Mid century illustration

Aurelius Battaglia was an American illustrator, muralist, writer, and director. It looks like he's sporting a very early pair of Mickey M ears in this photograph, well after all, he's not alone in liking that Disney mouse lol ! Born in Washington, D.C., in 1910 the son of Giuseppe and Concetta Battaglia, who had emigrated from Cefalù, Italy. Aurelius went on to attend the Corcoran…

Illustration by Robert Carola Improvising Jazz 1965

Illustration from "A Spy Among Us", fiction feature from Kayak magazine, March April 2008. This is a slightly earlier version of this illo ( the final is blue, with no paper texture ) , but I like how it turned out so I thought I'd share it. I did the colour separations by hand on paper to try and achieve the 2 colour look of mid to late 1950s kid's magazines that were printed on newsprint ( Humpty Dumpty, Children's Digest, etc. ) . One of four illustrations for this story.

Tom Eckersley was born in Lowton, Lancashire in 1914. He spent much of his childhood drawing, and at 16 he enrolled at Salford School of Art. Here he was awarded the Heywood medal for his dedicated…

Art Seiden was a truly astounding artist who (again) very little information is available on the internet. He was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1918. He received a BA at Queens College and studied for ei…

small spot illustration for the daily mail

Satoshi Hashimoto

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They say all good things must come to an end, and so my year or blogging draws to a close. I’m making this my last post for 2012 and singing off for a well earned rest until the new year. Ple…

Learn how to make a mid-century-inspired matchbook cover design in Adobe Illustrator. Whether or not you think you'll ever create a matchbook design for a client project, it's a great exercise. Matchbooks are a perfect example of an economical design that grabs attention.

David McKee (1964) http://t.co/ldCjW13jCh

Hello again from my weekly blog. I’ve just been putting the finishing touches to this and have been updating the images after the weekend Craft Fair. I knew you’d want to see it ! This…

Mid-century art often has a simple yet charming look. In this easy-to-follow tutorial, you'll learn the 3 simple steps to creating classic mid-century illustrations. Once you learn this 3-step method you'll be amazed how easy it is to build a series of pieces in this style.

A mid-century blog about all things mid-century and mid-century modern, including mid-century art, design and furniture, especially Broyhill Sculptra.

Welcome back to part 2 of my post about the life and work of Evaline Ness (April 24, 1911 – August 12, 1986). Please look back one post to see part 1. Evaline was noted for her ability to work in a…

A visual catalogue of Mid-Century Modern graphics. Collected by Theo Inglis.