How many of you grew up with posters of cars, trucks or motorcycles on your bedroom walls or at least spent time drooling at pictures of them in magazines. Dreaming of one day owning such vintage or sports machines, some grew up to do exactly that. Owner’s of vintage cars and trucks or sports cars, trucks and motorcycles easily spend thousands of dollars a year ensuring their babies look beautiful. As if all that love wasn’t enough, now vintage and sports vehicle owners can immortalize their machines in custom car posters.
Car Shows: Culinary Masterpiece for the Eyes
Every year, throughout Canada, The United States and in fact many countries around the world, when the weather is warm car, truck and motorcycle shows are bound to be close by. If you haven’t yet, visiting one of these shows will make the jaw of even the softest vehicle lover drop like a brick. Usually featuring vehicles adorned with exquisite detail, colour and chrome, vintage and sports vehicle shows dish up a culinary masterpiece for the eyes. Accompanying these machines of marvel are their proud owners who, with just the slightest of questions will dole out reams of stories about their cars, truck or motorcycles. Like loving parents, most will often have pictures of their babies to show anyone will to take a look.
Custom Car Posters: Full Throttle Imagery
It’s said, that a picture is worth a thousand words; if this is true of just one image, imagine what five or six pictures seamlessly blended together and digitally re-mastered would say. Anthony Sardinha, owner of customcarposters.ca, and who agreed to an interview with Suite101, is one who knows how to bring those words alive in his art. “I take photos of the vehicle and digitally enhance them to its colour correct beauty. I then incorporate emblems, graphics, text and themes as well as integrating the vehicle owner and their own personality into the custom poster to create a one-of-a-kind piece of art”.
Custom Posters: A Labour of Love
With over 30 years experience, much of Anthony’s current and past career was spent creating marketing artwork to be used in advertising for companies such as Nestle, Pepsi, Schneider’s, Kellogg’s and Heinz to name just a few. Not to be confused with a graphic designer or a graphic artist, Anthony makes it clear that he is an illustrator; “A labour works with their hands, a Craftsman works with both the hands and mind, but an Illustrator works with their hands, their mind and heart”.
No greater proof of this concept can be found, then by simply looking at some of Anthony’s latest custom poster creations. Immaculately rendered Corvette’s, Mustang’s, vintage Ford trucks and cars, Yamaha bikes and even the breathtaking Harley Davidson motorcycle; all timelessly portrayed in unique custom posters that can be enjoyed for years.
Custom Posters: Not Just Simple PhotoShop
It would be a mistake to think that such custom poster artwork can be churned out en masse by any 16-year old with a pc in their bedroom. “From photo shoots to initial design, client draft approvals, poster paper and gloss selections, the final printer poster take approximately 2-3 weeks to deliver” explains Anthony.
A vintage classic car owner himself, Anthony’s keen eye towards capturing the emotion of the vehicle and imagery sets him apart from the rest of industry. “There’s nothing like this available in stores. My custom posters are completely original works of art, very personal to the vehicle owner. Each poster is unique and individual”.
How to Find Custom Car Posters
A custom poster of a loved one’s vintage or sports vehicle makes an excellent birthday, Father’s Day, Mother’s Day or Christmas gift. If you’re interested in seeing more of Anthony’s work, simply visit customcarposters.ca or you could also meet Anthony in person if you live near the Southern Ontario area. “I service most of Southern Ontario on a one-to-one personal basis with the vehicle owners and market myself on the internet as well as attending a large number of car shows the 'Show & Shine' at various locations within and outside the Toronto area."
Anthony currently produces three different 30”x24” custom poster styles starting at only $170 (CDN) as well as a 20”x24” display board. Considering the personal value of such mementos as well as low cost, a custom poster makes an excellent addition to any vehicle enthusiast’s showroom, garage or den. Designed to last for years, custom posters hold onto to those unique moments in life, even when they’re long gone.
- All quotations reproduced from an exclusive interview between Suite101 and Anthony Sardinha.
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