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This isn't looking good. Dark Horse Comics did the same 25 years ago and the Bond IP disappeared from comics for 20 years. I hope that doesn't happen with Dynamite.
I wouldn't say Dynamite is giving their Talent deadlines as a lot of them don't deliver on time anyway. War years is already delayed for almost half a year. Casino Royale should have been long finished by now (even with Calero at the Helm) and Ellis also never delivered on time. If someone needs more time, they always seem to get it.
I agree the preview pictures of Solstice that we had before looked much better, so i rather stick to those for the time being, and wait till i have the finished product in my hands
But thats just my opinion and i haven't been around when Dark Horse comics crashed and burned with the license. I only see the aftermath with half finished comics now. So i hope we don't have to go through that again
Just look at Youri Jigounov's artwork on the Belgian XIII-comics:
I don't speak French, but have made sure to get a few of these comics, just for the artwork. Back to the Dynamite books, there is some brilliant Bond artwork in these as well. Hammerhead – which is where I fell off, has some great, bold line work.
Now that I see some comparison, Aaron Campbell's work on Felix Leiter isn't different from the one seen in the XIII panels. :)
Didn't care much for the tv-series, either. The tv-movie made before that was decent enough.
Totally forgot that there was a Felix Leiter spin-off! Will have to give that a read as well. :-)
Noted! Wonder if it's available for digital copy – in English...
I've looked into the artist behind Solstice as I dug his style, but those do seem very different in visuals than the preview inks. Strange, but it's only one page. We'll have to see through other previews what develops. The artist did mention on his Twitter if memory serves that, as is common for panel artists, he had to find his style over the course of doing the pages before settling on a definitive approach. Maybe what we see above is his starting point, before finding his "Bond" style.
Good observation, Braders.
...back when one of my first concept artworks was a WIP, based on the characters of my planned book series.
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Of course, there are others. Not based on my work, just simple portraits and character designs. Some of them are still incomplete.
I did a lot of the same things when I was younger, doing character designs and putting together random comics or comedy sketches with drawings. I recently found some old sketchbooks I'd draw in during high school and they have a lot of my attempts at one page comic sketches with a dark comedy bent in them, and some other random things. It's funny to look back on work I did some 7 to 11 years ago.
Although, that won't be anytime soon since I'm caught up with too many schedules in hand, I might go back to developing my skills further in them and do a few comic book sketches.
It's been a while since I did any character concept. Perhaps not since Summer '15.
Yeah, it's hard to keep a balance. I've got enough problems shifting from traditional art to graphic design, and those are just two styles! I've neglected painting and all the rest for a long while; probably too long.
Do think everyone who makes illustrations, sketches or comic books for fun or professionally experiences this. Adapting to a style can be really difficult, even if it's close to your own style or not. I think it's a smart thing to try out different styles and approaches though, as you can only become better by doing so. If you're an illustrator adapting to a style while making monthly comic book issues, one can only imagine how challenging it must be...
There's definitely a lot into it, even beyond the sometimes pressing deadlines. You've got to know what each character will look like and keep them consistent in appearance (and keep continuity if they are hurt/injured), make sure the light sources don't fluctuate too much, and find a way to panel a story in a way that makes it your own, despite so many influential artists who've done it before.
That's just the latest delay. Be patient.
Royale is not coming out this year, as I said.