Poster Illustration
While we love illustration in general, creating poster art is our passion. Early advertising posters from the 20th Century were pasted onto walls to grab public attention as busy people passed by. By necessity, good poster composition included bold color, contrast, iconic imagery and easy-to-read type. For these same reasons, it has become an inspiring and affordable way to decorate. We employ many of the same time-honored techniques to create our poster art for a whole new generation to enjoy.
American Travel
Here are a few samples from our Art & Soul of America series—classic American travel posters that we've created to look like vintage prints from the 20th Century. We are constantly adding new designs to this collection as we celebrate our Nation's most beloved destinations.
Illustrators: (Left to right)
Joel Anderson
Andy Gregg
Julian Baker
Creative Director: Joel Anderson
Spirit of Nashville
Since 2004, we’ve created over 150 poster designs in our award-winning Spirit of Nashville Collection. Our goal has been to show off Music City’s unique history and charm while celebrating all the things we love about our home town.
Illustrators: (Left to right)
Joel Anderson
Andy Gregg
Aaron Johnson
Creative Director: Joel Anderson
Spirit of Nashville
Several of our Spirit of Nashville posters focus on the fabulous flavors and culinary charm of Music City.
Illustrators: (Left to right)
Joel Anderson
Angy Gregg
Andy Gregg
Creative Director: Joel Anderson
Spirit of Nashville
Nashville is also home to some beautiful parks and nature preserves. Several prints from the Spirit of Nashville collection celebrate our diverse array of local plant and animal life.
Illustrators: (Left to right)
Ligia Teodosiu
Derek Anderson
Michael Korfhage
Creative Director: Joel Anderson
TN: Three Graces
We created this triptych to celebrate the diverse beauty and history of our home state of Tennessee. Styled after Alphonse Mucha's Art Nouveau prints, Kai Carpenter painted the three graces in oil and Aaron Johnson rendered them into 3 beautiful poster designs.
Illustrators: Kai Carpenter and Aaron Johnson
Creative Director: Joel Anderson
National Parks
Inspired by the iconic WPA-commissioned artwork of the early 1900s, our National Park series is meant to conjure nostalgia through design, and to celebrate our American heritage of wilderness and wonder.
Illustrators: (Left to right)
Andy Gregg
Julian Baker
Creative Director: Joel Anderson
National Parks
There are 59 National Parks in the USA. We have created at least one poster for each park—several of the parks are so vast and diverse they inspired us to produce multiple posters.
Illustrators: (Left to right)
Aaron Johnson
Derek Anderson
Creative Director: Joel Anderson
National Parks
Each time we travel to a park, we come back with ideas for new posters. These 2 designs came out of a 2017 hiking trip through California parks including Yosemite, Kings Canyon, Sequoia and Pinnacles.
Illustrator: Derek Anderson
Creative Director: Joel Anderson
Great Smoky Mountains
In 2017 we decided to revisit some National Parks in more detail. We started by creating a whole book full of illustrations for our own state's Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This time we explored a variety of styles and mediums to mix it up!
Illustrators: (Left to right)
Joel Anderson
Derek Anderson
Aaron Johnson
Creative Director: Joel Anderson
Kai Carpenter Series
ADG founder Joel Anderson has a unique friendship with oil painter Kai Carpenter. Even though they only see each other a few times each year, their ongoing long-distance collaboration continues to produce an incredible body of work.
Illustrator: Kai Carpenter
Creative Director: Joel Anderson
Kai Carpenter Series
Kai paints a variety of scenes and subjects that all feel at home with the look of classic Golden Age illustrations from the early 20th Century.
Illustrator: Kai Carpenter
Creative Director: Joel Anderson
Coffee
Yeah, some of us are coffee junkies—and so we brewed up a series of caffeinated curiosities ideal for decorating any kitchen or cafe wall.
Illustrators: (Left to right)
Steven Garcia
Aaron Johnson
Allie Smith
Creative Director: Joel Anderson
Wine Lovers
When we are not jacked up on Java, we are probably winding down with a glass of wine. This intoxicating series of vintage poster designs seems to improve with age.
Illustrators: (Left to right)
Derek Anderson
Aaron Johnson
Derek Anderson
Creative Director: Joel Anderson
Lake and Lodge
Perfect for decorating your lake house, lodge, or cabin, this collection of original art will make you feel like one happy camper.
Illustrators: (Left to right)
Aaron Johsnon
Joel Anderson
Creative Director: Joel Anderson
World Travel
After the success of our American Travel collections, we decided to create posters featuring our favorite cities around the globe. The World Travel Poster series will continue to grow and include designs that celebrate iconic destinations from every continent.
Illustrators: (Left to right)
Steven Garcia
Steven Garcia
Michael Korfhage
Creative Director: Joel Anderson
60s Mod
The 1950s and 60s were a unique era for design, fashion, illustration, and pop-culture. Rainbows, fros, and go-go's helped characterize this fabulous escape from the norm. We created the Mod collection to honor the groove, the jive, and the all-around pizzazz of this outta sight epoch.
Illustrators: (Left to right)
Joel Anderson
Aaron Johnson
Creative Director: Joel Anderson
Vintage Ad Follies
Rewind to the ole days with this classic collection, inspired by the "Golden Age" of printed advertising. The products featured in our faux advertising art never actually existed, but they bring back nostalgic feelings that feel so familiar, we often have people tell us that they remember these posters from their childhood!
Illustrators: (Left to right)
Kai Carpenter
Joel Anderson
Creative Director: Joel Anderson
Client Work
Ram Trucks
The Richards Group, the ad agency for Chrysler’s Ram Trucks hired us to illustrate a series of posters for the Texas Parks & Wildlife Outdoor Annual Hunting & Fishing Guide. The art celebrates the Lone Star State by setting Ram Trucks in iconic Texas locations and incorporating Texas-inspired graphic elements and designs.
Illustrators: Andy Gregg, Aaron Johnson
Creative Director: Joel Anderson
Client Work
Mère Bulles Restaurant
Illustrator: Aaron Johnson
The owner of a local restaurant hired us to create a poster that would convey the casual elegance of his establishment, which was named after a French restauranteur from the late 1800s. We set out to emulate the Art Nouveau illustration style of master poster artist Alphonse Mucha. Aaron Johnson did a #!!%!! job (pardon our French!)
Creative Director: Joel Anderson
Client Work
Austin City Limits Festival Poster
Illustrator: Andy Gregg
The organizers of this famous festival commission a new poster each year to commemorate the event, and to sell as merchandise. After seeing our art onine, they hired us to create the 2012 Festival Poster Design. Austin is a wonderful place—so we included icons and landmarks that would encourage concert-goers to stay a bit longer and visit other parts of the city.
Creative Director: Joel Anderson
Client Work
Syracuse University
Every year the university hosts an event called Orange Central, which encourages almumni to come and rediscover their past, and enjoy various activities and sports. This time they wanted to create a series of posters that could be used as gifts for donors, and as decoration at the event. The posters were designed to appeal to different aspects of campus and student life.
Illustrator: Aaron Johnson
Creative Director: Joel Anderson
Client Work
Hog Heaven: BBQ Fight Club
These posters were created to promote Hog Heaven’s new line of BBQ sauces. To get pumped up for the barnyard brawl theme, we looked at several underground Mexican luchadore wrestling show prints and watched Nacho Libre several times.
Designer/Illustrator: Andy Gregg
Creative Director: Joel Anderson
