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Here is my eighth piece in a series of drawings paying tribute to the Bond Girls from Ian Fleming's seminal 007 novels.

Much like Gala Brand before her, Bond Girl Mary Ann Russell holds the distinction of being one of the few leading women from Ian Fleming's works to have never been adapted to the big screen. She appeared in the short story "From a View to a Kill," which was collected in the anthology book "For Your Eyes Only."

Mary Ann is an agent for the France-based Section F. She is sent to retrieve James Bond in Paris to help investigate the murder of a dispatch-rider from SHAPE (a division of NATO). She agrees to go out with Bond after the mission, which subsequently prompts her to weasel her way into the back-up team so that she can make sure he survives the assignment. In the end, it is Mary Ann that saves Bond's life when he is nearly killed by one of the story's villains.

Seeing as "For Your Eyes Only" features several self-contained stories, I knew I'd probably end up drawing the Bond Girls from each one. Mary Ann really struck me, as she was described with rather vivid language and ended up saving James Bond during the story's conclusion. I wanted to reference that with this drawing. I've given her a trench coat and a beret, just as she wears in the book. This one was actually quite fun to draw and she's probably one of my favourites thus far in this series of pin-ups.

For more Bond Girls, head on over to my gallery!

Enjoy!

Description
Here is my eighth piece in a series of drawings paying tribute to the Bond Girls from Ian Fleming's seminal 007 novels.

Much like Gala Brand before her, Bond Girl Mary Ann Russell holds the distinction of being one of the few leading women from Ian Fleming's works to have never been adapted to the big screen. She appeared in the short story "From a View to a Kill," which was collected in the anthology book "For Your Eyes Only."

Mary Ann is an agent for the France-based Section F. She is sent to retrieve James Bond in Paris to help investigate the murder of a dispatch-rider from SHAPE (a division of NATO). She agrees to go out with Bond after the mission, which subsequently prompts her to weasel her way into the back-up team so that she can make sure he survives the assignment. In the end, it is Mary Ann that saves Bond's life when he is nearly killed by one of the story's villains.

Seeing as "For Your Eyes Only" features several self-contained stories, I knew I'd probably end up drawing the Bond Girls from each one. Mary Ann really struck me, as she was described with rather vivid language and ended up saving James Bond during the story's conclusion. I wanted to reference that with this drawing. I've given her a trench coat and a beret, just as she wears in the book. This one was actually quite fun to draw and she's probably one of my favourites thus far in this series of pin-ups.

For more Bond Girls, head on over to my gallery!

Enjoy!