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Comics legend Jim Steranko's early concept art for Indiana Jones
After meeting with Lucas and Spielberg, Steranko went off to do four paintings to develop the look and feel of Indiana Jones in several scenes from Raiders of the Lost Ark. As far as direction, Steranko was told give Indiana a jacket, "one like George (Lucas) wears," which would be a leather bomber jacket at the time (a jacket that wouldn't last too long in Raiders of the Lost Ark).
Steranko personally added the Hobbs Fedora hat and the diagonal Sam Browne belt, staples of the Indiana Jones look. The name, "Indiana was the name of George's dog, and I think Jones was just pulled out of the air," was already established, as was the presence of the trademark whip, as it was present in the initial script.
The "Lost" Paintings
Spielberg and Lucas were so impressed by the initial work that the duo approached Steranko to do fifty more paintings, "one a day up until Christmas," as it was November at the time at the time of their second meeting. Steranko noted during the session that these paintings would have essentially represented each scene of the movie. Steranko initially declined, due to the workload and time constraint. It took Steranko about a day to do each of the four previous production paintings, but doing one a day for fifty days would be difficult, with Steranko saying that he was, "afraid to disappoint, and you don't want to disappoint Spielberg." Spielberg offered an extension until the first of the year, which Steranko candidly declined.
Prevue Magazine...
Published by writer-artist-historian Jim Steranko, PREVUE established itself as one of the longest-running entertainment magazines and an authoritative source of shobiz news, views, and previews. Established in November 1972 as a tabloid pop-culture periodical, initially focusing on comics, science fiction/fantasy/heroic adventure/thriller paperbacks, TV entertainment, celebrity interviews, and feature films. As the latter two subjects dominated its content, the format changed to large magazine size with bonus inserts--movie posters, animated flipbooks, fold-out collectibles--then became standard newsstand size.
After meeting with Lucas and Spielberg, Steranko went off to do four paintings to develop the look and feel of Indiana Jones in several scenes from Raiders of the Lost Ark. As far as direction, Steranko was told give Indiana a jacket, "one like George (Lucas) wears," which would be a leather bomber jacket at the time (a jacket that wouldn't last too long in Raiders of the Lost Ark).
Steranko personally added the Hobbs Fedora hat and the diagonal Sam Browne belt, staples of the Indiana Jones look. The name, "Indiana was the name of George's dog, and I think Jones was just pulled out of the air," was already established, as was the presence of the trademark whip, as it was present in the initial script.
The "Lost" Paintings
Spielberg and Lucas were so impressed by the initial work that the duo approached Steranko to do fifty more paintings, "one a day up until Christmas," as it was November at the time at the time of their second meeting. Steranko noted during the session that these paintings would have essentially represented each scene of the movie. Steranko initially declined, due to the workload and time constraint. It took Steranko about a day to do each of the four previous production paintings, but doing one a day for fifty days would be difficult, with Steranko saying that he was, "afraid to disappoint, and you don't want to disappoint Spielberg." Spielberg offered an extension until the first of the year, which Steranko candidly declined.
Prevue Magazine...
Published by writer-artist-historian Jim Steranko, PREVUE established itself as one of the longest-running entertainment magazines and an authoritative source of shobiz news, views, and previews. Established in November 1972 as a tabloid pop-culture periodical, initially focusing on comics, science fiction/fantasy/heroic adventure/thriller paperbacks, TV entertainment, celebrity interviews, and feature films. As the latter two subjects dominated its content, the format changed to large magazine size with bonus inserts--movie posters, animated flipbooks, fold-out collectibles--then became standard newsstand size.
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