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HAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU COMBINE A GUTTURAL LOVE OF ZOMBIES AND AN INEXPLICABLE PUBLIC OBSESSION WITH CELEBRITY GOSSIP? Ask Rob Sacchetto, the monster-maker behind
Zombie Portraits (
zombieportraits.com) who, since 2006, has created over 900 original paintings that depict you and your loved ones (yes, he does couples shots) as flesh-hungry undead. Now releasing his second book, Zombiewood Weekly: The Celebrity Dead Exposed, Sacchetto displays his talent for high-detail (undead) por- traiture by turning his brush on the rich and famous. Using watercolour, ink and honest-to-goodness White-Out (for maggoty detailing) Sacchetto created over 60 pages of zombie mock-ups of dozens of tabloid heavy-
weights – Britney Spears, Brangelina, Paris Hilton and Mel Gibson are among the throngs – in iconic poses, only with more gore than glam. The book is rounded out with US Weekly-style articles from journalist Jeremy
Walsh, captioning each pic and hinting at what life might be like after the rising. Add to that spoof advertisements for a zombie enlightened culture (i.e. formalde- hyde perfume) and you have a righteous rag for the walking dead. With each zombie taking four to six hours to create, there is a lot of paint, ink
and monster love that go into every portrait. Sacchetto has agreed to show Rue Morgue exactly how much love by decomposing Alfred Hitchcock, just for this ar- ticle. Grimace as the artist takes us through his putrifying process.
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“This old photo has some great tones. I grew up on old EC Comics, so that fine illustrative quality was a blast for me to execute.”
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“I sketch the image on a nice heavy wa- tercolour board. This can take up to an hour depending on the photo. Luckily, old Hitch here wasn’t into paisley or plaid.”
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“Next come the washes. Portrait orders get a bright Dawn of the Dead yellow, but this time, I thought a nice grey blue with hints of yellow was more appropri- ate. ”
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“Blotchy grey, purples, yellows and greens play up any dead skintone, while browns, umbers and crimson for the blood and pulp give it that glistening gore look.”
FINALLY, THE DEAD COME
TO LIFE WITH THE INKING - THE LITTLE HIGHLIGHTS AND TINY TREE BRANCHES. THESE LAST FEW STEPS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT IN MAKING THE BOILS AND PUSTULES POP OFF THE PAGE!
Rob Sacchetto ”
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