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Description Here's another fun piece, you people things.

So here we've got a girl (YES, she's a girl and not a trap. Dammit, one of these days I'll get it so that people stop mistaking my women for men; and not by the obvious method, either) named Koponya, jumping dangerously from an unknown location to a more dangerous and more known location (i.e. - floor). But she can do this easily! Not only must she bend to the artist's will, but she can survive a fall from that height because she is already dead!

Though I'm certain you're all anxious to hear about how I can so shamelessly misuse "survive," I'm afraid I'll have to instead move on to the boring topic of Koponya's state of death. As it stands, she is a Natural Zombie (not at all like the unnatural kind ) that is able to operate even after death by unconventional means. And unlike your typical zombie (which in context is called a Half Zombie and is created from normal corpses after studying Natural Zombies), she is able to reattach her body parts and avoid decay. Details are unimportant and academically obscene, so I will skip those.

Anyhow, in Deadface, the story takes place in a ghost town inhabited by Half Zombies. They face a crisis in which they are hunted by humans brainwashed by generations of theater and video games. It is up to Koponya or anyone else who is interested to rescue the zombie people and deliver them from their hating predators! Yeay yeay yeay.



This here is another experimental coloring style for me, in which I used less shading and relied more on color choice. Again, super fun - probably even more fun than eating onion rings until the roof of your mouth hurts when it touches your tongue.

Oh, and the origin of the title "deadface" comes from my attempt to create an 8-character hexidecimal password for my router once. DEADFACE in base-16 represents 3,735,943,886 in base-10. Cool stuff, eh? It'll save your life one day. Canonically, though, I'll say that "deadface" is the title given to the zombie savior or something. Or maybe it'll be what they call zombies in this world. Well, in any case, it has nothing to do with a comic from the 90's .

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Comments: 684

Kurogami7 [2017-02-09 21:42:31 +0000 UTC]

Cool!!  

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XxSuperBossxX [2015-03-28 18:15:24 +0000 UTC]

Actually, I think that its not that you draw anime girls who look too much like boys, but that too many artists draw anime guys with INCREDIBLY feminine features. Its the jawline, and skin that is too smooth. Many artists also give male characters too slim figures. Your picture looks like a girl to me.

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icemic101 [2014-04-30 08:36:59 +0000 UTC]

Hi there
Can I use this for my track that I'll be uploading on youtube? I'll put a link and mention you in the description. thanks

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JohnSu In reply to icemic101 [2014-05-08 04:27:59 +0000 UTC]

Sure!

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LovablyAwkward [2014-03-02 02:42:59 +0000 UTC]

She reminds me of a favorite character of mine!!

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Animally [2014-02-23 13:33:00 +0000 UTC]

Wow, nice. Is this a comic or something?

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JohnSu In reply to Animally [2014-03-21 01:34:55 +0000 UTC]

Nope, just a one time art.

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prophetsofdoom [2014-01-21 23:51:28 +0000 UTC]

Great action.

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l33tn3rdz [2013-12-08 15:10:37 +0000 UTC]

I typed The onion router and found this. Hm...

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JohnSu In reply to l33tn3rdz [2013-12-31 05:31:47 +0000 UTC]

The search result is no stranger than your query.

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PhotoKrow42 [2013-03-01 00:14:22 +0000 UTC]

An awesome picture. An awesome character. Awesome fluidity of motion. Awesome background. Awesome story concept. Awesome reference to base-16 in the title.

"Awesome" is such an overused word. But this inspires awe on so many levels it makes my art and story-lover genes salivate.

(This would also make a really awesome anime or video game, better than the current direction the zombie titles are heading in.)

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JohnSu In reply to PhotoKrow42 [2013-03-01 17:34:21 +0000 UTC]

the direction of Magical Girl

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Nebuntan [2013-01-22 03:20:27 +0000 UTC]

I love this piece!

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nofido [2012-10-24 04:48:19 +0000 UTC]

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww it's a girl?! I thought it was a guy but I didn't notice the boobs....

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JohnSu In reply to nofido [2012-11-01 04:11:00 +0000 UTC]

sorry

I have my biases!

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nofido In reply to JohnSu [2012-11-01 06:59:21 +0000 UTC]

it's ok it was my falt anyway I still love the picture regardless

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TheGutterBunny [2012-09-14 13:26:23 +0000 UTC]

What tools did you use to make this?

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JohnSu In reply to TheGutterBunny [2012-09-17 05:22:14 +0000 UTC]

A stone hammer and chisel.
Paint brush and bucket fill.

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DarkSideofFAKHRY [2012-08-11 02:39:50 +0000 UTC]

AWESOME !
XD

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EMMZ07 [2012-03-03 01:24:29 +0000 UTC]

Cool pic!! @O@

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otomen-nick [2011-11-02 12:16:47 +0000 UTC]

I like it!

but I like typical zombie :'C...

