The Online World Of Timothy Bradstreet

RAW & IDW Team for New Art Book Collection

Cover art for The Shadow #14

Coming in the fall of 2013 will be a sensational new art book collection from IDW & Raw Studios. Title of the book has not yet been conceived but the package itself is hatched even as I report this. The overall plan is to release two 200 page collections between 2013 and 2014 featuring IDW's incerdible "Artist Edition" format which showcases the artwork as close to "original" form as printing allows. The books will not be full-size as with the artist editions, instead the two books will be 9X12 as with my earlier collection, Archetype. These books will represent my ongoing series - Iconic Images and Cinematic Illustration. Both books will feature a look at many of my illustrations from the past 25 years in raw form, meaning we'll see them reproduced in black and white as they were created, but scanned in RGB to retain the closest possible reproduction of the original. 

I addition to many pre-existing illustrations I'll be showcasing unpublished personal illustrations as well as creating all new never before seen visions specifically for the books. To undertake the new art I'll be launching a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for me to take off 10 weeks from normal work in order to complete the new stuff, much of which I've been planning over the past year. The crowd-funding campaign we're planning will have a unique archtechture in that aside from books, all the prizes will be orignal art, prelims/pencils from many well known works, and an opportunity for a limited amount of serious collectors to suggest a theme to upcoming works, then own the original. There will be no gimmicks or multiple versions of books. there will be only two book versions. The standard hardcover version, and a signed and numbered hardcover slipcase version with a plate of art not available with the standard. Since the nature of the prizes is original art, the availability of those prizes will be limited. So if you're interested you'll want to act fast once I've launched the campaign. I'll be updating through all social media once we're colse to launching - Likely in May/June of 2013.

Out of Jennifer's Blood and into The Shadows

Back before the 2012 San Diego Comicon I wrapped up my last issue as cover artist for Dynamite's Jennifer Blood. It was a fun ride getting to illustrate a female protagonist every month but it was time for a change. I didn't have to wait long to find something in my wheelhouse when Dynamite's Nick Barucci offered me a crack at one of my favorite pulp characters of all time - THE SHADOW!

The Shadow - Issue #9

Beginning with issue #8 I take over the reigns from the merry-go-round of awesome illustrators who have been providing covers. I'm looking forward to exploring this enigmatic character. I've always loved The Shadow, and maybe I can even dig up some of my old mid to late 80's Shadow fan art. I've done a few over the years. With Dynamite's current incarnation I'm thinking it's the perfect opportunity to create a body of work I can be very proud of, since The Shadow offers me the chance to play with a character and genre that is very dear to me. As you no doubt can tell, I'm very excited. I'm also very happy to be once again teamed up with one of my favorite writers/collaborators, the great and powerful Mr. Garth Ennis! Welcome to the beginning of what is sure to be a sweet run.

Social Media Update

Friends, fans, and clientel, you can find me in the following social media outlets - Just click on the links!

Twitter - @trbradstreet

Facebook - Tim Bradstreet - Raw Entertainment

LinkedIn - Tim Bradstreet

Also - In partnership with Thomas Jane - Raw Studios official site and The Raw Forums

Check out our Raw Studios Youtube Channel!

 

Bad Planet - Kickstarter UPDATE 2

Actor extraordinaire, Ron Perlman

Hey folks, a little update on our Bad Planet video game project over at Kickstarter. Last Wednesday, my partner in crime, Thomas Jane made a huge announcement for us on G4's X-Play - The big news was the addition of fan-favorite actor, the amazing Ron Perlman, to our Bad Planet cast of characters. You know Ron from Hellboy, Sons of Anarchy, Blade II, and his more than 180 film and TV roles as a go-to character-actor, a guy who can alternately break your heart or your skull depending upon the demands of the role. Ron will provide the voice of Bad Planet's main protagonist, THE CONVICT, a 7 foot tall Alien, sheathed in Dinosaur hide, carrying a 6 ft power axe, and a bad attitude (OK, he's really the good guy).

I met Ron back in 2000 while working with Guillermo del Toro on Blade II. We stayed in touch during Guillermo's preceeding work, Mike Mignola's HELLBOY. In 2006, Ron met up with partner Thomas Jane in London for The Mutant Chronicles, and became fast friends. In 2007 Tom cast Ron as the Sheriff in our dark little gothic, noir suspense film, Dark Country. When we needed a guy with a heart and a lotta milegae on that magnificent face when looking to cast a military vet liquor store owner for the Dirty Laundry/Punisher fan film, we had to look no further than brother Ron. The Perl gave Dirty Laundry the dose of humanity it needed. Ron is usually there for us when we come calling and the part is right.

