(WORLD CUP) ZOMBIE NATION

And so here it is. One day to go and all the pretty versions of player I did for work, are now zombified into completeness. Or something. Best thing of the tournament for me:)

V2 Sneijder

Its more World cup art. This time, unlikely (in my book) finalist Wesley Sneijder.The baldy hobbit faced wunderkind of Holland/Netherlands. I begrudgingly admire Holland. The are made up of misfits and misfirers.Well, here's to a unique final. All I will say is 'Go on, Torres. Stun the world with that El Nino skill'




















As an addition, I finally used some things (eg, not making all shadow black) I picked up from Adam Hughes excellent book, Cover Run.
Highly recommended. Get it here

KLOSE (to the edit)

Yep, another World Cup artwork. This time of the man I'm hoping not only gets a Winners medal but also breaks the record for most goals scored in the World Cup.
They play Spain tonight, and despite my love for Torres, Villa and Sexual Ramos, Germany just deserve the title this time. Their football has been truly world class all the way through.





























and here's the black and white version




















EDIT: To say BUGGER. Genuinely gutted Germany didn't get through. And now Klose's chance to break records is semi-gone

Zombie Villa

Not comment on David Villa the man or the player. I'm a fan and wished he had come to Liverpool in 08.
Its just that when I was adding colour to the skin, a colleague said he looked like a zombie so
I started messing about and here he is...Zombie Villa


And heres a side by side comparison. Zombie all the way?

David Villa

More World cup art. Tried for a more Frank Quitely style for the Spanish maestro.
(Shame Torres isn't scoring)

And here it is in grey, before the colourising started

KAKA (AKAKAKAKAKAKAKAKAKAKAKAKAKAKAKAKA)

Another day, another go at a possibly great footballer. Well no. Kaka is amazing. Nice guy too. Very little of the theatrics you'd associate with S American football.
Below is the line work. This was all done in Photoshop. The inking style was initially going to be ALex Maleev style but ended up going for more of a Lark or Epting. Something that really doesn't come out once the colour is done underneath.
After the success my portrait of Landon Donovan gave the US, I'm sorry if its an early exit for you Brazil.

Landon Calling

Have to confess, it's more of a work thing than a hope the USA go through. When the profiles were being chosen, had to choose Donovan because of the uniform. Just had this idea to play with the sash and make him into some superbeing.
































Here it is in full without text

World Cup Bouncers

A quickie illustration that was published today. The story was something about how the South American teams were being less strict about wives, girlfriends and booze than the European teams.
From the evidence of the match against Algeria, England need to get hammered and laid ASAP

World Cup Torres

Part of an exclusive poster for The World Cup
. This was joined by many other better illustrations by my colleagues