At first glance, Alecse’s vintage travel posters look like perfectly composed windows into timeless destinations — sunlit streets, seaside horizons, dream-like skies. But take a closer look, and you’ll find something deeper happening beneath the surface.
This short video offers a rare, close-up view of Alecse’s creative technique — a slow travelling shot that lets you appreciate every texture, layer and subtle imperfection that defines his work. It’s not photography. It’s not painting. It’s something deliberately in between — a language of memory and emotion, rendered in half-tone.
Between Photo and Memory
Each of Alecse’s posters starts with a real scene — a beach in Sri Lanka, a Parisian square, a Californian boulevard. From there, he redraws, paints and digitally reinterprets the moment, blending reality and recollection. His goal isn’t accuracy, but emotion: to depict not how a place looks, but how it feels to remember it.
The Half-Tone Signature
The distinctive half-tone texture is more than an aesthetic choice — it’s a tribute to the golden age of poster printing, when colours were built from thousands of tiny dots. By reviving this traditional process digitally, Alecse gives each artwork a tactile quality that feels both nostalgic and contemporary. The slight softness in focus isn’t a flaw; it’s what turns an image into a memory.
A Poster’s DNA
What makes Alecse’s art instantly recognizable is its “pure poster DNA.” Every piece balances light, form and typography in a way that feels cinematic yet handmade. His limited-edition prints — available through MyRetroPoster — are not reproductions but original compositions, crafted from start to finish by the artist himself.
“I don’t try to show what things look like — I try to show how they live in our memory.” — Alecse
Fun Fact: The Language of Dots and Pixels
The half-tone technique that defines Alecse’s style has its roots in early 20ᵗʰ-century printing, where artists and printers explored how light could be translated into patterns of dots. These dots are a visual ancestor of today’s digital pixel art. For a deeper dive, see the charting of pixel art. Alecse’s posters keep that analogue poetry alive, even in a digital era.
His work invites you to step closer — to feel the warmth of sunlight, the rhythm of waves, or the distant hum of a city at dusk. Every piece is both a destination and a recollection, preserved forever in colour and grain.
© MyRetroPoster – Original creations by Alecse. Printed in UK, US, EU, CA & AU and shipped worldwide in eco-friendly tubes.
