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Socar MYLES · Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:39 pm

Art from the Fleshrot Halloween Special:

The Zombie Ball, page 1

"If you'd like to see a sight
To set your skin acrawl,
Come with me on Hallow's Night
To see the Zombie Ball!

Round the smarmy toadstool bed
On Amanita Lane
Merry dance the mouldy dead
Who've come to life again.

First there wobbles Squashed Hedgehog
Who fell beneath a car.
Then leaps lively Half-a-Frog
(How tasty frog-legs are!)

Next comes Rotten Rex the Rat
Corrupted to the bone
And in his trail of maggots fat
Comes Stinky Bird, alone.

Bringing up the putrid rear
With guts upon his feet
Pond'rous twirls, amid loud jeers
The shrew who lived to eat."

Want to know what this zombie is doing, and what happened to all those cute little zombie critters? Go to www.fleshrot.com and buy the book! /spam
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Odds · member Member # Joined: 17 Sep 2004 Posts: 374

wow, this is awesome stuff... what was the medium used?
i'd like to know

Socar MYLES · Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 6:41 pm

It is Photoshop 7, using the square brushes between 5px x 5px and 27px x 27px, and the round brushes 128px and 300px for larger areas of shading.
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eyewoo · Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 7:27 pm

YIKES!!! Fabulous...
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Jensen · Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 7:31 pm

Hey Socar! Way to get us in the mood! Awesome consistant detail and style, just love it. The happy jack'o'lanterns are a nice touch too, heh. Awesome!

Sumaleth · Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 8:14 pm

Creepy. Which I assume is what you were going for. Smile

I think you need to push the value composition in the first one -- it takes a long time to get a read on what's going on in the picture. The values of the second one (my fave) are much more readable.
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Socar MYLES · Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 8:25 pm

Sumaleth - Thanks! I actually prefer the first one, though--the second one is easily readable, yeah, and I know it's the convention nowadays. But I've been looking at a lot of older illustrations lately, and a lot of them don't pop out at you in quite the same way. You have to really LOOK at them, explore them with your eyes. You end up getting less of an instant effect, and more of a cumulative effect, as you discover new details and intricacies. (I may have pushed it a LITTLE too far in that direction--still getting used to doing things this way--but I don't think I'd change it if I could. The second one, to me, is all "WOO ZOMBIE...okay, what's next?" The first one is more..."OH! There's ANOTHER zombie in there! And...and...are there eyes in the bushes?" Well, that's what it's supposed to be, anyway. Ha, ha.)

Jensen, eyewoo - Thanks a lot!
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Sumaleth · Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 1:27 am

Okay, yes, I can see what you're saying. More illustrative and less design. And it definitely works in that context.
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Strawberrysauce · member Member # Joined: 04 Feb 2001 Posts: 356

both really good but the first is amazing, you really went to town on the detail too, is it part of a bigger story? since you refer to it as page one, if so id love to see more!

Strawberrysauce · member Member # Joined: 04 Feb 2001 Posts: 356

doh!, just seen the link

Phil · Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 2:22 pm

Ha! Socar, your rats always make my day.
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the_insider · Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 6:42 pm

those must be the same rats that ravished the lady in the white dress...they just won't give up will they?!...creepy indeed...always love the work socar
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