I have always considered myself an old soul. Some of my most early artistic inspiration came from vintage travel posters and postcards. More specifically the work of Kerne Erickson. In my eyes, this art style truly captures what commercial design was intended to do. It truly invokes the feeling of "I want to be there" by combining stunning visuals with the psychological aspect of world travel… Something we all desire as humans.
I have an entire travel poster series I have been sharing (first post here : https://steemit.com/art/@abrockman/the-sunshine-state-or-digital-painting-by-aj-brockman). This is the second installment, The Islands of Aloha, featuring imagery from Hawaii. Hawaii is the 50th and most recent state to have joined the United States of America, having received statehood on August 21, 1959. Hawaii is the only U.S. state located in Oceania and the only one composed entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean. Hawaii is the only U.S. state located outside North America. The state encompasses nearly the entire volcanic Hawaiian archipelago, which comprises hundreds of islands spread over 1,500 miles (2,400 km). At the southeastern end of the archipelago, the eight main islands are—in order from northwest to southeast: Niʻihau, Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Kahoʻolawe, Maui, and the Island of Hawaiʻi. The last is the largest island in the group; it is often called the "Big Island" or "Hawaiʻi Island" to avoid confusion with the state or archipelago. The archipelago is physiographically and ethnologically part of the Polynesian subregion of Oceania.
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That's a beautiful art! And I love Hawaii! Was just there a couple of days ago adventuring!
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Great piece of art! Very beautiful!
posting a very-very nice friends, hope you are successful and healthy always.
Thank you my friend!
I love how retro this looks! Awesome vibes. Someday I'll visit Hawaii. Psyched about Steemfest 2.5! Cheers, my friend @abrockman :)
Thanks brother… Yes, me too, one day I will see it for myself. We had a name change to the event, but still hope you can make it to finally meet in person!
Nice work! I think I might of dated her once ;)
LOL… She is a catch! Thanks for your continued feedback and support. Love what you're doing with the community offering the free designs to promote this platform. All the best my friend.
That's a beautiful art! And I love Hawaii! Was just there a couple of days ago adventuring!
Wow, I am mad jealous brother! Maybe one day we can adventure there together.
the woman in the painting looks like an Asian national,the painting looks so smooth and nice, but a little less beautiful in my opinion is a plane image that feels like an impression of war, such as paintings that tell the beauty of the island of Hawaii is disturbed by war, that's all my comments thank you
What a great comment, this is exactly what I was going for… A true Juxtaposition, Beauty by a history of war. However, the Asian influence was meant to be more Polynesian (the native ancestry of Hawaii). This is very insightful of you and I appreciate you adding to the conversation. Hope to chat more!
Berehhh goe nyan mantapp 👍
thanks for the geography lesson , i had to look for a map to understand what you are saying and so much interested in visiting the island based on what am seeing on the internet, and the photo looks great
Yes, it is a place I hope to visit one day!
Pretty!
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Thank you very much, appreciate your support!
Nice post, looks vintage to me. U stated that u are old soul, i am too, no worries. Keep posting nice art works
Thank you very much, glad to connect my friend. Look forward to hearing more from you.
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I usually also read your posts. But I don't always have something relevant to comment. Of course I try to do so often as possible to write relevant comments. Keep up the good work!
38-1.20, interested in what your investigation shows. No problem, always appreciate your support even without a comment, as long as my work is being seen. All the best!
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Steemfest 2.5 sounds interesting! Have fun
Thank you, we have had a name change to the event, Hopefully you can join us!
Great dreamy light to this. Definitely transports the viewer:)
Thank you, always appreciate your comments and support!
Pleasure:)
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Thanks for sharing! We love seeing people explore the world and experience anything that it has to offer, and to do it in a unique way, is a cherry topper! We love the old vintage look of the photos and can't wait to see more articles of yours pop up like this! Have a great day and keep steeming on!
Thank you very much, really appreciate your encouragement and support. Look forward to connecting more with you.
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Oahu since its in Honolulu @abrockman great post mate..!
Thank you brother :)
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Thank you my friend, your encouragement means the world to me. All the best to you.
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Beautiful art piece, would love to be in Hawaii right now. This art brings us all closer.
Agreed… Art is very powerful in that way. Appreciate your feedback, I have given you a follow!
Awesome! Thanks for blessing steemians with some positive vibes :)
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@abrockman unbelievable
Thank you!
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nice pictures....kudos
Excellent photography.
Happy Steeming.
great post! I enjoyed your content. Keep up the good work! It's always nice to see good content here on Steemit!
Thank you very much, really appreciate your kind words.
thank you for sharing your friends, great art, you have provided an exciting spectacle, for art enthusiasts, it's a great work, @abrockman
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This sounds very vintage! I like it!
Keep the good work!
Cheers,
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What beautiful pictures, like your I really like the trips and the information that you just shared now at some point in my life I would like to visit Hawaii, continue like that and congratulations for your publication. Hugs from Venezuela here I will follow @ nayda1607 to keep in touch, if it's your pleasure you can go to my post so you can see very nice places of my land and maybe you want to come and meet them https://steemit.com/travel/@nayda1607/knowing-the-fortin-solano-in-puerto-cabello-carabobo-with-the-best-company-that-my-friends-could-have-had-because-friendship-has and https://steemit.com/wolk/@nayda1607/a-different-day-of-walk-in-the-andean-wasteland . Happy day
Your photos are beautiful! I'm grateful to have stumbled on to your profile!
love the retro style of it :)
the work is beautiful and very professioanl, im glad for that sucess , could you tell me the secret of all thoese upvots thats really impressive , im having a hard start i need some encouragment and i belive in this beautiful community