Sunday, 29 July 2012

Japanese OHMSS Comic


Japanese comic adaptation of "On Her Majesty's Secret Service". Art by Takao Saito.

Wednesday, 25 July 2012

Corgi Lotus Esprit Designs

Designs used by Corgi in 1977 for the Lotus Esprit  from "The Spy Who Loved Me". Thanks to Robert for sharing these!

Tuesday, 24 July 2012

Dr No Artwork

Dr No tribute artwork for the 50th anniversary by Tomasz Wagner. More of his Bond artwork here and his site here.

Diamonds Are Forever Artwork

Diamonds Are Forever themed artwork based on the assumption that Lazenby would have continued. Art by Steve Sistilli - check out his other works here.

Wednesday, 18 July 2012

Another Shrinking Bikini

Claudine Auger's bikini was altered in the US version of the Thunderball Beach artwork by Robert McGinnis. Similar alterations were applied to the "Look Out" artwork and the "You Only Live Twice" bath scene. Thanks to Stephen for finding this!

The Spy Who Loved Me Teaser Brochure

The Spy Who Loved Me - Cover of the teaser promotion brochure. Found at The Best Little Film House.

Tuesday, 17 July 2012

Danish First Edition Cover

Cover artwork of the the first Danish edition of "Doden Ma Vente" (Goldfinger), Grafisk Forlag 1959, artwork by William Petersen. This first edition is an oversized softcover book, not the usual hardcover.

Sunday, 15 July 2012

Thunderball Storyboard

Storyboard for Thunderball, published in Esquire magazine June 1965.

Tuesday, 10 July 2012

US Library Editions

"Casino Royale" and other James Bond 007 library editions, Ian Fleming, published by MacMillan in 1965. These were published alongside the 9 book club editions (black boards with coloured spine stripe). A small contingent of these prints were issued a new dust jacket and were sold exclusively to libraries.

Tuesday, 3 July 2012

Daniel Craig

Quick painting of Daniel Craig in anticipation of Skyfall, gouache, 20x30cm.

Monday, 2 July 2012

Original Diamonds Are Forever Artwork

Original artwork for the cover of the US Signet paperback edition of "Diamonds Are Forever". Artwork by Barye Phillips (Thanks Rick).
 
The painting was originally owned by Anne Fleming. She gave it to Mr and Mrs Beckett - who worked for the Fleming's - as a retirement present in 1974.

Catching Bullets

Cover artwork for the upcoming book "Catching Bullets - Memoirs of a Bond Fan" by Mark O’Connell. Due in September 2012 by Splendid Books.

Wednesday, 27 June 2012

McGinnis Beach Reconstruction

Reproduction of the Thunderball Beach artwork by Robert McGinnis. Gouache on artboard, 80 x 60 cm.
This particular artwork proved to be quite challenging due to size of the figures. The heads are quite small compared to the rest of the painting.Painting pupils the size of a felt-tip pen takes a quite steady hand. Copy and original as comparison below.
Before I start painting, I analyse the source picture and original photos that were used in the composition. Then I paint the heads first as they are the most important and also tricky part.I start with mapping out the black areas such the hair and eyes with black ink.
Once the heads are painted, I map out the light and dark parts of the bodies always starting with the components that are furthest back in the image to ensure seamless overlays with the front elements.
Then follows the water. I admire McGinnis for his approach of mixing finely detailed elements such as the faces with broad and loose strokes for the water - and it works perfectly.

Friday, 22 June 2012

Femme Fatales Cover Art

Cover for Femme Fatales magazine from February 1998 featuring an illustration of Ursula Andress by David Voigt.

Audio Cassette Cover

Cover design for narrated audio cassettes of the James Bond movies published by Europa in Germany in the 80'.

Wednesday, 13 June 2012

Italian Cover Artwork

Cover illustration for an Italian edition of Moonraker. Artwork by Ferenc Pinter.Thanks to Perry for sharing this!

Saturday, 9 June 2012

Daily Express Illustrations by Robb


The British newspaper Daily Express serialised selected Ian Fleming novels in the 50' and 60's. Each part was illustrated with artwork from Andrew Robb. Examples form the October 1965 serialisation of Octopussy. The PDFs of old issues are available here.

Tuesday, 5 June 2012

Danish Paperback Cover

Cover artwork for the Danish paperback edition of "Casino Royale" by Jan Fleming. Grafisk Forlag Kobenhavn 1959, cover design by William Petersen.

Cover Illustration

"The Man With The Golden Gun" themed cover illustration for the US magazine Mediascene, around 1974.

James Bond Book Covers

Cover artwork for the upcoming reissue of the Ian Fleming James Bond 007 novels (as eBooks) by Random House. Does anyone know who designed them?

Sunday, 27 May 2012

Sherlock Bond

Artwork to illustrate the James Bond 007 short story "Blast From The Past" by  Raymond Benson in Playboy magazine, January 1997, art by Gregory Manchess.

Raymond Benson Omnibus

"The Union Triology" and "Choice Of Weapons" omnibus cover art for Raymond Benson Bond books.

Thursday, 24 May 2012

McGinnis Reproduction


Reproduction of Robert McGinnis' unused Massage artwork for Thunderball, gouache on artboard, 80x60cm. The original as comparison below.
 


Wednesday, 23 May 2012

James Bond Unmasked

Book cover artwork for "James Bond Unmasked", artwork by Stanley Chow. More info here.

Sunday, 20 May 2012

New MI6 Confidential Issue

Check out the latest issue of MI6 Confidential with comic artwork and un-used character profile posters from "The World Is Not Enough" Available here.



Saturday, 19 May 2012

Cover Artwork

Cover artwork for Hebrew language editions of Ian Fleming James Bond novels:
  • Moonraker, published by Zmora Bitan in 1988
  • Casino Royale paperback
  • For Your Eyes Only paperback
  • From Russia With Love, published by Pen in 2007
  • Dr No, published by Zmora Bitan in 1990
  • The Spy Who Loved Me paperback
  • Thunderball paperback

Monday, 14 May 2012

Anniversary Artwork

50th Anniversary tribute Artwork by Graham Kennedy 59x31cm. With kind permisson from the 007 Collector. Artwork below is the 007 Collector Logo also by Graham.

Wednesday, 9 May 2012

Roger Moore Art Prints

Mount Street Galleries in London is selling limited editions of Roger Moore silkscreen prints signed by Robert McGinnis. Check it out here.

Monday, 7 May 2012

Goldfinger Poster

Tribute poster for Goldfinger. Composite of the French poster and my own illustration.

Sunday, 6 May 2012

Moonraker Magazine Artwork

Cover artwork for the Italian magazine publication of Ian Fleming's "Il Grande Slam Della Morte" (Moonraker), in Amica magazine, August 1965.