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The-Nai [2011-05-01 22:34:40 +0000 UTC]

Perfect! I love it >w<

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Raifie [2011-04-26 19:50:23 +0000 UTC]

Very groovy and interesting

Love the differing styles in the foreground and background

ummm, would it be okay if i use this at some point for a desktop image and submit a screenshot of it as my desktop-if not, its cool.

Laters

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JohnSu In reply to Raifie [2011-05-02 03:14:06 +0000 UTC]

that's fine with me

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Raifie In reply to JohnSu [2011-08-09 18:52:24 +0000 UTC]

thanks



Laters

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fairhaired-cutey [2011-03-12 07:59:09 +0000 UTC]

awsome

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waffflebat [2010-12-16 22:52:17 +0000 UTC]

interesting concept the storyline sounds brilliant and the artwork is lovely.

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animatrix1490 [2010-11-17 00:23:11 +0000 UTC]

I really like the title. It's just so... It has that sense of...

Yes.

...I think I will now proceed to make this my desktop background.

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kuribohspirit [2010-10-23 09:43:26 +0000 UTC]

i'm seriously in love your link for your definition of "unconventional means". another beautiful piece as always!

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Little-cats [2009-11-09 19:41:28 +0000 UTC]

<3

* very constructive comments... *

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JohnSu In reply to Little-cats [2009-11-09 21:38:03 +0000 UTC]

* amazement *

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Little-cats In reply to JohnSu [2009-11-13 14:44:40 +0000 UTC]

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HanajimaXD [2009-07-26 04:24:13 +0000 UTC]

at least your men aren't mistaken for women! I love this though, the hourglass earings are awesome. Oh yeah, do you suggest Flash? I am shopping around for art software, and am looking at photoshop, painter, flash ect and i need opinions ^_^"

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dancingintheink In reply to HanajimaXD [2009-08-31 21:28:30 +0000 UTC]

lol also don't get corel, it is either really simple or WAY to complicated, takes FOREVER to get a good piece out of it and there are very few tutorials.

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JohnSu In reply to HanajimaXD [2009-07-26 06:26:23 +0000 UTC]

Flash is fun but is probably not the most versatile of art tools. It is fine for me since I do a lot of cel-shaded vector work, but it is pretty weak when it comes to bitmap functions. And it is expensive since it is not just an art tool.

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HanajimaXD In reply to JohnSu [2009-07-26 07:03:59 +0000 UTC]

hmm, okies! Thanks for the advice ^_^

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Nyxira-Ulwun [2009-07-19 00:30:32 +0000 UTC]

She looks female to me, just more tomboy-like.

Like me.

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puedohablarespanol [2009-07-13 22:47:20 +0000 UTC]

love the city!

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suger-hyper [2009-07-11 02:59:31 +0000 UTC]

I think she looks androgynous mostly because of the boyish clothes and attitude. Also it isn't obvious she has boobs at first glance, and she doesn't the rounded butt and meaty thighs and calves of a stereotypical girly girl. But hey, not everyone's a girly girl, so that's fine. It could even be used to comical effect (of gender confusion) if this were a serial cartoon or a comic book.

Not that I am demanding you make it one, of course.

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Xziper [2009-06-20 03:07:39 +0000 UTC]

that;s pretty bad ass

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riceballclubdotorg [2009-05-30 02:25:10 +0000 UTC]

I think the maleness is in the length of the eyebrows? Girls' are generally shorter, maybe.

This is gorgeous.

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Hitsugaya-Koorihana [2009-04-29 16:50:50 +0000 UTC]

Kirei ne ! i really like your drawing style!

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jakehunter [2009-04-15 17:05:11 +0000 UTC]

very nice!

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ghijaholic [2009-04-14 02:02:49 +0000 UTC]

let me eat your brain.

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JohnSu In reply to ghijaholic [2009-04-15 00:43:30 +0000 UTC]

I'm using it right now

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suyu5 [2009-04-13 14:56:29 +0000 UTC]

Love the art..~

Great colouring~~

Somehow, I'm very sorry~~
I thought she was a he..
Hehehe..

But still, nice artwork~~
Amazing..~!! ^^

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FiliaXNocis [2009-03-19 01:18:12 +0000 UTC]

<3
The whole picture just makes me smile, but I love the determination on her face!

Wonderful work!

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Pythosart [2009-02-24 01:42:43 +0000 UTC]

I think you would very much like the works of Terry Pratchett (of which there are many)

he is an English comic fantasy/sci-fi writer, and my ABSOLUTE favorite

anywho, I truly love this, even with the artist's comment alone. your sense f humor makes me happy
like so

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Sena-Hitori [2009-02-22 15:53:49 +0000 UTC]

Very good!!

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Airheaded [2009-02-20 18:29:19 +0000 UTC]

Hey... Her shoes are broken

Beautiful pic! love it n stuff

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