A Charlie Allen illustration for Burgermeister beer.

This collection of vintage advertisements from advertising illustrator, Charlie Allen, are really incredible. So much color, and the facial expressions are brilliant. They almost rendered photography unnecessary—and no paying for sets, talent, or photo editing.

Charlie Allen’s Flickr photoset

One of Charlie's favorite ad series.

An old Clorox illustrated advertisement.

Love the incorporation of the shorts’ patterns in this illustration:

Wonder what the copyranter would say about some of these…

Tags:   Charlie Allen · drawing · illustration · vintage advertising