Tim Bradstreet

Infobox Comics creator

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birthname = Timothy Bradstreet
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website = http://www.timbradstreet.com

Timothy "Tim" Bradstreet (born February 16, 1967, in Cheverly, Maryland), is an artist and illustrator, best known for his work on comic books (covers and interiors), book covers, movie posters, roleplaying games and trading cards.

Biography

Bradstreet has been working professionally ever since he graduated high school in 1985. He is primarily self-taught, choosing - instead of institutional training - to begin shaping his talent under the tutelage of fellow illustrator Steve Venters at Fantasmagraphics. With Venters' guidance, Bradstreet began illustrating role-playing games, honing his skills while pursuing his long-time ambition to draw comics. In 1990, he got his big break, working with industry legend Tim Truman on "Dragon" "Chiang".

His work on role-playing games continued with GDW’s "Twilight 2000" and FASA’s "Shadowrun". Bradstreet’s work on White Wolf’s ' garnered him much critical praise. This, in turn, led to the addition of many major comic book publishers to his clientèle. He has since drawn for scores of comic and game related projects including Activision's ' video game, Dark Horse's "Hard Looks" and "Another Chance to Get It Right" (with author Andrew Vachss), "Star Wars", Clive Barker’s "Age of Desire", Marvel's "The Punisher" and "Blade", and Vertigo’s "Gangland", "Unknown Soldier", "Human Target", and "Hellblazer". Bradstreet was awarded the 1996 Best Artist award by the International Horror Guild. [cite web | url = http://www.horroraward.org/prevrec.html#1996 | title = IHG Award Recipients: 1996 | accessdate = 2007-08-04 | work = International Horror Guild | language = English ] He was nominated for the 2005 Art award for the International Horror Guild for his "Hellblazer" covers. [cite web | url = http://www.horroraward.org/prevrec.html#2005 | title = IHG Award Recipients: 2005 | accessdate = 2007-08-04 | work = International Horror Guild | language = English ] Bradstreet has also been nominated for the 2002 Best Cover Artist Eisner Award for his "Hellblazer" covers. [cite web | url = http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/eisner02.shtml | title = 2002 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards | accessdate = 2007-08-04 | work = Comic Book Awards Almanac | language = English ]

In 2000, he joined director Guillermo Del Toro as a conceptual artist helping work on the visual design for the film "Blade 2". In the fall of 2003. Bradstreet began working on a number of movie posters for the Marvel/Lions Gate film, "The Punisher".

Bradstreet is also the regular cover artist for two books, Marvel’s "The Punisher" and Vertigo/DC’s "Hellblazer". He has created over 70 covers for both books in the past five years.

In 2006, the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden used Bradstreet's design for the cover of their album "A Matter of Life and Death".

Bradstreet’s style is a distinctive one, once described by him as ‘stylistic photorealism’. His work combines the use of posed photography with pencils, inks and coloring. This method is in keeping with the icons of gritty urban horror that are often the subject of his work. This is not to imply a limited range as Bradstreet has worked on subject matter ranging from high fantasy to science fiction, tied together by little other than his trademark photorealism and a ubiquitous brick wall or two.

Bradstreet and wife Missy live in San Diego, California.

Bibliography

Comics work (interiors) includes:

*"Hellblazer" #141 (with Warren Ellis, Vertigo, 1999)

Covers

Comic covers include:

*"Hellblazer" #134-215
* "Punisher" #4 [http://marvel.com/catalog/?artist=Tim%20Bradstrret]

Notes

References

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* [http://marvel.com/catalog/?artist=Tim%20Bradstrret Tim Bradstreet] at Marvel.com

External links

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* [http://www.timbradstreet.typepad.com/ The Online World of Timothy Bradstreet - blog]
* [http://marvel.com/catalog/?artist=Tim%20Bradstrret Punisher #4] at Marvel.com shows a Bradstreet cover.

Interviews

* [http://www.popimage.com/industrial/101000bradstreet_int.html PopImage Interview, Oct.2000]
* [http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=210 Tim Bradstreet talks 'Batman/Deathblow,' other projects] , Comic Book Resources, August 1, 2001
* [http://www.sequentialtart.com/article.php?id=473 April 2007 Interview with Tim Bradstreet for Sequential Tart Webzine]
* [http://www.newsarama.com/comics/090822-Bradstreet1.html Tim Bradstreet, Two Decades - Part 1, the Early Years] , Newsarama, Septenber 22, 2008
* [http://www.newsarama.com/comics/090824-Bradstreet2.html Tim Bradstreet - 20 Years, Part 2: Starting as an Artist] , Newsarama, September 24, 2008
* [http://www.newsarama.com/comics/090825-Bradstreet3.html Tim Bradstreet - 20 Years, Part 3 - Photo Realism] , Newsarama, September 25, 2008
* [http://www.newsarama.com/comics/090826-Bradstreet4.html Tim Bradstreet - 20 Years, Part 4 - The "Fiasco in Philly"] , Newsarama, September 26, 2008
* [http://www.newsarama.com/comics/090830-Bradstreet5.html Tim Bradstreet - 20 Years, Part 5 - Meeting The Punisher] , Newsarama, September 30, 2008