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I’m a fan of the movies about that certain English secret agent chap. They contain action, tongue-in-cheek humor, diabolical villains, and very exotic places. Villains, it appears, have elegant tastes regarding where they plan their schemes.
The series, regardless of who plays that secret agent, has been very well received for nearly forty years or more. While the faces portraying the “double-O” hero change over the years, certain easily recognizable icons remain immediately recognizable.
The motivation to do this picture was more of an art exercise on my part to explore what it was about the design itself that made it so satisfying. The style I used in doing it was deliberately indistinct, as befits someone who isn’t who you think he is. As to why the image was so satisfying ... I fear that it escaped my grasp, probably because it is ... top secret.
dream_and_nightmare did a really wonderful work dealing with a depiction of 007’s latest incarnation and also giving us a clever play on the title of another of that secret agent’s movies. I really recommend clicking over and seeing it. It’s really quite good.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/476567/
The series, regardless of who plays that secret agent, has been very well received for nearly forty years or more. While the faces portraying the “double-O” hero change over the years, certain easily recognizable icons remain immediately recognizable.
The motivation to do this picture was more of an art exercise on my part to explore what it was about the design itself that made it so satisfying. The style I used in doing it was deliberately indistinct, as befits someone who isn’t who you think he is. As to why the image was so satisfying ... I fear that it escaped my grasp, probably because it is ... top secret.
dream_and_nightmare did a really wonderful work dealing with a depiction of 007’s latest incarnation and also giving us a clever play on the title of another of that secret agent’s movies. I really recommend clicking over and seeing it. It’s really quite good.http://www.furaffinity.net/view/476567/
Category All / General Furry Art
Species Lion
Size 800 x 600px
File Size 43.3 kB
Thanks, Manokiller. It is always good to keep my faithful viewers guessing, and hopefully not unpleasantly surprised.
*Skewers the offending olive in his ‘shaken not stirred’ with a golden toothpick and likewise offers it around ... before returning to the baccarat table*
Cheers.
*Skewers the offending olive in his ‘shaken not stirred’ with a golden toothpick and likewise offers it around ... before returning to the baccarat table*
Cheers.
"Do you expect me to talk?"
"No, Mr. Lionus. I expect you to draw!"
Oh okay well that wasn't the best quote ever but let's see how many other lines from the movies we can add to this picture.
I really think this has turned out to be a great picture. The pose, the look and also the expression came out great. And I am deeply flattered that you think that much of my picture.
There is really a lack of furry double-o art, a bit strange for such a remarkable character. But your picture really is a worthy "furryrisation" of our beloved secret agent.
"No, Mr. Lionus. I expect you to draw!"
Oh okay well that wasn't the best quote ever but let's see how many other lines from the movies we can add to this picture.
I really think this has turned out to be a great picture. The pose, the look and also the expression came out great. And I am deeply flattered that you think that much of my picture.
There is really a lack of furry double-o art, a bit strange for such a remarkable character. But your picture really is a worthy "furryrisation" of our beloved secret agent.
Oh I am honored that you joined us here, Dream and Nightmare. While my offering is merely ... an exercise in exploring a very successful iconic image, your work was truly inspired. Not only did you capture the pose and grace of 007's latest incantation, but also you did it in such a way as to forever link it, at least in my mind, with the theme song from "Diamonds are Forever". Simply brilliant.
*stands and applauds you*
And you are right about the lack of double-0 art appearing in Furry. And yet I suspect that our beloved secret agent poses a bit of a challenge that some artists, gauging the majority of their work, may not be up to meeting. Double-0’s suave, charming, yet deadly personality does not come across very well portrayed through the medium of nudity or bulging muscles.
I would most certainly love to see other artists’ serious attempts at "furryrisation" of James. But mind you I stress the word “serious” since anything less “would be like listening to the Beatles without earmuffs.”
And if I am not mistaken, the work by the incomparable
blotch might just be a homage to that certain someone that Miss Moneypenny spends a lot of time on the job daydreaming about.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/479670/
*stands and applauds you*
And you are right about the lack of double-0 art appearing in Furry. And yet I suspect that our beloved secret agent poses a bit of a challenge that some artists, gauging the majority of their work, may not be up to meeting. Double-0’s suave, charming, yet deadly personality does not come across very well portrayed through the medium of nudity or bulging muscles.
I would most certainly love to see other artists’ serious attempts at "furryrisation" of James. But mind you I stress the word “serious” since anything less “would be like listening to the Beatles without earmuffs.”
