Snowy days make for Zombie escapades!

So, here in the great snowy midwest winters, there is a lot of time to sit around and document process as well as finished projects. I have been in a very zombie mood lately, so you get to see a progression of a recent work I did... Lucky you!

I would liiiiiiiiike to blame a recent obsession with reading post-apocalyptic novels with zombies and watching too much science fiction film...but I shouldn't begin this blog with a lie. I have an affinity for zombies. Not in the "OMG I wanna' marry a zombie monster!" way, but more of a  "I think it's important that everyone have a "zombie plan" before it's too late!" way. It's important.

With that being said, I think it's fun to juxtapose the macabre with more socially acceptable forms of media. Thus, the zombie pin-up is born! Using an old 30's pin-up-esque image as reference, I sketched out a smexy woman with a few hygienic issues such as a decaying face and shredded arm and thumb.

 

Here, you can see the progression of adding watercolor and detail to the first image, "fleshing" her out (so to speak). This is probably the 4th time I've ever used watercolor. It's a learning experience. I have learned it is VERY important to have a good set of brushes and high quality paper to get the watercolor to function as it should.

Here, I've added some more detail, inserted and filled in some interesting mod shapes to the background to make her pop off the page (with prismatic watercolor, it's really awesome, it has a gold and bronze gilded feel in certain rings). Almost done with her, just gotta' finish up the background! (yes, that is a kitty ear headband, don't judge me!)

This is the (mostly) finished result. I had to result to taking a photo of it (which kind of throws off the perspective a bit, as the camera is a bit below shooting up her nose). My scanner is awful and old, and this is the best I can do until Santa or the Powers That Be see fit to send me a new one. But anyways, there you have it... my first artistic blog post, and also my first semi-walkthrough of process. Hope you enjoyed!