Illustrated 007 - The Art of James Bond: 2012

Monday, 31 December 2012

Live and Let Die Poster Variations

Poster artwork variations for "Live And Let Die" from South Korea and Pakistan. Both countries re-painted the entire artwork. US poster as comparison.

Saturday, 29 December 2012

Dr No / Goldfinger Australian Poster

Artwork of the Australian 1 sheet poster for the combo release of "Dr No" and "Goldfinger".

Turkish You Only Live Twice Poster

Turkish poster for "Insan Iki Kere Yasar" (You Only Live Twice) re-using artwork from the movie "Deadlier Than The Male".

SWLM Swedish Paperback

"007 - Alskade Spion" (The Spy Who Loved Me), Ian Fleming, Zebra Special / Albert Bonniers first edition in Sweden. Thanks to Stephan!

Swedish Casino Royale Paperback

Second paperback / Zebra Special edition of of "Casino Royal", Ian Fleming, Albert Bonniers Forlag 1965. Cover artwork by Edelman. Thanks to Stephan for the scan!

Saturday, 22 December 2012

Happy Holidays!

Merry Christmas and a great start into 2013 from Illustrated 007.
Thank you to all readers and especially contributors!

Dr No Paperback

Cover art and inside spread of the French movie tie-in paperback of "Dr No". Thanks to Dan for sharing this!

Sunday, 16 December 2012

Bond Back To Back

Artwork from the Australian Daybill poster for the James Bond 007 double feature of "Dr No" and "From Russia With Love".

James Bond Action Pen

"James Bond 007 Action Pen" packaging using a variation of the Thunderball artwork by Frank McCarthy.

Monday, 10 December 2012

Alternative Thunderball Record Cover

"Thunderball" - Rare cover artwork for the soundtrack.

Thunderball Paperback from Sweden

"Askbollen" (Thunderball), 2nd edition in paperback format from Sweden. Thanks to Stephan.

OHMSS: First Editon from Sweden

"I Hennes Majestäts Hemliga Tjänst" (On Her Majesty's Secret Service), Albert Bonniers Förlag, 1965, Artwork by Yrjö Edelman.

Thanks to Stephan for the scan!

Saturday, 1 December 2012

Moonraker Laserdisc Artwork

Cover artwork for the US laserdisc edition of "Moonraker". Artist signature appears to be "Elins". Does anyone know who this artist is?

License To Kill Poster Concepts

Poster concepts for "License To Kill", artist unknown. These images are taken form the book "James Bond - 50 Years Of Movie Posters" by Dorling Kindersley.

Toy Box Cover Artwork

Box artwork for Japanese model of the Lotus Esprit featured in "The Spy Who Loved Me"

Wednesday, 28 November 2012

Skyfall Poster Concept

Poster concept tribute for the film "Skyfall" Gouache and pen on artboard. Style is a shameless imitation of the "From Russia With Love" poster by Renato Fratini.

I've started by practicing Craig's face in different styles. With mixed succes. The loose style of Fratini and Hooks requires considerable skill - which I don't have.

Then I've painted the poster using traditional techniques to achieve the old-style effect. Text was added in Photoshop though.

Monday, 26 November 2012

Box artwork concept for the 1966 Airfix Aston Martin. Gouache and ink, 13x18 inch. This image and a lot of other James Bond items go on auction mid December from the auction house "Profiles In History"

Swedish Cover Artwork

Cover artwork for the first Swedish edition of "Goldfinger", artist unknown. Does anyone know who painted this? Thanks to Stephan for sharing this scan!

Toy Artwork

Concept sketch for a planned but never released James Bond 007 train set.

Thursday, 15 November 2012

Skyfall Tribute Artwork

"Skyfall" art tribute by Granada Vector. More info here.

Wednesday, 14 November 2012

Hungarian Bond Books

Something different: Hungarian language paperbacks of "Traeste Si Lasa Sa Moara!" (Live And Let Die) and "Goldfinger" published in Israel in the early 60'.

MWGG Concept Design

Concept sketch of the interior of the Queen Elisabeth for "The Man With The Golden Gun" by Peter Murton. This scan is taken form the Catalogue for the "Designing 007" Exhibition.

Promotional Record

"Bon Baisers de Turquie", Promotional record issued by Peugeot in France using the Liberty Records label. I've not listend to the record. Does anyone know what this was about?

Saturday, 10 November 2012

James Bond Poster & Photo Exhibition Catalogue

Pages from the exhibition catalogue "Bond,... James Bond - Filmplakate und Fotografien aus fuenfzig Jahren".

The catalogue is filled with new and unseen artwork (at least for me) from McGinnis, Peak and many others. There are also rare posters from all over the world from the collection of Thomas Nixdorf collection and rare photos from the collection of Robert Ganz. Catalogue is available here.

Wednesday, 7 November 2012

Exhibition Catalogue

Catalogue "Bond, ... James Bond: 50 Jahre im Geheimdienst ihrer Majestät - Plakate und Fotografien" (Bond,...James Bond: 50 years on her Majesty's Secret Service - Posters and Photos) for the upcoming exhibition in the Folkwang Museum Essen, Germany. Catalogue is available here.

Saturday, 3 November 2012

Danish Goldfinger First Edition

Cover artwork for the first Danish edition of the James Bond 007 book "Doden Ma Vente" (Goldfinger) by "Jan" Ian Fleming. Published by Grafisk Forlag 1961, cover design by William Petersen.

Friday, 2 November 2012

AVTAK Storyboard

Storyboard for the "A View To A Kill" car chase in Paris, attributed to the team of stunt driver Remy Julienne.

Wednesday, 31 October 2012

Dr No Poster Concept

Concept artwork for "Dr No" poster, artist unknown. This scan is taken from the book "The James Bond Archives".

The James Bond Archives

"The James Bond Archives", published by Taschen in 2012.The book contains a lot of new behind-the-scenes photos - at least new to me.

Cover Artwork

Cover artwork for the new edition of "The Bluffers Guide To Bond". More info here.

Tuesday, 30 October 2012

Art Tributes

The designers of Herring & Haggis celebrate the 50 anniversary of the 007 films with a tribute poster for each movie, Thunderball as one example. Check out their other designs here.