Return of the Living Dead (sort of)
15×21, oil on illustration board
So some may remember that last year I did a cover for a collection of zombie stories put out by Night Shade Books called The Living Dead. Though it had originally been a simple matter of convenience, my zombies in that painting were modeled after other artists. Well as luck would have it, I was asked to illustrate the cover for the follow-up and the deadline happened to fall a little after Illuxcon 2, which presented a great opportunity to continue the zombie artist tradition. This time around, my zombies are (counting heads from left to right): Daren Bader (http://www.darenbader.blogspot.com/), Cynthia Sheppard (www.sheppard-arts.com), Ian Miller (http://www.ian-miller.org), Omar Rayyan (http://www.studiorayyan.com), Scott Altman (http://www.scottaltmann.com), Jordu Schell (http://schellstudio.com), Brom (http://www.bromart.com), and Zelda Devon (http://www.teeteringbulb.com)
Thanks again guys :D
Posted by DavePalumbo on Thursday, December 10th, 2009
Categories: Illustration, Traditional Media.
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December 10th, 2009 at 11:01 pm
Awesome… I love Jordu’s face :D
December 11th, 2009 at 1:31 am
Aww man! Cynthia , Jordu and Zelda made awesome zombies- well…I guess you had something to do with it :)
Thanks for including me after perhaps one of the worst ‘posing’ you likely ever had ! Hahaaa-was fun though :)
Cover looks fantastic…I love it.
December 11th, 2009 at 3:37 am
hell man thats awesoem !
December 11th, 2009 at 4:32 am
#ZombieIdFail. I so thought I recognized Neal Stephenson (Omar) and Hal Duncan (Brom).
December 11th, 2009 at 6:32 am
this is so awesome! great idea and excellent execution…! :)
I`d love to see more of the process it took from concept to finished piece for sure.
keep up the fantastic work D. !
December 11th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
Sweeet!!
December 11th, 2009 at 8:40 pm
I absolutely love this one! The color, the lighting, the atmosphere… perfect. Looks like you may have put James Gurneys tips on painting night scenes to good use!
December 11th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
Nice work dave ! Love the atmosphere going on :]
December 12th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
Dave, great work! I’m a sucker for zombies, especially with people I know in it. I’m not sure if Cynthia has seen it yet, so I posted it up on our little virtual studio for her.
December 13th, 2009 at 3:49 am
Hahaah! That’s GREAT dude!! Beautiful job on this man.