A birthday card for a zombie and yankophile pal. He also likes chickens.
I drew the bare bones (sorry!) in Manga Studio Ex and lowered the opacity.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/4ac0e3df-29c1-4ae8-b05c-2e96da566030/3bdfaa5a-ba63-4293-a54e-969758f0983c_rw_600.jpg?h=0f5329480bf49392f97b2bb9df6a0e8f)
I restricted myself to a four colour palette and drew in simple colour blocks over the roughs. Well, on a new layer under them actually, so I could still see them.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/4ac0e3df-29c1-4ae8-b05c-2e96da566030/031b8b4c-0fc1-48f2-9332-bf1a47cbfff2_rw_600.jpg?h=02bffd7b2b439a81c5062250c9c9d707)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/4ac0e3df-29c1-4ae8-b05c-2e96da566030/41d84680-2c4b-4c44-9c4d-1a4a7cf188cb_rw_600.jpg?h=cdb79c6ab09f651c7efe4a65f932a252)
My mate's a nifty badge designer and wearer, so I collected references to a few other of his loves...
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/4ac0e3df-29c1-4ae8-b05c-2e96da566030/4a383069-9a04-4f12-85ca-ccb2837bd348_rw_600.jpg?h=8764915d2ac0476b727bc2a1b54c7577)
...and decorated his dungarees accordingly.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/4ac0e3df-29c1-4ae8-b05c-2e96da566030/cc9d12f8-9796-4251-9d2b-d24449dce86d_rw_600.jpg?h=0d3d64e5e99cf5eab2aa2dd132fd82b3)
A few exposed chicken ribs
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/4ac0e3df-29c1-4ae8-b05c-2e96da566030/b49429d8-e05e-4f6a-a723-e80940fc681c_rw_600.jpg?h=0a2e20eafe14895436733249f2493179)
And some texture for depth.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/4ac0e3df-29c1-4ae8-b05c-2e96da566030/7e467bc9-0c02-444c-8a7a-47b2ac11fe63_rw_600.jpg?h=5252c4cd78bd23661e4e6d5c0913fe39)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/4ac0e3df-29c1-4ae8-b05c-2e96da566030/7027aecc-2afb-454c-b496-d68a53dc64a9_rw_1200.jpg?h=47cde3c64f7a572da4659095ae91daa2)