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Drawtober/Drawlloween Day 8: Zombie — Description
So it's october! There are a few challenges going around focusing on generally the same idea: draw one thing for every day of the month. autodesk-sketchbook has their own version going on, but I'm feeling incredibly lazy right now and didn't feel like dealing with the argument my computer and tablet are having. So, I took these prompts from an artist group I'm part of on facebook and ran with it! All of the drawings will be done traditionally, but I may revisit some later on and make them into prettier digital paintings.

Anyway, the eighth prompt was "Zombie." This took some thinking. My first thought was, "Let's draw a zombie horse! I've never coloured a zombie horse, so that would be a nice thing to see!" I decided against it. I always draw zombie horses. It's part of my job as a customizer and sculptor who specialises in zombie horses. Everyone knows I can draw an undead equine. When was the last time I drew a proper zombie? (I can tell you. This was. ) Then I was thinking, "Well, who can I zombify?" The thought crossed my mind to draw a Walking Dead zombie, but let's be real. Everyone thinks of The Walking Dead when you mention "zombies." Unless, of course, you're a gamer. Left 4 Dead 2 popped into my mind immediately after I dismissed TWD. Perfect. The last time I drew a Hunter was back in 2010/2011, and it was time to see what I could do with my improvements.

I'm not disappointed.

One thing I wanted to do with this rendition, was to make him look more like an undead. Other than the dead skin, they didn't really design him to scream "zombie." (literally. He screams "rye" instead.) He seemed more like a freakishly powerful parkour cannibal. So, I tried to corpse his skin up, and gave him a very basic "no-lip" mouth. Oh, and I also emaciated him, and gave him "natural" dead eyes. Other than that, I left his design alone. (I realised I forgot the blood around his eyes. I'll be adding that later.)

Tools: .07 Mechanical graphite pencil, crayola coloured pencils, and copy paper (Because I'm cheap)
Pose Reference

Other Drawtober Drawings:
Day 1: Ghost
Day 2: Devil
Day 3: Goblin
Day 4: Vampire
Day 5: Werewolf
Day 6: Pumpkin
Day 7: Haunted House
Day 8: Zombie You're already viewing this!
Day 9: Eyeball
Day 10: Alien (Not Drawn Yet)
Day 11: Raven (Not Drawn Yet)
Day 12: Moon (Not Drawn Yet)
Day 13: Frankenstein (Not Drawn Yet)
Day 14: Bat (Not Drawn Yet)
Day 15: Amulet (Not Drawn Yet)
Day 16: Grave (Not Drawn Yet)
Day 17: Demon (Not Drawn Yet)
Day 18: Mask (Not Drawn Yet)
Day 19: Creature from the Black Lagoon (Not Drawn Yet)
Day 20: Skull (Not Drawn Yet)
Day 21: 8-bit Zombie (Not Drawn Yet)
Day 22: Candy (Not Drawn Yet)
Day 23: Gore (Not Drawn Yet)
Day 24: Skeleton (Not Drawn Yet)
Day 25: Mummy (Not Drawn Yet)
Day 26: Rat (Not Drawn Yet)
Day 27: Witch (Not Drawn Yet)
Day 28: Black Cat (Not Drawn Yet)
Day 29: Scarecrow (Not Drawn Yet)
Day 30: Spider (Not Drawn Yet)
Day 31: Dragon (Not Drawn Yet)