With the Convict, Ron is absolutely perfect to give the last Phaedon warrior the right mix of nobility and strength. There was really no other actor we considered for this. Big thanks to Brother Ron for taking on the role and supporting us with our video game project. Incidentally, before they knew each other personally, Tom and Ron worked on the same video game (GUN) together in 2005 without ever even meeting each other! GUN was a great game, and there's no doubt that trend continues with BAD PLANET.

Please support us in this endeavor HERE at our Kickstarter home!

Private investors are welcome - Contact us at info@rawstudios.com or webmaster@redflystudio.com

Bad Planet Video Game, Movies, new gigs, and more!

The Convict - model designed by Dan Borth - Red Fly Studio

Been a while between updates but have been spurred to quit neglecting my own page (thanks, Joni Rubin) and get back in business here! First up is following up on the launch of our (RAW Studios) Bad Planet Video Game project on Kickstarter My partner Thomas Jane and I have teamed up with Red Fly Studio in Austin TX and are working on something really special here. But we can't do it without your support. Crowd-funding is the way we want to do this. It's the way it must be done if we want to call the shots and bring you the most bitchtastic game experience we can. We just updated with cool video outlining the gameplay, as related by Lead Designer Chris Frechette! Check it out here!

PLEASE hit the links and lend your support! 

Now, back in January I got together with my good buddy and RAW partner Thomas Jane, and teamed up with Director Phil Joanou (State Of Grace), Cinematographer Masanobu Takayanagi (The Grey, Warrior), Writer Chad St. John (Motor City), the man hisself, Mistah Ron Perlman (Hellboy, Quest For Fire), and a badass crew of awesome and talented individuals, and shot a badass little short film/fan film called Dirty Laundry. If you haven't seen it yet then by all means, get thee hence to the Youtube page and witness the spectacle. HARD R, so please use discretion - No Children! It's pervasively violent and full of profane language, which makes it a must see provided you are of age and don't have a weak stomach! See Dirty Laundry HERE. Every man jack of us worked for FREE and did this for nothing but the love of it. Tom put us all together to create this love letter to Frank Castle - The Punisher. Hope you diggit.

Tom and I also released our new Graphic Novel, Dark Country earlier this month at the San Diego Comicon. See below for all the details. The hardcover will be available in August/September from a fine retailer near you. Digital version available exclusively at ComiXology.

As for me personally, and that thing I do as my real job, I've been cranking away as regular monthly cover artist for Star Trek, True Blood, and Jericho, for IDW. Clive Barker's Hellraiser for Boom Studios, and did my last turn on covers for Jennifer Blood (Dynamite Comics). I said goodbye to Jennifer but hello to The Shadow! I'll begin regular cover duty on The Shadow this month with issue #8. Looking to create a sweet body of work on that one. Also deserving of special attention is an alternate cover for BEFORE WATCHMEN, featuring THE COMEDIAN. So been real busy here and the deadlines still keep mounting. Here's a peek at my last cover for Jennifer Blood - Issue #19.

In other news, it looks like we (RAW Studios) may have gotten the financing in place to begin work on our latest project, a western film entitled - A Magnificent Death From A Shattered Hand. Directed by my comerade in arms, Thomas Jane, from a terrific script by Tom and Jose Prendes. The film will star Nick Nolte and Thomas Jane and will also feature Jeremy Irons. Raw is producing along with Edward R. Pressman (Conan The Barbarian, Wall Street, The Crow). We'll be filming in Monument Valley Utah, John Ford country, and we're real excited to get underway. I'll also be working as co-production designer. Here's a little teaser image I cooked up for the Cannes Film Festival this year. Enjoy!

Stay tuned for more updates on the Bad Planet Video Game Kickstarter project. Got some HUGE news to unveil after the weekend. You won't want to miss it. Find me on Facebook Here, Twitter here, and you can always find me on the RAW Forums! Please visit and LIKE the RAW Entertainment page on Facebook.

