Robert
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Location | Oregon, United States |
| Introduction | Freelance Art Dork For Hire! Greetings! I’m Robert Wiles, I own and operate Vintage 66 Graphics, a one-man freelance graphics operation, which features my slightly twisted, cartoonish retro style. My work is strongly influenced by the art, design and advertising of the past. Sometimes I use authentic vintage vectors, while other times I draw my own, and then there are times when I combine the two, it just depends on what the project calls for. These old-time elements give my work a certain quaint wholesome look, but I often temper that sweetness with a generous pinch of sour disappointment and a sarcastic, punk rock edge, which makes it especially well suited for those of the alternative or rock-n-roll persuasion. |
| Interests | I've got a penchant for all kinds of vintage & off-beat cultures and art movements: Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Neo-Classical, Tiki, punk, hot rod, pin-up, retro advertising, Googie architecture & Americana in general. I like art of nearly any kind, music, and I'm a bit of a history geek, too.<z> |
| Favorite Movies | Chinatown, Double Indemnity, The Maltese Falcon, To Have, And To Have Not, Sunset Boulevard, The Big Sleep. Ghost World, The Thin Man series, A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races, International House, the Philadelphia Story, the Ghost and Mr. Chicken, Mister Roberts. |
| Favorite Music | Social Distortion, Tool, Metallica, Motörhead, Bad Religion, Pennywise, Green Day, Me First & the Gimme Gimmes, Ozzy (Randy Rhoads era), Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Michael Schenker, Rainbow, Iron Maiden, KISS, Cheap Trick, UFO, Queen, Mozart, Beethoven, Vivaldi, Louis Jordan, Nat "King" Cole, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Jim Reeves, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, Dwight Yokum, Burl Ives & many others. |
| Favorite Books | Dashiell Hammet, Raymond Chandler, Ross MacDonald, Erle Stanley Gardner and Harold Adams. Bill Bryson graphic novels/comics: Eightball/Dan Clowes, Love & Rockets, Optic Nerve, Liberty Meadows. All: Will Eisner, Craig Thompson, Dave Cooper, and Bob Fingerman. |