New Blerg

My 876th blog, this one presenting my zombie related art in a narrative format in which a group of survivors tries to survive and solve recent mysterious apocalyptic events.

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C. Kovacs Complete Transformation

Progress of Zombie Laday

I thought I'd share this unfinished photoshop painting of a zombie laday. There's still more that needs to be done, but I wanted to post it anyway because I'm happy with how she's going.

Mo Progress....

Veryyy close with C. Kovacs. Just few little touchups, the background, hair and knowing when to say enough is enough.

Zoembie

I'm working digitally on a hot zombie lady and I really like how it's going and am actually enjoying it. The trick for me is to just digipaint the same way I'd realworldpaint. That one should be finished soon and I'll put 'er up. I'm going to start some other digital zombie pieces, have a bunch going at once to keep things fresh (or should I say rotting duuurrrrr doesn'tmakeanysense). Here's the next one I'm gonna start, an image of a friend of mine named Zoe along with her friend and a mob of zombie peeps in the background:

C. Kovacs and Z. Cleve Progress

C. Kovacs Morrrre Progress...

Gettin' close...

Come Hither

Believe me, I don't want to bang a zombie. At all. Ever. This I know. But there is something interesting about presenting zombies in a sensual light. Ooh, that sounds like an old Isaac Hayes Halloween standard. 

Zombie Coco. Yeah, you heard me right...

I'm finna turn this into a zombie painting and submit it to Conan to see if I can get it shown on the TV. Zombie Coco, c'mon, who couldn't love it?!

Z. Cleve More Progress & Subject 007: L. Lacava

C. Kovacs More Progress...

Z. Cleve Progress...

C. Kovacs Progress...

I'm pleased with how she's going. I wasn't real sure how this method would work, but so far so good. Quite excited to see where this one ends up...

Z Gurlz

Some more zombies-to-be:

Progress......

Werkin it...

Thangs

Here's some stuuuff. I will explain each piece in a caption below it. B-low it. Blow it.

This is a new idea I'm working out. I thought of it a while ago when I was balls deep in my conflict UFC fighter paintings and when it seemed like the world hated me and when I had black dyed hair that covered one side of my face and I was skinny and pale and listened to Bright Eyes all the time. It has it's basis in conflict, but isn't focusing so much on the negative; more on how life can toss you about and you just never know what will happen. So it's concerned with fate. There's three figures overlapping eachother. And guess what? THEY'RE NAKEY! Can you spot the dongs? A lot of pushing and pulling of paint with this piece. Still figuring both concept and execution out, but as I go I believe I'll get a handle on both.

Progress shot of "C. Kovacs." Throwing more and more paint on. Building up texture. After this layer dries I believe I'll go in and start to define features -- AND THEN MUTILATE THEM HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Progress shots of "Z. Cleve." 

I recently went to the thrifty store and got some nifty frames, some with pictures in them, like Mr. Pope here. I just want to say I have nothing against this pope, not that I kept up enough with him to have an opinion. I liked the little golden frame this was in and I thought I'd make a zombie pope. Why not? This is about 2 by 3 inches.

  

Still want to build up texture. I'll see what I can get away with at this miniature scale.

Macrodactyly

Here's what it is:

(Actually this one^^ is Elephantitis, but is equally freaky)

I just kind of stumbled upon it when I googled "hand" to try out a new more volumetric way of drawing that I thought of today. What a happy accident, I think this disorder will be a perfect addition to my zombies, and perhaps other areas of my art. Zombies with Macrodactyly, why not? Some sketches:

Miami Panoramadingdongs

I was in Miami. It was for my art show. It was cool. Here are some panoramas:

 

 

Subject 002: Z. Cleve

Another zombie portrait. You might be thinking "Zach! GODDAMMIT!!! This guy could be a lot more decomposed and zombiesque. He just kind of looks like a creepy old molester dude behind a plant." I agree with you here, you angry person you. The way I'm thinking about these drawings is as such; most of the zombification takes place in the painting of the piece, where I let the texture of paint determine how the face is decomposed. I'd like to leave the subject in their drawn form still fairly intact, so as to have more information to work from. I don't know how the piece is really going to turn out; maybe the zombie will have their jaw missing; maybe half their face will be blown off; maybe they'll have some disgusting, festering growth coming out of their forehead. That is for the paint to decide. So there you go, feel better now?

Oh and here's "Subject 001: C. Kovacs." Forgot about putting her up:

Buddha on His Banjo

This is a sketch for a painting I'm doing for my uncle. As the title of this post explains, it's Buddha on his banjo. Kind of random yes, but not without reason. Back in college (I just wanted to make myself sound really old there) I did a painting called "God Practicing his Guitar." My uncle liked the piece and the idea behind it so he commissioned me to do two more--the Buddha one and also Mohammed playing a mandolin (which I'll pose for, not because I think I'm all that and a bagga chips, but because I'm Middle Eastern-looking as shit. Don't kill me terrorists!). I've taken my sweet, succulent time getting around to them but I'm finally getting 'em on. Yay family paintings! Family Matters. Bob Saget.