"ZOMBIES"-open thread-Bring out yer dead!

**Zergaloth** · August 9th, 2005, 06:06 AM

Originally Posted by Matt Dixon

Photoshop for everything, Zerg

So it IS possible...

I never thought one could get that ..."painty" look with photoshop. I won't ask you to reveal any of your other secrets.
I like the idea of scanning in a brush-stroke (or spatter) and using it as a digital brush. Never thought of that - I'll test it.

I know it's all about practice and practice - but maybe you professionals wouldn't mind putting on a step-by-step work? That might inspire and help other artists a bit, cause I always find myself stuck behind the screen with my tablet after one hour thinking.. ok... so... what next? It usually ends up as a mess cause I add too much.

But then again, time is money, so if you don't have any, don't do it.

**crisis** · August 9th, 2005, 12:21 PM

This is a selfportrait, zombiestyle.. when I'll get the hang of coloring there might be added some blood and gore.

**fizzgig** · August 9th, 2005, 05:03 PM

from last year...

**slaine978** · August 10th, 2005, 05:51 AM

Hey everyone, thanks for the awesome comments. I'm glad u enjoyed my happy little zombies. Iwasink. dude, thanks and ya, oscar is a good name huh? haha. Mark Malone, awesome chubby zombie man. keep it up. Here's a lighting comp I did before I painted up the actual painting. Did I mention this is a cover to a comic book I'm doing with some friends?

And here is a page I just finished coloring today for the book. Pencils by Lionel Ordaz. The chubby guy on the left is the zombie/vampire on the cover. He doesn't look like that until a nightmare sequence later in the book tho.

This is a bit rough but i have to go pretty fast. a page a day. critiques appreciated. thanks guys. used photoshop 7 and a wacom.

**Zergaloth** · August 10th, 2005, 09:41 AM

Interesting that lighting compostion, really.
Some things in the drawing with the bed look so real (mattress against the wall, stains on the wall) but something takes the whole feel out of it. I don't really know what, might be the fact that I can't see the whole picture on my screen and I have to scroll.

I guess if you made every page look like that cover and you have a good story, you might get lots of money for that book. I'd say: give it time! Even if ou spent a whole year on it, the result will be there and you'll get your reward.

**Hard Creation** · August 10th, 2005, 11:57 AM

hc

**sevnraiz** · August 10th, 2005, 07:32 PM

how i feel at my desk job

**leckronium** · August 11th, 2005, 12:13 AM

I couldn't help but notice how the girl zombies in this thread have a tendency to have their boobage still intact. I guess plastic sure does make it possible.

I'm requesting more zombie pinups from everybody. Keep up the good work all!

**Zergaloth** · August 11th, 2005, 06:46 AM

Talking about Femmes Fatales...

**Ostrander** · August 11th, 2005, 09:41 PM

Beautiful stuff guys. Damn.

**slaine978** · August 12th, 2005, 04:16 AM

thanks for the advice on the page zergaloth. I think you're right. to much texture in the background can take away from the characters. And I know what you mean about taking time to do things nice and detailed. but unfortunately, time isn't something i have when it comes to submitting to distributors and stuff. It's all about being able to deliver before deadlines. goodtimes right?

oscar

Here's another zombie I drew a while back.

**Kung Fu Genius** · August 12th, 2005, 09:18 AM

You guys are gross!

(Done as an instructional aid for my friend's girlfriend.)

**Dementist** · August 13th, 2005, 04:32 PM

You're one to talk, Kung Fu. Need I point to Option #2?

Hilarious comic, btw.

**dharmaestudio** · August 14th, 2005, 01:42 PM

Hi guys:
I must to say that I made that the last week but I dfidn´t see this thread.Hope eerybody likke it.
Arturo

**VirusArtist** · August 14th, 2005, 01:57 PM

hehehehehe this thread is getting gorier and gorier evrytime I visit .. love it- keep 'em coming!

**oDD** · August 16th, 2005, 03:08 PM

some nice work here! had to paint one myself. i like zombies.

**Idiot Apathy** · August 16th, 2005, 06:49 PM

From Sunny's Zombie Cowboy lines in the New Media Coloring Book :

**Hive_minD** · August 17th, 2005, 08:24 AM

Originally Posted by slaine978

Hey guys, this is a cross between a vampire and a zombie from a book I'm doing with some friends. It's acrylic on illustration board. Used brushes, colored pencil, and airbrush. Color corrected a bit on photoshop.

This is the pencil sketch by my friend Lionel Ordaz:

This is my painted version.

Hope you guys like,
Oscar

slaine! i love your work... please caint you make a tutorial for all us noobs!!! please..
---which airbrush do you use.. are you happy with it???

Hive_minD

**mikernaut** · August 17th, 2005, 08:23 PM

Whats creepier then NAZI ZOMBIES? Heres a few variations of the theme.

**JaïnvanNigtevegt** · August 18th, 2005, 06:33 AM

A little something out of china's nightlife. (the character says 'night')

Jaïn

**MisterE** · August 19th, 2005, 02:01 AM

WOW!

Some very inspiring stuff here!

**raulmanx** · August 19th, 2005, 05:42 AM

http://raulman.deviantart.com

**Etherial** · August 19th, 2005, 04:34 PM

the leech

**robo6** · August 19th, 2005, 10:23 PM

**chriswahl** · August 20th, 2005, 10:44 AM

Some Zombie pics...FUN!!!

**dislodge** · August 21st, 2005, 02:26 PM

Great stuff everyone - very inspiring ... now if I can just figure out how to post my zombie too? Maybe I have to wait a bit before I can post attachments? Until then, you can kinda make him out in my avatar...

This is my first post in these forums - I'm trying to get back into doing my own artwork in my off-work hours but it's been hard - but scrolling through these threads is like a bionic kick in the pants to get back into it - so thanks a lot everyone!

Ah ha! I think I figured it out ... I am so smart ... s, m, r, t!

...and a close up of the mouth, just because:

...and an animated giff of him mumbling.

**JedSmith520** · August 23rd, 2005, 08:29 PM

bRAINS...

**LudaChris82199** · August 25th, 2005, 08:19 AM

heres mine i call him gummy

**Hard Creation** · August 28th, 2005, 05:05 PM

@mikernaut ..

the nazi-zombie is very nice!!
my compliment.

hc

**slaine978** · August 28th, 2005, 05:19 PM

Hive_minD, Thanks so much for the compliment. Actually I do have a tutorial on my site for this painting. It's one of my first tutorials so I hope you like it. I used an Iwata airbrush. The Micron cm-sb is iwata's best I think. I looove this airbrush. the lines can be so fine, you can literally sign a check with it.
Great job everyone. really awesome work here.

{Click here for the tutorial}