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Thunderball's 007 fanart thread

ThunderballThunderball playing Chemin de Fer in a casino, downing Vespers
edited September 2012 in Fan Creations Posts: 815
I just created an Ultimate Edition cover for Casino Royale. Check it out...
[img][/img]CasinoRoyaleUEdvd.jpg

Perhaps soon I'll make a Quantum of Solace one, too, but I'm pooped right now.
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  • ThunderballThunderball playing Chemin de Fer in a casino, downing Vespers
    edited September 2012 Posts: 815
    Okay..here we go.

    QuantumofSolaceUEdvd-1.jpg

    Just like the movie itself, this didn't turn out quite as good as Casino Royale. I had a hard time finding good images of Craig with a gun in hand. This pic of him was black and white and I had to color it. Looks terrible. Anyway...
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    Dan's hair is so hard to get right when doing art for his Bond.
  • ThunderballThunderball playing Chemin de Fer in a casino, downing Vespers
    edited September 2012 Posts: 815
    Tell me about it...

    I plan on doing an UE cover for Skyfall, too and I hope more color photos of Daniel Craig are released, holding a gun.
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    edited September 2012 Posts: 13,356
    Skyfall next?

    Good work @Thunderball. Welcome to MI6! :)
  • 00Beast00Beast
    Posts: 4,762
    Thunderball wrote:
    Tell me about it...

    I plan on doing an UE cover for Skyfall, too and I hope more color photos of Daniel Craig are released, holding a gun.

    I'll be looking forward to that! Your last two were really great, nice job on those, especially Quantum of Solace's, I actually liked it better than the one for Casino Royale!
  • BondWillReturnBondWillReturn
    Posts: 816
    @Thunderball, you did a great job coloring Craig! I didn't even realise it until I read about it :) Only problem with that cover is: the barrel of the gun is cut off, otherwise, I also prefer it to your CR cover :)
  • ThunderballThunderball playing Chemin de Fer in a casino, downing Vespers
    Posts: 815
    BondWillReturn wrote:
    @Thunderball, you did a great job coloring Craig! I didn't even realise it until I read about it :) Only problem with that cover is: the barrel of the gun is cut off, otherwise, I also prefer it to your CR cover :)

    Fixed. Thanks for pointing that out.

    About Skyfall. Though of course it won't be out for another 2 months, I decided what the hell:

    SkyfallUEdvd.jpg

    More explosive goodness....

  • 001001
    Posts: 1,575
    They look great Thunderball. Good work.
    How about making some bluray covers?
  • ThunderballThunderball playing Chemin de Fer in a casino, downing Vespers
    Posts: 815
    Might..

    Strikes me as kinda funny making Ultimate Ed. DVD covers for Daniel Craig's Bond films since EON/MGM has replaced those with the 50th Anniversary Blu-ray....

    Well, here is a coupla things I did just for the hell of it. Are they DVD/Blu-Ray covers? I dunno. Kinda like the feel though...I will make more soon.

    JBdrno.jpg

    JBthunderball.jpg
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    Wow. You are blowing my work out of the water.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 41,011
    All of your work looks really great so far, keep it coming. We've got quite a bit of talented people on these forums, so even more are always welcomed.

    For your latest two works, perhaps keep the titles closer to a similar size, or even closer together? I love the format, color, and everything of them, I just think 'Thunderball' would look a lot better if it was closer together, all lowercase (excluding the first letter), and the same size.
  • ThunderballThunderball playing Chemin de Fer in a casino, downing Vespers
    Posts: 815
    Thanks. Well the idea of these was to have 1 word of the title of the film over the central image. dr. NO, from RUSSIA with love, GOLDfinger, thunderBALL, you only live TWICE, etc. And I knew that because of the different lengths of 007 film titles, the font sizes would vary. Still, perhaps I'll play with it a little sometime...
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 41,011
    Thunderball wrote:
    Thanks. Well the idea of these was to have 1 word of the title of the film over the central image. dr. NO, from RUSSIA with love, GOLDfinger, thunderBALL, you only live TWICE, etc. And I knew that because of the different lengths of 007 film titles, the font sizes would vary. Still, perhaps I'll play with it a little sometime...

