MAD MEN Posters by Stanley Chow and Christina Perry

MAD MEN POSTERS BY STANLEY CHOW

This seems to be a great way to launch your career as an illustrator and poster artist. Giving yourself assignments is one of the best ways of building up a portfolio. I just can't get enough of these self-published posters for current TV shows or classic films. See the original posters for Season 4 and the current Mad Men Season 5 posters. And then see the mashup posters from the New York Subway created by graffiti artists cutting and pasting other posters onto the Mad Men promo. 

Minimalist Mad Men posters by Christina Perry. Visit ETSY to purchase. 

  

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