Google Canada goes ZOMBIE

A while back Google Canada commissioned me to turn a massive amount of their staff members in to a legion of the walking dead. Who am I to refuse? I give you ... the Google Canada Horde!!

zombie test

I'm testing a new style/technique I want to use for the next 50 zombies ... and while it's not perfect yet, I think I'm off to a decent start. I know in my head what I want it to look like, its just a matter of reaching in and bringing it out. The zombie above was once Paige.

Have you bought my ebook yet?   http://goo.gl/rIowc

zombie 12 step shuffle

Some people have asked about my process ... so in one of my more recent commissions I tried to document the steps. It's not perfect, the camera used to take the pictures is old, and I had to remind myself to stop and take a picture, which I sometimes forgot.

First I sketch in the initial layout of the face using red pen. I tried using blue pencil ... but the wax of the blue pencil doesn't hold the ink very well. So red it is ... and it is done lightly so it's easy to cover up, and red is blood ... so it all works.


Next up I tape it to my plastic board. Any hard board will do ... and green painters tape works great because it doesn't damage the paper to much.


Now I apply the first layer of color to block in the face and hair.


The first layer of red paint is applied.


The first black inks are picked out and you can see the zombie is starting to take shape.


Going in with red ink pen now.


Adding some shading with blue or darker green paint. A bit more red paint is added as well.


Adding some more definition using the black pen again. Also added black to the hair to darken it, and some white paint to cover up the reds in the eyes and teeth.


More blacks, reds and shading. Brought back the pupil, defined the teeth more and drew in the background wall. I like bricks.


Background painted, cast shadow added, pupils colored, enhanced the sores on the face and deepened the reds. Nearly done. Also added some reflective light to help pop it out a bit more.


A few tweaks here and there, some highlights added. Removed the green tape and I'm left with an image with a crisp white border.


So thats my process in a brief summary. It's changed over the last 6 months and it's always evolving. Now all I have to do is package this up and mail it out to the client along with some extra awesome zombie swag. Want a zombie portrait ... email me ;)

there were only 11 steps for this 12 step process

two for tuesday

What do these 2 zombies have in common? First off, they're both on googlePLUS ... 2nd ... they both talk and interact with people that have them circled, and other than that, I have no idea. Oh, I remember now ... they're both green rotting flesh bags on a never ending quest for brains, and if you saw either one, you'd end them with a headshot.

More in common with each other than either of them ever knew.

something different

This image was a semi random doodle. I put out a call for newish people to introduce themselves on googlePLUS, and the incentive was a zombie portrait. Many people responded, some with jokes, some with a little introduction, and one that said she just found out she was pregnant. Another awesome person also nominated her to be the chosen victim, and who am I to argue??

So ... with out using any black pen and trying a few new things with water colours ... here is today's DAILY ZOMBIE !

the picture looks much better in real life, this was taken by digi cam, i'll try to scan it in better some time

my warm up

Last night I did a zombie hangout on googlePLUS, and this dude was my warm up victim. I was going to edit it in photoshop but decided not to ... you get to see all the flaws because its just a warm up.
If you didn't manage to see the show, its on youtube http://youtu.be/nJMECJH9WbI and I'm going to be doing another one next week. I even have some music lined up and there will be some swag given away.

janes addiction

Today Perry Farrell crashed some hangout parties on G+ ... but not mine because I was out shopping.

FML!

hahaha

words can describe it

Got busy with commissions lately ... which is a good thing, if not somewhat overwhelming at times. Great to see the love for all things undead is growing!

icon fun

well, it's official, im addicted to google+ and made some icons to celebrate it.
You can download the png's by clicking here.

And if you like the design and want it on a shirt, click here.

And now back to drawing.