A little cheesy typography pushes the illustration right into the zone, so to speak...
Here's your classic noir bad girl, sneaking a cigarette at some gumshoe's desk. With a little paperback cover-style distressing added for good measure. Illustration created in Daz3D Studio, with post-processing in Photoshop.
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This young woman strikes me less as a femme fatale, and more like a decent sort who got pushed a little bit too far. Her gun isn't smoking, but she is — literally, I mean. Illustration created in Daz3D Studio, with post-processing in Photoshop.
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Just for fun — Bad Girls!

A guilty pleasure of mine is cover art from the heyday of paperback pulp fiction, especially noir-themed images. These illustrations were created without a specific client or purpose, but I imagine they might find their way into use one day.

Robert Graham
Art Director Chapel Hill, NC