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Jesse and Bob

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handlas

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First submission by me. I recently saw "Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" and really liked it. I read a book on Jesse James as a kid and found it interesting. So I decided to make this piece. Jesse James is depicted at the top of the card with Robert Ford at the bottom. The gun smoke coming from one pistol depicts the shot from Bob Ford that killed Jesse. Two many with many similarities yet were so different.
sissyspacecase
sissyspacecase on Mar 24 '08
If Bob killed Jesse, why is Jesse holding the smoking gun???
handlas
handlas on Mar 24 '08
good point. I had it mind that the gun was pointed at his heart. And Jesse was pointing the gun at Bob's because he was always fearful that Jesse was going to kill him. I can always switch em tho.



here was a tad bit updated version.

http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/3162/jessebobpz9.jpg

special~K
special~K on Mar 24 '08
top one kinda looks like Hitler....
eZ-kun
eZ-kun on Mar 24 '08
what up with the ferrari horse? cool idea, but without the rectagular pattern in the middle of the tee
EmilyinFresno
EmilyinFresno on Mar 24 '08
maybe if the outline of the arms were a little thicker, at least on one of the lines, it would be more obvious that they are held by each other then to themselves?
tropmug
tropmug on Mar 24 '08
haha, i totally thought the top one was hitler until i read the description
handlas
handlas on Mar 24 '08
humm ya apparently that is a problem. I showed it to someone in real life and they thought it was Hitler as well. I used a picture of Jesse James as reference...I guess the strong shadow under his nose looks like a mustache.
Keter
Keter on Mar 25 '08
Resubs are allowed...I hope you do so. This could be quite cool.
mistereyemusic
mistereyemusic on Mar 25 '08
I'm with eZ-kun—lose the rectangle in the background. lose it completely or make it less rectangular. those sharp angles clash with the cards in my opinion.
handlas
handlas on Mar 25 '08
I did. Few posts up I posted up an updated version where I deleted much of the background element. May be best just to get rid of it entirely if I fool with it some more.
koager
koager on Mar 25 '08
maybe if the proportions were correct

the hands look way too small
handlas
handlas on Mar 25 '08
that's how playing cards are...
JorenFrielink
JorenFrielink on Mar 27 '08
Really cool.

Great Idea!
jbrennan37
jbrennan37 on Mar 27 '08
I like it... just minus the Hitlerstache.
lachercheur
lachercheur on Mar 28 '08
I've read the thread above but still think after all the explaining that it's not clear enough, and not ready to be printed.

I do like the idea and the lit-reference though!



At least you put a lot of thought into the idea of it!

Kudos for that!
Rotarydial
Rotarydial on Mar 28 '08
The concept is good, and good use of color, but I didn't get it until I read the title.



What additional imagery will identify this as Jesse James? A silhoutte of a train/train being held up in the background instead of the card graphic? A group of bank robbing on horseback with guns?



The "ink" on the playing card is very dense; I think you need to have more white detail.
gretamae
gretamae on Mar 28 '08
alos, and this is really nitpicky, but since your resubbing it anyway, the face card has rounded corners, and the view from the back has squared corners. they should be the same.
handlas
handlas on Mar 28 '08
thx for all the comments. I'll work on it some more. I think I can make it much better.
The Menace
The Menace on Mar 28 '08
I just saw this flick on Sunday. Insanely intense. Clear up that shadow and resub. Looking good.
lixer-five
lixer-five on Mar 29 '08
i thought it was ron mael at top
Leona Beth
Leona Beth on Mar 29 '08
yeah i thought it was hitler too, nice artwork though
squatterjohn
squatterjohn on Mar 30 '08
I'm not American, but I don't reeally know how recognisablr these people are. Maybe it needs something else so that we know who they are.
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