the week that left me drooling

It was a hell of a week that began with could read like a tragical comedy, complete with doctor visits, temper tantrums and a total disconnect. But, as I am always telling my wife ( and she is slowly starting to believe me ) , things worked out in the end. If it wasn't for the up and downs that life deals to us on a day to day basis things would surely be dull.

It would be nice if there were more ups than downs though.

Anyways ... artwork continues. Currently working on a portrait for the band Threw and another commission that I can't name just yet. Also looking in to setting up a table and an upcoming artshow in July to spread a little Zed infection, and nearly ready to pimp the shiAt out of myself on zazzle and other POD sites.

And the weather has been nice lately, so I've been working outside with the birds and bugs ... and my boys.

mirrors fear him

toothyzee

A sad looking chap, and every dentists worst nightmare. Would you want to work on fixing some zombies severe underbite? Not I.
Image done in PaintTool SAI ... which is a pretty damn good tool to use if you're getting into tablets. I am finding photoshop less and less draw friendly. Its awesome for image manips and coloring, but for flat out sketching, it is lacking.

BTW - this is probably one of the cleanest drawings I have done in a while. It took a lot of self control to do it this clean. Is it worth it or should i try to stick with my slightly more frantic and frazzled look? Let me know people! Leave a comment.

Allison's Zombie

My 6 year old drew this picture for me a week or so ago, and she has been bugging me to get it online for a while now. So here it is, in all its glory. Drawn with markers and nothing else. She even made a 4 page zombie comic that I will share sometime in the future. Just so you know, the red dots are dying flowers. Kids these days :) .

In other news, my newer site has pretty much gone live. There are still some bugs to work out, but its there and ready to be visited. For the most part it is a place to display my work, but there are also services that I offer and zombie related products to buy. Check it out, let me know what you think. Here's a screen shot. Click on the image to go to the new site, or visit idrawzombies.com

zombie mouse

come on ... sing with me.
Zed Oh Em Be Eye Eee .... Em Oh You Ess Eee ... Zombie Mouse!!! Zombie Mouse!!!
(sing it to the mickey mouse song and make up the rest of the lyrics as you go along.)

Just a quick doodle that I did last night while feeling a bit burned out from trying to get caught up in drawings and taking care of kids. Colored it in PS with the bamboo.

Monday I officially launch the new site and hopefully start work on a bunch of zombifications of famous and not famous figures.

sick sick sick

Its been a week that I wish never was, but am glad its over. My sweet little girl went to her sweet little school and brought home some not so sweet virus. Infected the whole family, including me. Messed up my legs something awful ... H1N1 ? Maybe ... H1Z1 more likely though. Today has been one of my first days back on the computer and in the mood for art. Should be seeing more soon.
Someone asked to see a non colored doodle, so here you go ... the above image, uncolored.



I need some new yahtzee pads.

the wrong side of the fence

which side would you rather be on? This was just a quick doodle I did while playing yahtzee with my wife late at night. Brought it into PS to color it up for practice and the end result isn't terrible.

As a side note, the experts agree that if you have fence protecting you from a zombie invasion you should not shoot the zombies on the other side of the fence. They will just pile up and other zombies will crawl over them and into your protected area.

Food for thought.

eye spy

Ever have the feeling you're being watched? What if the watcher suddenly jumped out of the shadows, chased you down, ripped open your chest and ate your heart? That would be a bad day. That's also the reason that I don't go out much late at night. Very rarely, and usually only to let the dog pee.

Continuing with the promotion of zombie costumes, here's another one that I like. A punk rock zombie ready to eat your brains. This one would go over lovely in this bible belt area that I live in. This one comes with a spiked Mohawk 1/2 mask, a leather looking jacket with boney bloody ribcage, collar and spiked cuffs. Click the image to get more details.

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zobo colored

This is the bamboo colored version of zobo the zombie clown, found here. I am really digging the tablet, its lots of fun. Let me know if you think i suck or not.

missed monday

Just a little update image that was colored in illustrator. Done really quick for the ske of an update and as a distraction from all the scanning I've been doing today. I'm trying to milk this day as much as possible and get overdue stuff done. I hope I haven't jinxed it.

finally . . .

It's been too damn long. Thats about all I want to say. Small stupid things always seem to grow into gigantic messes if not dealt with right away. And thats what happened. I left small things for too long and they joined forces to become a monstrosity of a problem and clubbed me around the head for a while. The worst of them have been dealt with, now the remaining tidbits are being dealt with.

The above image is a quick little marker doodle I did yesterday to warm up to zombies again. I also have another update ready for tomorrow.

It might not be monday, but my week has finally begun.

Allison's Zombie

So much for daily eh? I have to tell you it has been a gloriously SHITTY week and a half. As mentioned I had inlaws coming to stay over for nearly a week. That was a week ago. They left and life is starting to resort to normal again, but its taking a while.

There is a whole chapter on why it all went so wrong, and I don't think my wife would like me to share all the juicy bits, so I will just say that some people probably shouldn't have kids if they aren't willing to make the sacrafices necessary to raise them properly.

ANYWAYS . . . . moving right along. Life is nearly back to normal, and I am almost back on track with my zombie projects. By the end of today I should be fully finished my dead future contribution. Whether or not it still gets accepted is another bridge I will cross soon. I think it will, because I'm pouring my soul into it. Once thats done I will finish the rest of my zombie portraits, then open the flood gates to complete all the GvMvD that I have. And once THAT is done, I can get my zombie webcomic back on track.

Above image by my daughter. She felt bad that I haven't updated this site in a while so she drew me a zombie. Notice the bandaid. :)

Finally. Go to zombierocks.com and buy a tshirt. Eric sent me one for a zombie portrait I did of him and I got it yesterday. It is AWESOME and I'm wearing it right now. I got the "Brain Eater" shirt. Top notch quality and the extras were a great bonus too. Thanks Eric.

risen from the dead - revisited

While wasting time today at the breakfast table watching my kids eat their oatbran and making sure more ended up in their mouths than on the floor my hands scribbled this doodle on the back of the shopping list. It's not quite the image I had in my head, but its not too bad none the less. There will probably be yet another image like this in the coming weeks, until I finally get the one that I see out on paper.

But for now I am putting this to rest, and finishing up some other work that needs to be done. And tomorrow there are going to be a shit load of guests staying at my place. It very well could be HELL. I'll be sure to let you know.

I AM NOT FRANK ZOMBIE

Doesn't that sound kind of stupid? My friend Eric Weiss who calls himself ZombieRiot on twitter is potentially being sued by Rob Zombie's lawyers because Eric Weiss has a band by the name of ZOMBIE! and sells a few tshirts with this bands logo and name. There is so much to be said about this its ridiculous. Check out this link here and this other link here for more about this latest idiotic event.