Saturday, March 6, 2010

PLANET TERROR!!!



I WAS GOING THROUGH AN OLD FILE OF SKETCHES RECENTLY (A LIL' PRE-SPRING CLEANING) AND RAN ACROSS THIS DRAWING I HAD DONE AFTER SEEING THE FILM 'GRINDHOUSE'. IN IT, ROSE McGOWEN PLAYS A STRIPPER WHO IS ATTACKED BY ZOMBIES AND FORCED TO ATTACH A MACHINE GUN TO HER AMPUTATED LEG FOR DEFENSE. IF YOU HAVEN'T GUESSED FROM THAT DESCRIPTION, THE FILM IS CLEARLY CAMPY AND DOESN'T TAKE IT'S SELF TOO SERIOUSLY.
I ACTUALLY PREFERRED THE 2nd HALF OF THE FILM WHICH WAS DIRECTED BY QUENTIN TARANTINO, BUT THE ROSE McGOWEN MACHINE-GUN-LEG IMAGE IS A PRETTY STRONG VISUAL, SO I KEPT DOODLING THAT. I DID THIS PIECE WITH A BIC PEN ON A PIECE OF OLD, USED PRINTER PAPER. A TRUE DOODLE!! WHEN IT WAS UNEARTHED, I PHOTOSHOPPED IT AND KIND'A TRIED TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE AN OLD IMAGE LIFTED OFF OF ONE OF THOSE OLD GRINDHOUSE MOVIE POSTERS.

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