Monster Mix - "Zambie" / November / Jason Bradley

I began with a girl - a grinning, growling girl. I started with dentistry - her teeth were too nice, and covered in braces. So, I replaced those with new, improved zombie teeth. The top set is from a different person than the bottom set of teeth. And even those weren't bad enough, so I went ahead with the yellowing and adding of cavities. Americans have high blood sugar, after all, right? Then I decided that no self-respecting zombie went about without a bullet wound. Or perhaps I was thinking about rappers...nonetheless, I gave her a bullet wound in the leg. Then I decided she just wasn't bloody enough, and used various blood-themed paintbrushes to insert some gore all over the place - around her mouth, her teeth, and the wound I decided should go on her head, as if someone had tried to take her out with a blunt instrument, but obviously failed, because she made it into the picture. Common sense.

After that, I deadened the skin, gave her beautiful black eyes, and proceeded to add dark blotches - dirt, bruises, et cetera. Give it an overall gritty and decrepit feel. Somehow, however, she felt too pristine. Maybe it was the grin that I was finding impossible to wipe off her face, no matter how much blending I did. Anyway, I decided to give her an ashen, burned hand. Like she was cornering someone and they set a door on fire, which she started tearing at, then recoiled with alarm at her fiery limb. Wait- zombies don't feel pain, do they? Ah well. She can be the Paris Hilton of zombies, I suppose. All of this was done with the quick selection, burn (destructive!), paint, erase, and stamp tool. After I copy/pasta'd her onto the background I added a professional camera focus effect by blurring out the background a bit. And since she stuck out so sorely on the background, due to having no reference point, I blurred her and softened up the edges in order to give her a flatter appearance against the background. Voila, Zambie. I would hit that. With a shovel.

November: Monster Mix - "Zambie"

For the Photoshop project, "Monster Mix," which is probably a knock off of the Halloween song "Monster Mash." Very clever. Really. Take note that the vertical "scrunching" is not intentional, extremely vexing, and pending maintenance. Thanks.

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