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Published: 2010-05-08 01:42:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 39252; Favourites: 653; Downloads: 1597
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Modesty Blaise artwork for an upcoming issue of the Swedish comic book magazine 'Agent X-9', who were generous enough to let me post this early as a tribute to Modesty's creator, Peter O'Donnel, who passed away on the 3rd of May, aged 90.Pencil sketch on paper, painted in photoshop.
Details of Willie Garvins face [link]
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You should definitely be happy with the contrast between the characters. It came out GREAT!
Not that I'm telling you how to feel or anything. I'm just saying that I'd be happy if I could do what you can do. But I suppose I'm happy anyway. So that may not meen anything. I need an objective study of some kind. **goes looking for a scientist** LMAO.
And, well - faster is definitely always a good thing. But it seems to me that one of the reasons you take a while to do these things is that you do them magnificently. So I guess it's a really good thing. XD
And as for the lips...well these things happen. If I'm gonna be attacked by rogue lips, I'm just glad they were so finely rendered.
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Her eyes just suck you in, don't they? And those hands are pretty sweet as well.
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Thanks wendy. All the great Modesty comic artists drew her with those fabulous 60/70's lashes and really emphasised her eyes - something I tried to capture as well. Not sure I quite pulled it off exactly, but because I'm such a fan of the character, I was more nervous painting her than anything I've done for quite some time!
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You nervous? Nah! I don't believe it!
I'll admit I'll have to go look up these other pictures of her to see what you're talking about, but I think you did a great job with her!
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Awesome tribute, Dave!
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Thanks Katherine, I know you are a Modesty fan, so that means a lot! Cheers!
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Love it!!!! Classic piece and awesome tribute to Peter O'Donnel
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Thanks man! It was nice to have some art to post as a tribute.
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It is pretty sweet that you get to make artwork for a magazine
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I've done a bit of magazine work, book covers etc before (I work as a professional illustrator), but as a big fan, doing a modesty cover was indeed, pretty sweet!!
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I saw your work some weeks ago in the store.
Best Modesty Blaise cover ever.
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hey not to go too personal, but Is it hard to make money as an artist?
I don't mean a lot, just enough to support a "future family"
or should I count on getting a rich wife?
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Rich wife would never hurt! I'm always fairly busy, but its not a great way to make lots of money - its more one of those things you really have to love to do, rather than something you do to get rich!
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yeah I had noticed that seemed to be the case.
Eh, I really dont need a lot of money I dont think. But then again, I have never had to pay bills, so I would probably be mistaken x.x
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wow! those are some realistic hands! the whole thing looks great, as usual.
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thats awesome Dave!!!! I can't say I know the show. but the actor looks familiar.
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There's a soap opera star that made an album 10 years back that looks like this
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woah bizzarre! whatst the name?
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I think his name is Jack Wagner
The American song All I Need late 80's
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hahaha anything cindy lauper?
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Thanks Vince! Modesty Blaise is a pulp novel/comic strip character created by Englishman Peter O'Donnel around the same time as James Bond. There was talk at some stage of doing a tv show, but nothing ever eventuated.
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Well.
There has been a pilot for a TV-show: [link]
Probably for the best that it never was more...
Then there has been two movies.
One "spy-comic-sixties-barbarella-kind-of-a-movie" where she is (mostly) blond (?!?): [link]
And one that one that Tarraintino's friend Scott Spiegel did in three (come on, how can it be any good then?) weeks: [link]
None of them got much with the original Modesty Blaise to do, more than the name, and Peter OΒ΄Donnell disliked all of them and didn't let anybody do more, since they couldn't get it right.
I even think Willie and Modesty kissed in the first move, but I might remember it wrong.
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well you captured the feel spot on from the 60's I really though it was a tv show!
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