    If that's your vision, please don't let me change it in the slightest; trust me, I am far from artistic, so don't ever change your style for someone, especially me. Keep them coming, I'm loving what you're doing so far.
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    Posts: 13,356
    That's creative. Really snazzy. I haven't seen anything like it before. Love the Skyfall cover too, by the way!
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    edited September 2012 Posts: 14,680
    It certainly is surreal to see a Skyfall UE cover. Well done.
  • ThunderballThunderball playing Chemin de Fer in a casino, downing Vespers
    edited August 2013 Posts: 815
    For some time I have been playing around with my own cover designs for Ian Fleming's Bond novels. So, starting obviously with Casino Royale, here are the finished ones. Still got a lot to do.

    007casinoroyale_zps7884f16d.jpg

    007liveandletdie_zps65c99b2b.jpg
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    Cool stuff, @Thunderball! Keep up the awesome work! :)
  • ThunderballThunderball playing Chemin de Fer in a casino, downing Vespers
    Posts: 815
    Thanks.
    Here's a couple more:

    007goldfinger_zpsc8a45913.jpg

    007diamondsareforever_zpscdecd0e8.jpg
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    Posts: 14,680
    Looking good, TB. Love the rich colour scheme.
  • ThunderballFeverThunderballFever
    Posts: 23
    Great artwork, TB. Very creative...indeed.
  • ThunderballThunderball playing Chemin de Fer in a casino, downing Vespers
    Posts: 815
    007thunderball_zpsc4429c1a.jpg

    007themanwiththegoldengun_zps4a59c544.jpg

    More to come..
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    Posts: 13,356
    Very simple ideas but nice enough. This is the track IFP should be thinking along.
  • ThunderballThunderball playing Chemin de Fer in a casino, downing Vespers
    edited August 2013 Posts: 815
    007youonlylivetwicejpg_zps9ea7fd9a.jpg

    007moonraker_zpscb7eb480.jpg
  • ThunderballThunderball playing Chemin de Fer in a casino, downing Vespers
    edited August 2013 Posts: 815
    007thespywholovedme_zpse96f9380.jpg

    007fromrussiawithlove_zps63a14acd.jpg
  • Villiers53Villiers53
    Posts: 802
    @Thunderball - what fabulous work. A massive bravo!
    On the movie front, I particularly liked 'Skyfall' but I found your work on Fleming's novels particularly impressive. You really managed to incorporate the stories into your visuals whilst keeping a consistent code. My absolute favourites were Casino Royale & TSWLM.
    Albeit with TSWLM, I think the clothing doesn't really go with the vespa. In my opinion she should be in mod attire as the scooter, which is absolutely a keeper, has to reference the London leg of the story, as they hardly exist in the USA.
    All in all, this work is great and IFP/JC would do well to look at it.
    Very reminiscent of the great work done by the late, great Raymond Hawkey's work for PAN books in the '60s.
    Why don't you post the book covers on a literary thread?
    Hugely enjoyable!
  • 007InVT007InVT Classified
    Posts: 893
    Nice job @Thunderball!

    I particularly like Casino Royal, TSWLM and FRWL.

  • LicencedToKilt69007LicencedToKilt69007 Belgium, Wallonia
    Posts: 523
    Excellent job @Thunderball !

    Simple and precise posters. BTW, Craig's QOS pose with the gun is one of his best, unless the best.
  • ThunderballThunderball playing Chemin de Fer in a casino, downing Vespers
    Posts: 815
    Couple more... had to do DN twice and OHMSS thrice to get 'em right..

    007doctorno_zps5fb6124c.jpg

    007onhermajestyssecretservice_zps42e18b8b.jpg

    Only a few more to go... and coming soon, Bond Girl wallpapers.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    edited August 2013 Posts: 28,694
    Amazing content, @Thunderball! Your FRWL and DN covers are especially inspired, and I could see them gracing the shelves of bookstores everywhere! :)
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    Posts: 14,680
    Wow, that DN cover is beautiful! Makes me wish I was at the beach...

    ...reading Fleming. ;)
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