Tuesday, December 13, 2011


In terms of Reto-Art, (a.k.a Sonar-Art) these are a couple of images that I worked on over the summer at Junction. They are pretty much heavily influenced by old Russian propaganda posters from the era of WWII. As you can see there are traditional elements and subject matter that you would normally see in original prints. I, along with my illustrator friend Mark Watson, managed to capture the "feel" of these poster illustrations but added our little twist in the text. The image with the Russian deep sea diver, which has always been a fascination of me since a kid with its primitive gear, blurts out "what the fuck is that!" in response to that big organic stem in front of him. Very random at heart, but good design skills, color and composition. The point of these two works is not much the content, but the nostalgic feel of the past and art that was overlooked as sheer political announcements as opposed to carefully crafted artworks. If you try to research some of these propaganda artists who worked for the Kremlin, you will not find a direct artist or source, as they were just seen as "governmental draftsmen".

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