What if the aliens are already here?

♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ Alex Gardner - I'm Not Mad ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪

Lately I haven't made any graphics at all or done anything creative that wasn't work related. I've been in a rut. So this weekend I decided I wanted that to change. So, my boyfriend will start giving me practise assignments to get me back on the horse. It's just quick challenges but hopefully it will get me motivated. Today's quick challenge was to make a typographic sci-fi poster that said "What if the aliens are already here?". I decided to do something retro looking with lots of colors and fun fonts. My result is below.

Fun retro illustrations by Scott Burroughs

I love the work of Colorado based illustrator Scott Burroughs. He has worked at Walt Disney Feature Animation and now works as an illustrator. His art is so fun and colorful and I see lots of 50s and 60s influences. He seems to be especially fond of robots, movies, vintage commercials and sci-fi and I love that. Scott has a wonderful portfolio site full of fun characters and drawings, as well as a cool blog where you can see all his recent work as well as some of his process sketches. Some of his pieces really remind me of I Dream of Jeannie and I'm instantly transported back to my childhood when my mom used to watch the show with me. I hope you'll enjoy Scott's quirky illustrations as much as I do.