The main reason I fell in love with this poster was because of its obvious Jim Flora influence. For those that don't know Jim Flora's work, he was an illustrator and designer in the 40's and 50's and illustrated for RCA and Columbia records. His primary focus was on jazz albums and his work was influential to many of today's designers like Tim Biskup.
Luckily I have a few of his album covers and I hope to get the books of his work (The Curiously Sinister Art of Jim Flora and the Mischievous Art of Jim Flora).

And here is the Jim Flora album cover that I think gave the most influence to the Jazz in July series. Please take a minute or two to check out his awesome work at http://www.jimflora.com/ or check out the blog about his work at http://jimflora.blogspot.com.
3 comments:
looking good! :)
Hi. I found your blog through the etsy forums. Thanks for posting the link! Great start to your blog! I've been blogging for about 7 months now (I've had my blog for about 2.5 years). You will find that you like it! I don't have many readers, but that's ok. I like being able to keep track of things through my blog.
Ok, sorry to write a book through this comment.
Good luck with your blog and your store too!
Hi!
I found your blog via the Flora blog!
Thanks!
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