Thursday, September 30, 2010

Bond, James Bond - Andy

As discussed with Fast Eddy below, and prior to that in my Houdini post, likenesses are hard. With this Bond illustration I sez to myself: "Andy, why do a likeness?" And I, being reasonable, sez: 'Good point.'
The idea was to not do any one particular Bond actor, but to catch the vibe of the character. Did I achieve this goal? Probably not; he could be a gangster looking at him now, but dammit! it'll have to do.

7 comments:

  1. Im loving the style for this one.
    Great finish!

    Although ive never really pictured Bond with a Kalashnikov...

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  2. Should we be worried that the bearded Whelshmen knows the name of the gun?
    Great pict Andy. I get that its Bond - not to many gangsters wear tuxedos.

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  3. I was thinking maybe we should be worried that the Whelshman did know the name of the gun and that was his issue with the pic!! lol nice one guys!

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  4. Bond has used Kalahnikovs, mostly in situations were he has to punch out a Russian then takes his gun.

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  5. It's totally bond! And what a great idea to have his face cropped out! Nice one!

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  6. I read a great little theory that in the world of Bond there really has been 6 different James Bonds, all orphans raised by the British government to be spies, and that the name is just as much a title as 007. That's why they're all similar but different.

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  7. It's still Bond man, likeness or no likeness...I think that's the good thing - it could be any Bond...not having his face in there lends itself to the undercover persona of the character too (i'm sure you were thinking of that;))!! Top class Andi stuff

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