 

Dark Country GN premieres in May

Ad design by TB featuring cover art by Thomas Ott

Coming in May is the debut of one of our (RAW STUDIOS) passion projects, the Dark Country graphic novel - based on the short story that inspired the 2009 film Dark Country, directed by and starring Thomas Jane - The graphic adaptation is a bit of a different animal, having been directly adapted from the short story by screenwriter Tab (Gorillas in the Mist, Disney's TARZAN) Murphy. The film does not spoon-feed it's audience so it's up to the viewers subjectivity to fill in the blanks. With the graphic novel, some of those blanks are filled in, though certainly not all. Absorbed together it's like the complete experience (but only if you've been lucky enough to have seen the film in 3D, the way it was intended to be seen!). 

The Graphic presentation is illustrated by world reknown Swiss artist, Thomas Ott. Ott's signature 'silent' panels and scratchboard style were huge inspirations to director Jane when making the film. The 'silent' sequential pages are Ott's master device in building tension, and it's something his fans are very familiar with. That's the way Ott's art is presented within, with no word balloons to lead the reader along. The short story by Murphy immediately follows the graphic narative. Also included is an extra section filled with illustration, concept art, storyboards and photos from the production by Bernie Wrightson, David Allcock, and myself. Intro, forward, and afterword from Thomas Jane, 3D prioneer Ray 3D Zone, and film noir historian Eddie Muller!

The Dark Country GN premieres in digital format exclusively at Comixology in May. Limited edition Hardcover will be available in July and will debut at San Diego Comicon. Come see Thomas Jane and myself at the Raw Comics booth!

Own - IRON MAIDEN original album art from 2007's A Matter Of Life And Death -

Original pen and ink line art from A Matter Of Life And Death (2007) -

Tim Bradstreet Iron Maiden Original Art Auction

Official press release - 02-22-12

The original cover art for Iron Maiden's album "A Matter of Life and Death" drawn by Tim Bradstreet will be made available for sale through a blind auction.  

The auction is for a comprehensive lot, consisting of the original cover illustration, plus four additional illustrations that were completed as part of the creative process for the cover.

The art has never been made available for sale before.  This blind auction will run for 1 week, beginning at 12:01AM on Monday, February 27, and ending March 4^th at midnight, 2012.  

Each interested party may submit one email bid with their blind offer. No one will be given any other offer attempts or have any knowledge of what the current high bid is. The person with the highest offer at the end of the week period will win the Iron Maiden: A Matter of Life and Death cover art.

The minimum bid for the auction is $5000. Shipping of $20 US, and $50 international will be added to the final bid.

Information and scans of the art may be seen here: http://www.splashpageart.com/bradstreetAuction.asp

The ability to place bids will be made available directly through the above web page as of 12:01AM on 2-27-12. 

Mark Hay, owner of Splash Page Comic Art & Tim's Original Art Dealer of 10 Years, will be running the auction.

 

New Original Art now available through my dealer

Original art for Zedura Magazine - The Walking Dead

If you were not previoiusly aware, I wanted to make specific mention of the fact that my originals are available exclusively through my good friend Mark Hay at Splash Page Art.com - He's got some pretty sweet stuff I just unloaded on him at the San Diego Comicon, plus I fattened out his coffers just a few months ago as well, inlcuding some original art that had been off the radar for over 10 years. Mark is a thorough professional and treats his buyers like GOLD. You folks are his number one priority so expect prompt communication and service when dealing with him. Naturally, I keep a lot of the good stuff here under my wing as well. So if ever you are looking for something you do not see on display at my Splashpage home, you have but to contact me directly. Find me easily though Facebook or on Twitter (@trbradstreet). Also keep in mind that if originals are too rich for your blood but you still would love to get yer mits on a certain piece of art, I offer museum quality giclees, full color, and black and white, of just about every piece I've done in the last 15 years. Those go for $30.00 each. For large orders there are dicount tiers based on the number of prints you purchase. Contact me directly for giclees. Next update coming SOON ;)

WALKING DEAD - LANCE HENRIKSEN - V20 - COMICON - HELLRAISER and STAR TREK!

Walking Dead Season 2 - San Deigo Comicon Poster Exclusive

Been a long time between entries but I've been busy like mad working on some very cool stuff which I'm  . . . Yes, about to tell you about ;) First off, we just knocked out another San Diego Comicon. Great show. As usual I was stationed at the RAW Comics booth where my partner emeritus, Mister Thomas Jane and I peddled books and met with our wonderful fanbase. On display this year was a special appearance by the GREAT Lance Henriksen (Aliens, Near Dark), signing his all new, all awesome autobiography - Not Bad for a Human|The Life and Films of Lance Henriksen. Lemme tell ya. Lance is the real deal. Wonderful and as interesting as they get. Sweet guy. Be sure and check out his new book. I got to illustrate his character Jesse Hooker from Near Dark inside the pages. Very much a dream come true.

