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January 22, 2009
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This poster design was commissioned by Thom B. from LASTWEAR, who saw my "KICK THEIR AXIS" poster and decided to ask if I could create a poster for his clothing and costuming company.

Thom contacted me and asked if I would be interested in doing a retro-propaganda poster for his AMBER GUARD. When I saw the incredibly cool designs, I said "HELL YES!"

"Lastwear is part of a larger storytelling and free culture project called Last that I started a couple of years ago and have been developing ever since. As such we've been developing a fairly evolved back story which our clothing is tied into." said Thom. "The Amber Guard are somewhat analageous to the SS or the Russian Comissars."

He gave me pretty free reign on the design, saying he wanted it to mirror the Soviet propaganda posters of the pre- and post WW2 era. We came up with the wording and phrases together, putting a spin on the idea of the Amber Guard being a benevolent force, while actually being something else all together. A mixed message in propaganda? Who's have thought?

I had a blast with this, and went full-tilt boogie with pulling as any Soviet influences as possible. Plans are to produce this as a full size (16" x 24") printed poster in the near future.

You can find out more about Thom's very cool LASTWEAR clothing and world through his DevArt site: [link]

Thanks much for the opportunity to design this, Thom. You and your designs do indeed rock!

DESIGN/ILLUSTRATION: Freehand MX
COLOR/FX/FINAL RENDER: PhotoShop CS3

AMBER GUARD, LASTWEAR and all affiliated logos and characters and designs © LASTWEAR/THOMAS BECKER
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~Aran-Munich Nov 10, 2010
Nice
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~vicemark Oct 21, 2009
tried out making a mock propaganda poster of my own, but yours is super awesome! :D

for some reason the blimps and spotlights remind me of the game Red Alert. :lol:

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*PaulSizer Oct 21, 2009  Professional Digital Artist
Awesome, thanks very much!

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~tabacohabano Sep 3, 2009  Hobbyist Digital Artist
nice work!

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~russiantea87 Mar 1, 2009
Sorry. I went off on a junkie tangent: what I meant to say was, could you please help me? I don't where to start looking. Right now I'm only chancing upon relevant material, and that's really not enough to make a honkey tonk with.
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~KaosKongo Jan 26, 2009
blimps ftw :) Great colours :) Colours were always my downfall ><

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*PaulSizer Jan 26, 2009  Professional Digital Artist
Color is a powerful ally, young Jedi...

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~GenmaKragoth Jan 22, 2009   General Artist
Really great design. I love how you modernized the old propaganda poster style. Great stuff!
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*PaulSizer Jan 23, 2009  Professional Digital Artist
Thanks, I love re-visiting old design styles and messing with them!

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~DarkKnightJRK Jan 22, 2009  Student Traditional Artist
That is very cool. :D
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