Scardello Tour de Fromage Vat A Semifinals: British Isles vs France

Poster one is done! I'm pretty proud of this one. Great opportunity to play with some novelty typefaces, vintage flourishes and texture overload. I think I've found and downloaded every free high-res grunge texture the internet has to offer. Thank God for Flickr and generous photogs.
Some of my favorite Flickr users for vintage imagery, inspiration, and textures:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thevintagecollective/collections/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fdctsevilla/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/calebkimbrough/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bittbox/

Keep up-to-date on the Tour de Fromage happenings (and sign up for classes) over at Scardello: http://scardellocheese.com/?page_id=420

Tour de Fromage Inspiration: Gaslight

I'm currently working on the new round of posters for Scardello's second annual Tour de Fromage. Last years' were constructivist-inspired, this year I'm going all Wild West-- clashing reds, turquoises and yellows, outlined type and gaudy serifs, excessive Gaslight-Baroque ornamentation, sun-bleached textures and layers of borders.

Matching the level of slightly irregular intricacy that only an era before Illustrator and Photoshop could produce is a tall order, so I might have to scale back and take a minimalist approach to the aesthetic (if that isn't completely paradoxical).  Sources of inspiration: DoubleM2's flickr, Exile Bibliophile's flickr, the Library of Congress, Typographie Vintage by Steven Heller, Gaslight Ephemera.

Japanese Graphic Design {Pink Tentacle}

Early 20th century Japanese graphic design, brimming with social tension and political passion, though still immensely beautiful in a way only the Japanese can accomplish so elegantly. I especially love the "Nippon" covers. Read and see (a lot) more over at Pink Tentacle.