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The Beginner's Vintage Ephemera Megapack project

The header image for our upcoming product that we assembled from our collection of ephemera we've collected over the year...
We feature a set of engravings we call the "19th Century American Titans".  These guys are great for branding projects that call for a masculine gravitas
As we compiled the pack, we thought about how to integrate the various items so designers could quickly use the items in their own right or combine multiple items from our pack with items they already have in their design arsenal.  I pick three items from different categories within the pack and paired them with the Secret Scrypt Pro and Microbrew fonts for an imaginary beer brand.
Another example of where we combined an engraving of emu wrens and an old paper texture (on very low opacity) from our pack with the Victorian Parlor font and a vintage-style vector frame we had in our own design arsenal.  Since I have my degree in English, Emily Dickinson and of her lesser known bird poems quickly came to mind as I put together this book cover mockup.
I prefer the simplicity this engraving of three Victorian-era Mexican women and paired it again the Victorian Parlor typeface family. (I swear that becoming my new go-to font for all things vintage....) (My hat is off to you - Eric Kurniawan)
This engraving from our copy of an 1862 atlas is a favorite of my wife. It reminds her a particular pagoda she went to as a child.  Somehow, we could  not help ourselves from imaging it as the primary image for a sack of rice.
12/14/2016 UPDATE: DesignCuts is currently featuring our megapack in their The All-Encompassing Vintage Design Bundle for three weeks. You not only us but other graphic designers who specially in vintage design resources.  Get over over $1500 worth of vintage goodness for only $29.00!

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The Beginner's Vintage Ephemera Megapack project
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The Beginner's Vintage Ephemera Megapack project

We enjoy vintage designs from the Victorian-era. Much of our private ephemera collection comes from the 1860 through the early 1900s. So, we deci Read More

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