Rich Natural Colors In Pulp Art & Films

 

Sometimes my style of art changes. As of now I seem to enjoy muted yet pleasing color schemes and pulp art!

I like these neutral colors. This was painted by Andrew Loomis. 

Smart color styling altogether. I used 4 colors that fit the image very well. Reds, blacks, beige.

Here's another incredible one by Perry Peterson. 

Again, I love the beige, it's not too lame like today's fashion standards apparently.

There's great color from a movie I watched recently called Rear Window (1954). I absolutely loved it. I seen a few images on FILMGRAB that were my favorite scenery in the entire film. Those clouds are gorgeous. 

Obviously this film is directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and he's known for having the best cinematography and visual effects I ever seen. He was amazing and it reminds me of his other movies with the city vibe like Rope (1948).

Also in addition, here's this cool movie poster with a limited color palette of course.

As for another Hitchcock film, The Birds (1963) also has some astounding background shots. I also watched the movie, but it was on a much different ratio. I still really like this screencap, this by far has the best colors I seen in just one movie image. So pleasing!

I have some more vintage "pulp art" I downloaded.

Another great painting by Andrew Loomis. I have talked about him before on my blog if you want to click the link. 

https://sngexplorationblog.blogspot.com/2025/05/my-type-of-art-paintings-galorevintage.html?m=1

This one I know the name of and is painted by Austin Briggs "Flight Into Darkness". Those yellows are nostalgic to me. It's weird to say but it reminds me of lava lamps.

Now how about more fictional characters and settings? I love me some Juanjo Guarnido artwork. His art is what I want to create myself. Just anthropomorphic animals acting out as live-action humans in serious territory. This is one of my favorites from him. It gives off movie model vibes. I adore this.

Most animated cartoons I talked about on this blog already have some great color styling. But I haven't talked about What's Brewin Bruin? (1948) yet. It's one of my favorite of the Three Bears cartoons. They're funny and I always loved them ever since I first experienced them. 

This alongside The Bee Deviled Bruin has some great backgrounds of the rocks. Peter Alvarado is credited for the background art. 

And finally for now is J.C Leyendecker, I don't think I praised him enough for his early artwork. This one's from 1906! Almost a century and 2 decades ago! Great stuff.