Recent progress on Zombie image number one. I love drawing zombies because each one is its own little story. You can't just draw a generic zombie. You have to think about who they were in life, what they were doing when they turned, and how they died. You have to know how long they've been a zombie, and what has happened to them since. If all of that comes through in the image of the zombie, you've done justice to the genre. This one was inspired by my discovery that hardcore surfers actually ride the N'awlins waves. Crazy Zombie surfers.

Beach Bum Zombie

Here is the roughest of rough sketches for a zombie concept. This one was infected at the beach, and some unfortunate soul attempted to fend her off with a beach umbrella, to no avail.

Andy's Action Pose--Next stage

This one is almost halfway through the inking phase. Yay, inking! I use the word loosely, of coarse, because this is all 100% digital. My scanner is so lonely.

Zombocalypse Graphic Novel Concepts: Natasha, Finished

This is the first finished drawing in the Zombie Story's character concepts. The next one of this character will be a little further along in the story, methinks, and she will show much wear and tear from repeated zombie attacks.

Andy Sketch number 2

Here is the beginning of an action pose of Andy with her bike polo mallet, ready to splatter some zombie brains. More to come!

Zombocalypse Graphic Novel Concepts: Natasha, Part 2

Natasha with a revised pose. Still not a finished bit of line art, but getting there. Fun art fact: pose reference is your friend. This is going to be the last post on this one for a little bit, as I go back and revise Andy and start up on action poses for these two.

Zombocalypse Graphic Novel Concepts: Natasha

Here's the beginning of character number 2 in the graphic novel. I'm trying something new with this one, color coding the layers of my sketch process. In this case, blue is the body, red is the clothes, and black is final sketch line. It's proving effective, I think. More to come!