Glen Mullaly - illustration

Not only does Glen have a fantastic selection of incredible images on flickr he is also the creator of these beautiful and totally fun retro style illustrations.
I like the very detailed landscape (above) - wow!
Click here to see more of Glen's wonderful pieces.

Love Elizabeth - flickr

Elizabeth of the charming blog Love Elizabeth kindly left a message recently to say she had some Helen Borten images I might like to see, as well as a whole bunch of other retro images on her lovely flickr account.
Here's a few of my favorites from her flickr pages thank you Elizabeth!

Samuil Marshak

Album Cover Alex Steinweiss

Alice and Martin Provensen



Animal Fair - Alice and Martin Provensen




The First Book of Congress - Helen Borten

For Just One Day - Marc Boutavant

This book is being released by Chronicle Books later on this year, I will definitely be ordering myself a copy!
Illustrations by Marc Boutavant written by Laura Leuck.
Read a little more about it here.
If you are in the UK you can pre order it here.

Marc Boutavant - postcards

I really want these postcards by Marc Boutavant, they are printed by Nouvelles Images
see previous posts about Marc here.
Help does anyone know where you can get them from?????

Guest: Lauren Ray Wagner.......part 3

Here is the 3rd and final post of guest blogger Lauren's images.
It has been a delight to see all of these great retro designs, its hard to pick out any favorites they were all fabulous. Thanks so very much Lauren.









TITLE: 641 Tested Recipes from the Sealtest™ Kitchens (©1954 National Dairy Corp.)
AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Not credited
DESCRIPTION: I enjoy cooking, and love cute food- and cooking-themed illustrations. While I probably will never prepare any of these recipes, the fun that is implied by these unexpected illustrations makes me want to cook!




TITLE: Starfish
AUTHOR: Edith Thacher Hurd (Thomas Y. Crowell Company, NY ©1962)
ILLUSTRATIONS: Lucienne Bloch
DESCRIPTION: Unfortunately, these images do not do the illustrations adequate justice. In person, the book is really striking. A beautiful three-color palette using colors that don't immediately come to mind when you think of ocean-dwelling creatures, but undeniably works. Bloch's use of fine lines and organic dots evoke such a warm and serene view of the ocean floor.





TITLE: The Moon Seems to Change
AUTHOR: Franklyn M. Branley (Thomas Y. Crowell Company, NY ©1960)
ILLUSTRATIONS: Helen Borton
DESCRIPTION: Striking, quintessential 3-color Helen Borton illustrations. They really speak for themselves!




TITLE: What Makes Day and Night
AUTHOR: Franklyn M. Branley
ILLUSTRATIONS: Helen Borton
DESCRIPTION: Again, Helen Borton! Need I say more?







TITLE: Why It's a Holiday
AUTHOR: Ann McGovern
ILLUSTRATIONS: Dagmar Wilson (Random House NY ©1960)
DESCRIPTION: A fun hardcover book about non-religious and religious holidays. Nice two-color, effortless-looking illustrations!

Guest: Lauren Ray Wagner.......part 2

TITLE: I Often Wish
AUTHOR: Babette Deutsch (Funk & Wagnalls, A Division of Reader's Digest Books, Inc. NY ©1966)
ILLUSTRATIONS: Eva Cellini
DESCRIPTION: A sweet hardcover children's book about what it would be like to be each of the animals or people pictured. Charming two-color illustrations.






TITLE: Katy's First Day: A Going-to-School Story (originally published under the title Katy Did)
AUTHOR: Jean Conder Soule (Whitman Books/Western Publishing Company ©1972)
ILLUSTRATIONS: Aliki
DESCRIPTION: This was my favorite book when I was younger, especially when I began going to school. I looked a lot like the main character, and I still wear and have an affinity for coats like the colorful ones the girls pictured are wearing! As silly as it may sound, these illustrations remind me of how I viewed the world when I was younger.

TITLE: Linde™ Oxygen Therapy Handbook
AUTHOR: Linde Company, Division of Union Carbide Corporation, ©1957
ILLUSTRATIONS: Not credited
DESCRIPTION: Not much to look at on the inside (mostly black and white photos of patients undergoing oxygen therapy), but I really enjoyed this cover illustration.



TITLE: Music and Electronics (Prepared with the cooperation of Science Service)
AUTHOR: J. Gordon Holt (Nelson Doubleday, Inc. Garden City, NY ©1961)
ILLUSTRATIONS: Frank Lacano
DESCRIPTION: This booklet is from a series of about 15-20 of the same kind, all dealing in scientific subjects ranging from ballistics to archaeology. They also offer a bit of interactivity by including two pages of gummed, perforated color plates to be applied where indicated throughout the booklet (ours are still intact, thankfully!). I'm particularly fond of this illustration style, like the ones for the "Dinner Parties" book (coincidentally the same illustrator)