We have another great Vector Premium tutorial available for Premium members today. If you want to learn how to create zombie in the style of Left4Dead’s scary witch, then we have a detailed tutorial for you. You’ll work through the process of creating a photo-manipulation to base this illustration on, and then work through each step in Illustrator. Our result is a scary witch that is 100% vector!
There are many ways to illustrate zombies. Vectortuts+ has two other fine tutorials on how to create one. However in this tutorial I’m going to create a detailed female zombie, starting from using a stock image and manipulating it, all the way to vectoring it.
I’m a big fan of Left 4 Dead (1 and 2!) and like to play it a lot in my spare time. One of the zombies in that game which scares the life out of me is the witch! Fans of the game series will know she is a calm zombie, but when disturbed can reek havoc. She is often found sitting on the floor, rocking backwards and forwards and crying. She’s pale and almost iridescent in appearance. I’m going to use this as inspiration for my zombie illustration. I’m going to be using stock by the fabulous Natalie Paquette aka fetishfaerie-stock on deviantART.
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