Shameless Boasting Part II

I've never received two this close together before. My mid-century snowflake postage design received a (Today's Best Award)TBA on Zazzle yesterday.

Retro Mid-Century Snowflake Christmas Postage by Vintage66
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Shameless Boasting!

I'm just boasting that one of my vintage Christmas postage design received a TBA (Today's Best Award) on Zazzle.

Vintage Merry Christmas Wreath Postage by Vintage66

Rejected Retro Logo

These are a couple of variations of a rejected logo from a project, which now seems to have been canceled by the client. They actually ended up going with a different name for the business, but it appears they aren’t going to open the business after all.  Never in my life have I worked with a client like this, nevertheless, I am pretty pleased with the logo itself.

Rejected retro logo design in blue.

Rejected retro logo in pink.

Book Store Logo

 Not a real book store as far as I know (although I wish it was). This is just an old practice logo that was cluttering up my head, so I finally let it out.

Bombshell Grand Opening Flyer

It's been a long time since I've posted here, but I've been busy on a number of things, Anyway, I just finished up this design for the grand opening of the brand new Bombshell Brazilian location in West Broad Village. The design features a combination of retro fonts and vintage art. If you're in the Richmond area you should definitely check them out. The specials listed are available through October.

Candy Coat Beauty Logo Project

Hey kids! It has been a long time since I've posted here, I have just been super busy with a flurry of projects and re-organizing my business, too, so the blog has kind of taken a back seat. Anyway, I just finished this logo design for Melissa over at Bombshell Brazilian. They are releasing their own line of beauty products called Candy Coat Beauty, which will feature nail polish and the like. I don't believe it is available at the moment, but it will soon be carried in both Bombshell locations. So, if you're in the Richmond, Virginia area, you'll want to keep your eyes peeled.

The logo design for Candy Coat Beauty products, available soon.

New Business Name Part II

Many years ago I started a sketch blog, and as part of the collateral material I created for it, I came up with a crazy pencil character. The original pencil-guy was actually farting, but I've pulled the fart out, not because I've suddenly become soft and delicate, but design-wise it just wasn't happening. At some point, however, I may do a new version featuring the fart in all of its resplendent glory, so we'll just have to see.

Anyway, since I've started doing business under my own name now, instead of Vintage 66 Graphics (although a complete change over will take some time), I pulled this guy out of mothballs, mainly because I wanted an example of the slightly different style direction I plan to go. Certainly, I will still use all the cool retro and vintage elements that I have been using for the past 5 years, but this style will have more of a bold and edgy feel, a more pronounced punk rock feel. I think that somewhere along the line I began trying to recreate the Mid-century rather than just use it as an influence. So now I'm back on the right path with the best yet to come, and I'm glad to have you along for the ride.

Cheers!
Robert

The Crazy Art Dork Pencil; an old character revisited.