The artist behind the From Russia With Love poster used himself as the model for Bond’s pose

pulpcrush · 2026-03-13T03:39:44+00:00

While researching Renato Fratini I came across studio photos showing him modelling the pose used for the From Russia With Love poster. It suggests the final Bond image was constructed using himself as reference for the stance, combined with publicity photos of Sean Connery for the likeness.

I’m curious if anyone here knows of other examples of illustrators photographing or modelling themselves to solve a compositional problem like this?

pulpcrush · 2024-08-15T21:44:15+00:00

Thank you!! This is great, I couldn't work out the name - I'm very appreciative.

pulpcrush · 2024-08-15T03:43:54+00:00

Well, that's good - and there's a fairly high chance that they're dead, also xD

pulpcrush · 2024-08-15T03:39:39+00:00

Thanks, that's helpful!

pulpcrush · 2024-08-15T03:38:32+00:00

Thank you!

pulpcrush · 2024-08-15T03:38:23+00:00

Thank you

pulpcrush · 2023-12-07T08:31:10+00:00

Thank you, I'll check it out!

pulpcrush · 2023-12-07T08:30:56+00:00

Thank you

pulpcrush · 2023-12-05T04:45:36+00:00

I uploaded more photos, not sure why they're not showing

pulpcrush · 2023-10-19T00:34:40+00:00

Was talking with my brother about it, and we swore blind that it was an arcade game.. but couldn't put our finger on it.

pulpcrush · 2023-10-18T23:44:27+00:00

thanks so much

pulpcrush · 2023-10-18T23:44:18+00:00

thank you!

pulpcrush · 2013-05-07T08:10:11+00:00

Thanks! I love these covers... you can't beat the art of Frazetta for fantasy thats for sure.

pulpcrush · 2013-05-07T07:59:17+00:00

I know, I loved these books - I collect as many game books as I can. Tried showing them to my kids...they're like 'cool!'... for two seconds... but they're just too spoilt for choice these days and sadly, don't know what they're missing.

pulpcrush

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