Max Riffner
Classics Illustrated
Inspired by the classic pinups of yesteryear, here are my takes on the vintage pinup girl calendars (with a cartoonist's twist). Each month, I'll produce a pinup illustration available for download to use as wallpaper for your computer desktop. I may change my style from month to month in subject and in illustrative technique. For example, some may be very Vargas inspired, where as the next month could look like something Tex Avery would have done. Either way, these retro-inspired girls will hopefully give me a chance to explore the past (along with the female form in sexy and fun ways), and for you to enjoy the present everytime you turn on your computer.
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Instructions
- Click on the size you want.
- Your choice will download directly to your desktop.
- The desktop pinup images available on this page are licensed under a Creative Commons License
Pinup Archive
- July 2006 · Thursday July 6, 2006
- June 2006 · Thursday June 1, 2006
- May 2006 · Tuesday May 30, 2006
- April 2006 · Sunday April 2, 2006
- March 2006 · Friday March 3, 2006
- February 2006 · Saturday January 28, 2006
- January 2006 · Monday January 2, 2006
- December 2005 · Sunday December 4, 2005
- November 2005 · Sunday October 30, 2005
- October 2005 · Sunday October 2, 2005
- September 2005 · Friday September 2, 2005
- August 2005 · Sunday July 31, 2005
- July 2005 · Thursday June 30, 2005
- June 2005 · Sunday May 29, 2005
- May 2005 · Saturday April 30, 2005
- April 2005 · Tuesday March 29, 2005
- March 2005 · Sunday February 27, 2005
Pinups
April 2006
Clicking on the above image will give you a full size preview!
Notes: Ugh. It seems inevitable that the closer April gets, the more likely I am to get a cold of some kind. Sure enough, I caught some bug last week, and it has had me down for awhile.
Since I was laid up with this cold, I didn’t work on this month’s pinup until yesterday. I enjoy working under a deadline like this, because it forces me to work up a sketch completely, rather than doing three or four other warm-up or sub-par sketches to get what I want. I kept working this one, building the layers of lines until I started to see the form I wanted.
When today hit, I was again aware of the deadline, so there wasn’t much fooling around with colors or new techniques. All that existed was a desire to complete this as well as I could, and I think I did that well. I’m really happy with the color scheme (if only my Color Theory professor could see me now!) and how the piece harkens back to more of a vintage look, where the background isn’t as important as the illustration of the girl. Miss April is probably the most nude of any of the pinups I’ve ever done, though nothing is exposed except for her bum. I think that is well enough. Hope you all enjoy it!
The desktop pinup images available for download on this page are licensed under a Creative Commons License.
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