And if I am not mistaken, the work by the incomparable
blotch might just be a homage to that certain someone that Miss Moneypenny spends a lot of time on the job daydreaming about.http://www.furaffinity.net/view/479670/
Well thanks a lot again, I can't say anything else but I am deeply honored by this mention.
And I agree, in some themes James Bond does not fit into the role of a yiff character, but on the other hand one of the basic points for a 007 film are romances and therefore sexual references, so...it's kinda strange that a somehow a character that has an obvious connection to this theme has yet not been picked up by a furry artist.
But maybe in the future, when the new Bond movie is released we can enjoy some new pictures of our beloved secret agent.
And I agree, in some themes James Bond does not fit into the role of a yiff character, but on the other hand one of the basic points for a 007 film are romances and therefore sexual references, so...it's kinda strange that a somehow a character that has an obvious connection to this theme has yet not been picked up by a furry artist.
But maybe in the future, when the new Bond movie is released we can enjoy some new pictures of our beloved secret agent.
Thank you, Wolphie.
Of course one must be very careful not to limit one's self unnecessarily by focusing in on "regional" icons or icons that are only known to only one's country or culture. The 007 imagery has been part of the global culture for at least forty years and so I felt safe in presenting my version here up on FA with a fair chance of it being recognized for what it was.
Of course one must be very careful not to limit one's self unnecessarily by focusing in on "regional" icons or icons that are only known to only one's country or culture. The 007 imagery has been part of the global culture for at least forty years and so I felt safe in presenting my version here up on FA with a fair chance of it being recognized for what it was.
Thank you Vivian.
Like classic books, classic films are a great library of common ideas that can be explored by artists today. And being common, art based upon those ideas can not help but connect with folks -- even some folks who were "forced" to watch them just because their parents liked watching them. :-D
Though boring by today's standards there are some really marvelous stories that were told through black-and-white movies when there wasn't any special effects to make up for a poor plot. The story had to be good or the movie quickly died. Some of the most notable character archetypes today are based on B&W movie characters of the 1920’s through the late 1940’s. For example, while we may have all laughed at R2D2 and C3PO in Star Wars, people were laughing long before them at the dialogue exchanges between Laurel & Hardy, or Abbott & Costello or Hope & Crosby.
Try to view some of those classic films without expecting the razzle-dazzle of special effects and you might find yourself enjoying one or two of them.
Good watching to you.
Like classic books, classic films are a great library of common ideas that can be explored by artists today. And being common, art based upon those ideas can not help but connect with folks -- even some folks who were "forced" to watch them just because their parents liked watching them. :-D
Though boring by today's standards there are some really marvelous stories that were told through black-and-white movies when there wasn't any special effects to make up for a poor plot. The story had to be good or the movie quickly died. Some of the most notable character archetypes today are based on B&W movie characters of the 1920’s through the late 1940’s. For example, while we may have all laughed at R2D2 and C3PO in Star Wars, people were laughing long before them at the dialogue exchanges between Laurel & Hardy, or Abbott & Costello or Hope & Crosby.
Try to view some of those classic films without expecting the razzle-dazzle of special effects and you might find yourself enjoying one or two of them.
Good watching to you.
Thanks Rew. I wish I could be the person that came up with that casual debonair pose, but I wasn't. It was the inspiration of someone forty years ago. Sort of like the design for the Sphinx in Egypt. We all recognize the monument when we see it in photos, but no one today remembers who the original designer of it was.
But so long as someone likes our work, that's all that matters to whoever that was ... and this lion.
But so long as someone likes our work, that's all that matters to whoever that was ... and this lion.
As a Double-0 agent, one does not necessarily need recognizable weapons to be lethal. Often times an agent is thrown back on improvisation in what he or she uses at the moment. A computer keyboard for instance can be deadly -- and I don't mean through contracting Carpal Tunnel Syndrome either.
You act any way you want to, Wolger! We're all friends here.
Though I may not be as big a Bond fan as your friend, I do have almost all the Bond musical CDs and listening to them gave me the inspiration to do this particular Bondsian artwork. James Bond is so-o-o cool.
"Bond ... James Bond."
Though I may not be as big a Bond fan as your friend, I do have almost all the Bond musical CDs and listening to them gave me the inspiration to do this particular Bondsian artwork. James Bond is so-o-o cool.
"Bond ... James Bond."
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