Also of note was the release of The Walking Dead Season 2 poster I created for AMC (above). Old pal and series creator, Frank Darabont was my art director so this was a total dream job. I even got to draw another old friend, Greg Nicotero (The 'N' in KNB EFX Group) in the bargain as the Zombie, upper left! We three signed giant one-sheet posters at the AMC booth on Friday of the show. 25 lucky ducks got to get a one-sheet sized signed and numbered lithograph version. Was a real highlight. Thank you Frank Darabont and the great folks at AMC!

Prior to hitting Comicon I was crushed with deadlines. The biggest being a mammoth job for White Wolf/CCP. Thirteen brand new full color illustrations of all the Vampire clans for the 20th Anniversary Edition of Vampire: The Masquerade. 20 years ago, VtM was the job that pretty much kicked down all the doors for me in comics and started my career in the industry. Now it seems we've come full circle and 20 years later I got to put my stamp on this wonderful creation again. Big thanks go to Shane Defreest at WW/CCP. Truly one of the faithful. I'll be unveiling some of the art as we get closer to the release date in September. Check here and on my Facebook page/photos section for updates.

Obviously I wasn't busy enough with Vampire, Hellraiser, and Jennifer Blood, so like a nut I took another cover gig . . . But how could I say no? I've been a Star Trek fan since I was a kid and the Great and Powerful Scott Dunbier, uber-editor at IDW gave me an opportunity I could not refuse. Basically, new cast, BUT, reliving the adventures of the original cast. It's great fun and will be a real nice book. I'll show some of that off here in the weeks to come. Having a lot of fun on this and I hope it shows ;)

Now back to Clive Barker's Hellraiser. Been also having a great time creating covers to this series, and real happy to see how well the book is doing. The numbers have been great and I've also had a ball doing retailer incentive covers on the side for this. Basically they are the pencilled versions of the covers, and I just love that. It's more organic than the supertweaked final color art. And for young artists out there, it's a unique look inside the creative process they might not normally get to see. Just finished issue #8 and it's my favorite so far. You can get a peek at the pencils if you are on Facebook, here.

I've been so busy it's mind-boggling. Also doing Jennifer Blood with Garth Ennis monthly, as well as bi-monthly covers for the Rogue Angel novel series from Gold Eagle, and lots more.

Next update I'm hoping to give a sneak peek at the cover of my buddy David J. Schow's new book, Negative Burn. This one, as with the last one, David J. Schow's INTERNECINE, features my partner, actor Thomas Jane in a duel role. If you haven't read this ass-kicking book yet, you just have to do yourself a favor and get it. Just hit the link above!

Now that I'm out of most of the deadline jungle I'll be updating a lot more. Stay tuned.

Clive Barker's Hellraiser - Lance Henriksen's Not Bad For a Human

Cover illustration for Hellraiser #4.

 

Clive Barker's new Hellraiser comics series, published by Boom Studios, is off like a shot. Great response from the fans and sales are looking bright. Glad to be a part of this one, especially with where the series is heading under the guidance of Clive. Some unbelievable stuff coming your way. If you weren't aware of this new series then now's the time to get onboard

I'm a long time ridiculously huge fan of Lance Henriksen (Aliens, Near Dark, Millennium), so I about lost my mind when I got a call from my pal Steve Niles informing me that Lance was publishing an autobiography, that it would be illustrated, and they wanted ME to join in the fun. Near Dark was such a huge influence on my work, visually, with my whole take on Vampire: The Maquerade, back in the day. I've been tracking Lance and his career ever since that fateful November evening when I caught Near Dark at the Castle Theater in Bloomington Illinois back in 1987. I've drawn Billy Paxton, and Lance numerous times over the years, but it was mostly just fan art from my early career. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I'd actually get paid to illustrate Lance as Jesse Hooker, from one of my all-time favorite films. All that excitement got trumped by a call from the man himself. Best birthday present I ever got ;) Not Bad For A Human|The Life And Films Of Lance Henriksen, goes on sale in May, from Steve Niles and Alex Lodermeier’s, Bloody Pulp Books.