What wonderful thing didn't start out scary?

Wooooooow, this took forever, and I even did a background...? What's wrong with me? xD I'm a glutton for torturing myself.. Why do I always gotta make everything so complicated lol I bet you couldn't tell but I went a little crazy with textures and brushes *sarcasm*

Long description of my drawing ahead about why I chose some of the little details that could quickly go unnoticed, skip to the next paragraph if you feel like it

This is a scene from the book Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion, which I recently had the pleasure of reading It takes place on page 70, when R puts a daisy in Julie's hair (which I feel had a small symbolic meaning because of something that she does with it later in the book, but I won't spoil!) This is my interpretation of the characters from reading the book, not the movie. R is described from the beginning as wearing a grey dress shirt, red tie, and black slacks. His eyes are described as grey, and his hair isn't really mentioned. Julie is described as having neck-length blond choppy hair, black skinny jeans, and a messenger bag. Her shirt is never described, but I figured it must be short sleeved because R describes her "...faint scars on her wrists and forearms, thin lines too symmetrical to be accidents.” I used this cool veiny texture for R's skin and lotsa blood splatter textures, he kinda looks bruised and beaten too, and I figured his teeth would kinda be a bit red and he'd have red down his chin and all over his lips and his clothing. I'm sure it's quite messy being a zombie xD Tore up his clothes a little too Julie has blood smeared down her cheek and neck because on a few occasions R smeared it on her to cover up her 'life' smell and protect her from the other zombies that might eat her. I gave Julie a Beatles tee because she mentioned the Beatles' music a few times. This scene takes place in a connecting hallway in an airport terminal and it's described as having decorative plants overrunning it, with a pale sunset in the background. I also thought the windows would probably be damaged and there would probably be blood everywhere There might be a city scape in the background too, possibly.

Isaac Marion did a great job making the most unlikely type of character grow on me xD A zombie with a heart The only thing I didn't like about this book was the unnecessary language. There had to be 30+ f-bombs in there and I really really hate that word..

I can't wait to see the movie tomorrow, (lol I'm going by myself cause my mom's too scared) I really hope it's good and the movie doesn't butcher the book like the Twilight movies did to their books xD I love Nicholas Hoult and I feel like he'll do a good job portraying R, he seemed to do pretty well in the commercials

So do you guys like it? If I get a good enough response I'll draw another scene soon, one that takes place towards the end of the book that I'd like to draw

WIP of this piece:


Here comes my long list of texture and brush credits!!

Vein texture used on R's skin by found here: [link]

Jean texture used on Julie's jeans by [link]

Fabric texture used on the messenger bag by found here: [link]

Fabric texture used on Julie's shirt by found here: [link]

Texture used for R's tie by found here: [link]

Texture used for R's shirt by found here: [link]

Blood splatter textures by found here: [link]

Texture used on Julie's skin by found here: [link]

Brushes used for the window cracks by found here: [link]

Steel texture used for the walls in the background by found here: [link]

Brushes used for the foliage in the background by found here: [link]

City scape brushes used in the background by found here: [link]

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