Thursday, May 16, 2013

Horror Genre Car Photography series - #1 The Walking Dead

If you haven't noticed yet, i really enjoy the horror film genre - especially all things zombie; more classic, less campy; and NO VAMPIRES (ok, 30 Days of Night is an exception - but none of that high-school/sub-urban mom sparkly stuff)...and with my affinity for automotive history, i decided to combine the two through the power of photography (and a little Photoshop)...

...presenting the first of the series: 1995 Mercedes Benz E36 AMG cabrio in the opening credits of AMC's The Walking Dead ...

...so here is how this works; i pick a movie and/or series that i like, let the art direction and cinematography (usually the credits) soak into my subconscious, scout out a respective location, take the shot and run some post in Photoshop...easy, right?

Before i sign off, i wanted to share with you a before shot, i have studied copyright law for a bit, and therefore can't post screenshots from The Walking Dead tv series opening credits.

i highly recommend checking out the series, if you haven't already...

Next in line; Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the recent versions)...

Monday, May 6, 2013

stealth - digital ink wash/water color

I am currently writing from Raleigh, North Carolina...yet this didn't have much influence in my latest drawing...

...other than Zombies (and a myriad of decaying stuff) i also have an avid interest in history.  I was trying to capture the contemporary ink/wash on parchment style of post-battle sketches commonly created by field artists when time and supplies so permitted...

the CSA infantry private was hand-drawn, and colored digitally (i do paint, though this process is usually rather time consuming and there isn't the option of a Ctrl-Z...)