Happy Birthday, James Garner!

 

For this year's tribute to James Garner, I've drawn him in his role as Marshal Wyatt Earp in the 1967 film, Hour Of The Gun. Unlike his persona in The Rockford Files or his light comedy films, Garner shows his dead serious side here, all clenched jaw and steely-eyed in a style one might associate more with the likes of Clint Eastwood. He portrays a man tormented - trying to balance out his quest for legal justice while at the same time trying to convince himself that it's not revenge he seeks for the shootings that have left him with one brother dead and another one crippled from his wounds. I've tried to capture that haunted look in his expression as he doggedly pursues Ike Clanton and his gang for the many cold-blooded murders they've carried out in an attempt to politically control the town of Tombstone.

I've had to leave this as just a black and white illustration, I'm afraid, as I still have not replaced my scanner or found a suitable colouring program since having to replace my old Mac a couple years ago and no longer am able to access Photoshop. For an old guy like me, the ever-changing digital art world has been too much of a challenge to keep up with. As such, I just don't draw much anymore, sorry to say.