Das Zombieshowzen/ Guy Fox Day

A week ago today (almost to the hour) a big group show opened up in downtown Long Beach, in conjunction with the massive Zombie Walk IV. Had a great turnout, and some inspiring costumes, on top of a gargantuan amount of really top-notch zombie-related art.




The show's still up, on 7th and Pine, and you can check out the online version at zombieartshow.com. The one called "Portrait of the Undead" is a personal favorite of mine.

Sketches

Yeah, I know, it's been a long freakin time...

van Bommel odds n' ends/ Zombies' last gasp

Tried to post this on Facebook just now... terrible.





Also, if you haven't been by yet, my good friend Mr. Jason Liwag's Zombie show has been extended, but only for a little while longer, so go check it out at Yojie's (501 w. Olympic Avenue, Los Angeles)!



Wonderful work by a great group of artists, don't miss it!

They Live... on 4th Street.

I only have a few pictures from the other night, but MAN it was fun. So many good costumes, so many great people, and way too many recipes for fake blood!





I'm a pretty lazy photographer, so if you wanna see way more (and better) pictures, visit Pink Cow Photography's Zombie Walk Photoset.
And if you're looking to buy a t-shirt from the event, check out the MondoCelluloid store HERE.



Also there is this:

Zombiewalkthrough

Here follows an intoxicatingly detailed rundown of how this year's LB Zombie Walk poster was born...

The back of my receipt from dinner at the Taqueria on 4th, where Garry pitched me the idea and we started sketching...
(If you've never had their Lengua burrito, check it out; pretty messy, but damn good!)

Out of the billions of reference photos I took, only a couple ended up being useful. Had to come back a few times to get all the angles and details I wanted.

More photo reference, ended up straining muscles in my palm I didn't even know I had!

Final approved sketch...

...Taken into photoshop and massaged into a workable value study...

...Blown up and transferred to midtone charcoal paper.

And the fun begins...



Throwing in some tasty sinew and gristle action on the pelvis, ribcage, and so on. Some light touch-ups and texturing in photoshop, a TON of typework brilliantly executed by the fine people of Phone Booth Gallery, and...

BAM. ZombieWalk poster.

More info about the event here.

Just a taste

Here's a little somfin-somfin from a project I got cookin' with a few friends.

Everybody loves the Undead, right?

I've never been that big on horror movies, or gory stuff at all for that matter. But something about zombies is just so alluring, everyone's gotta draw at least one. This guy's one of the slower, generic Old School Romero zombies, pretty much just cannon fodder for survival-type college students trapped in midwestern malls.

If you haven't seen the '68 Night of the Living Dead, check it out. Pretty cool ideas about what zombies are like, and still a good movie.