The header illustration was created with Midjourney AI, using the prompt:
/imagine [ENTER] colors of the american west, illustration, comic art, retro –ar 3:2 –q 2
![](https://www.slaphappylarry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Colours-of-the-American-West-gigapixel-standard-width-799px_compressed.jpg)
This was another imagine, produced with the same prompt:
![](https://www.slaphappylarry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/colors-of-the-american-west-illustration-comic-art-retro-2-gigapixel-standard-width-799px_compressed.jpg)
What if I change the prompt to this:
/imagine [ENTER] colors of the american west, classic painting
![](https://www.slaphappylarry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/colors-of-the-american-west-classic-painting-gigapixel-standard-width-799px_compressed.jpg)
Here are some more illustrations of the American West for enjoyment and inspiration.
WARD BRACKETT
Ward Brackett (April 2, 1914 – December 14, 2006) was an American artist who created for paperback books and magazines, including the Reader’s Digest and Cosmopolitan. He lived in Connecticut.
![](https://www.slaphappylarry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Ward-Brackett-1114x3000-gigapixel-standard-width-799px_compressed.jpg)
MOEBIUS
Moebius was the artist name of Jean Giraud (1938-2012). He was Franco-Belgian. He started drawing comics at around the age of nine. As a European, how did he wind up illustrating American scenes such as these?
He went to art school but didn’t graduate. By this stage his mother had married a guy from Mexico, so he went to visit his mum and stayed there for nine months, absorbing the atmosphere and doing a lot of drawing, I bet.
War broke out, but he managed to score a gig as a war illustrator. The rest for Jean was history. He is now one of the most recognisable comics artists of the 20th century.
![](https://www.slaphappylarry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Moebius-Blueberry_compressed-gigapixel-standard-width-800px_compressed.jpg)
![](https://www.slaphappylarry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Blueberry-by-Moebius-color-palette-gigapixel-standard-width-799px_compressed.jpg)
GEORGE HUGHES
George Hughes (1907-1990) was a New Yorker, formally trained in art. His range was huge. He painted landscapes like these and also fashion and automobiles. He did many illustrations for The Saturday Evening Post.
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![](https://www.slaphappylarry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Out-Of-Gas-by-George-Hughes-color-palette-gigapixel-standard-width-799px_compressed.jpg)
MAYNARD DIXON
Maynard Dixon (January 24, 1875 – November 11, 1946) was an American artist whose body of work focused on the American West landscape. Recognise his work due to the strong lights and darks.
![](https://www.slaphappylarry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Maynard-Dixon-January-24-1875-–-November-11-1946-was-an-American-artist-whose-body-of-work-focused-on-the-American-West-landscape-gigapixel-standard-width-799px_compressed.jpg)
![](https://www.slaphappylarry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Maynard-Dixon-color-palette-gigapixel-standard-width-799px_compressed.jpg)
![](https://www.slaphappylarry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Foothills-by-Maynard-Dixon-gigapixel-standard-width-800px_compressed.jpg)
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![](https://www.slaphappylarry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Maynard-Dixon-foothills-gigapixel-standard-width-800px_compressed.jpg)
You can’t have the American West without a vintage railroad poster:
![](https://www.slaphappylarry.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Chicago-Railroad-poster-by-Knight-Leonard-circa-1890-gigapixel-standard-width-799px_compressed.jpg)