, you would have found they have a very narrow palette when it comes to mixing colors for another color. Mixing colors had a tendency to cause them to "grey out" or "brown out" somewhat. This is the reason colors of the '30's & '40's look much more subdued that colors of later periods. The only colors that "popped" then were laquers, oils, hand tinting photographs. Sometimes adding a bit of grey to cooler colors or brown to warmer colors helps to achieve that vintage look.

 

[rich]

I wish i could render those kind of brush stroke. Thanks Rich. How big is this print?

Oscar

Sorry Oscar, I really don't know the size - I don't own these, although I wish I did!

 

[Silver Dollar]

Can you imagine that second poster on the back of a jacket? That would look fantastic.