1968 advertisement/art/cleanup

[hewittca]

The best collection of original art and brochures with decent resolution I've found so far is at paintref.com. I do not see the ad you referenced, but there are plenty others to look at.

In regards to editing the ads, it is kind of tricky because they are all scans of original, relatively low quality (according to today's standards) magazine prints. They require quite a bit of work to clean up, and it is difficult to improve resolution or clarity. When I modify them, I accept these limitations and try to use them to my advantage, remembering that they are vintage ads afterall and it completes the look and feel to preserve that. Here are a few I've done (including a VW one because I'm also a Volkswagen guy!).

[drewbert41]

Originally Posted by hewittca

The best collection of original art and brochures with decent resolution I've found so far is at paintref.com. I do not see the ad you referenced, but there are plenty others to look at.

In regards to editing the ads, it is kind of tricky because they are all scans of original, relatively low quality (according to today's standards) magazine prints. They require quite a bit of work to clean up, and it is difficult to improve resolution or clarity. When I modify them, I accept these limitations and try to use them to my advantage, remembering that they are vintage ads afterall and it completes the look and feel to preserve that. Here are a few I've done (including a VW one because I'm also a Volkswagen guy!).

I love how you lowered them. Cannot tell other than knowing it isnt real.

[drewbert41]

This is what I was going for. I put it through filters originally just because it was such terrible quality. This one is much better.

P.S. Have any of you had prints made of the old ads/ artwork?

[hewittca]

Originally Posted by drewbert41

This is what I was going for. I put it through filters originally just because it was such terrible quality. This one is much better.

P.S. Have any of you had prints made of the old ads/ artwork?

Yeah, that version does look significantly better. I use PaintShop Pro and the image resizing is pretty good. There are a couple different averaging, smoothing, and/or sharpening options for resizing. I've never made any prints, but I do know you can find many of these ads on ebay in original form. If you really want the best quality possible, you'd probably have to buy one of those, scan and edit it, and then print that.

[Ekliptix]

Originally Posted by hewittca

The best collection of original art and brochures with decent resolution I've found so far is at paintref.com. I do not see the ad you referenced, but there are plenty others to look at.

In regards to editing the ads, it is kind of tricky because they are all scans of original, relatively low quality (according to today's standards) magazine prints. They require quite a bit of work to clean up, and it is difficult to improve resolution or clarity. When I modify them, I accept these limitations and try to use them to my advantage, remembering that they are vintage ads afterall and it completes the look and feel to preserve that. Here are a few I've done (including a VW one because I'm also a Volkswagen guy!).

Nice work. Are these the highest res you have of these? I'd love a copy to print off for my office.

[drewbert41]

VW one is my fav

[hewittca]

Originally Posted by Ekliptix

Nice work. Are these the highest res you have of these? I'd love a copy to print off for my office.

That version is the original edited one I did which was based off of a scanned magazine page I found. The dimensions are 8" x 10" on this version, and I do have a 16" x 20" version but it is not as sharp. If you PM me your email I can send them to you since they are large .tif files.

[hewittca]

Here's another that I did. It's a play on the new for '60 "Torsion-Spring Ride" that Chevy advertised.