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
November 2005
Clicking on the above image will give you a full size preview!
Notes: This pinup was sketched out during a cartoonists jam session at Krypton Comics. I had Saturday morning cartoons on the brain that day. One, well, our jam was actually on a Saturday. Two, I had been listening to Danger Doom constantly that morning, particularly one track with Talib Kwali and Doom tripping some Saturday morning cartoon nostalgia. Three, both of these things got me thinking about how I kind of thought Josie and the Pussycats and Daphne on Scooby Doo were hot. So I decided to draw a hot girl that one might see on a Saturday morning cartoon, but, you know, not for kids. It would be on Adult Swim, maybe.
The best way to make the pinup look similar to those toons was to keep all of my lines and eyes black. Compared to some of the other, more illustrative linework and color building I’ve done for these pinups, this felt a bit strange to me. I think the toon effect was achieved though, even if I felt like I hadn’t done enough work! The background is straight out of Super Friends; that was my favorite cartoon when I was a little guy.
The desktop pinup images available for download on this page are licensed under a Creative Commons License.
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