Tad Carpenter illustrations

I  say let's take a short break from the lovely t-shirts that we see all the time and let's focus on an illustrator that has been on my mind for a long time. Today is the day when I will make room for him on the blog to show you how great he is.

Besides being an illustrator and designer, Tad Carpenter is also a teacher which explains his many posters and children's books. He lives in Kansas and has been featured in numerous magazines regarding illustrations and design.In 2006 he put together a screen printing studio with Dan Padavic – Vahalla Studios. They are successful enough to have worked for Myspace, Polo,John Mayer or Neil Young among others. This is from his about page but I enjoyed reading his blog because he gave me that homely feeling that you get from people that do something from passion. You can tell he loves what his does, just by looking at a few of his prints.

The style is a very playful one, with deep meaning and surprising details. Nothing is just for decor, every line has a meaning.

Here is the poster he did for Radiohead:

Ted Carpenter illustrations
Radiohead poster illustrations

Speaking of posters he also did a lot of them for Conan O'Brien, for when he was on his summer tour last year. The posters featured the talk show host, as well as the musical guests  Kesha or Bitbull.

Here they are featured in a sketch as well:

Conan O'Brien sketch
Conan O'Brien sketch
poster illustrations
Conan O'Brien posters

He also left his print on the design of a burger restaurant Yeah!Burger. You wouldn't expect this from such a restaurant but it looks amazing!

Burger prints
Burger restaurant pins
menu print
Yeah! Burger menu

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Wall print

And here's some work he did for the Zynga company as well:

Zynga illustration
Zynga illustration

I would love to play this board game – the colors are perfect together and goes a little further from what you know about such illustrations.

Board game illustrations
Board game illustrations
Board game illustration
Board game illustration
Board game illustration
Board game illustration

To sum it all up here are some examples of a children's books and an alphabet poster for the little ones, but which I think adults love more. He is one fine illustrator with a clearly well defined style that relates to everyone.

Tad Carpenter
Tad Carpenter alphabet
Tad Carpenter

Children's book illustration

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