Really late Halloween post

Hey Ghouls,

I sure have been neglecting my blog.. I've been  having a really shitty time lately, the worst I've been in the last few years, so I 've been restraining myself to write anything, I'm pretty sure I would regret it later. I'm too beat-up emotionally to say anything decent.

So, changing the subject to something a bit happier,  Halloween! Halloween was that bright day I was in desesperate need to lift my spirit a bit. And I got to celebrate it twice!
On the 31, I went to ZombieWalk Lisbon with my love and a couple of friends.

 I did our makeup, and I had so much fun doing it! Even with only one eye opened. We won the prize for best zombies :D

Some group shots
(some photos were taken by Lobster Leyla ^^)

Then on November 2nd, Saturday, we got to celebrate Halloween again at the local goth club :D I didn't want to repeat the zombie look, so I had to do some quick thinking on what to for our makeup (which I hate). I ended up making a cute/cartoonish skull for me and a bit more realistic one for Daki. I didn't have much time to make them so they didn't turn out as realistic has I was hoping for (I'm always on the run!).

And some group photos of the night.


Oh! did you noticed my hair was black? I really needed to give it a rest from bleaching, I'm getting used to it now, but I miss my crazy colors :(

Zombie Walk LX poster

For the people who follow my blog and are not aware of it, I'm a digital artist and graphic designer :) So from time to time I do some pro bono work for non profitable organizations that defend noble causes or that I just find interesting and need some help with the design department. That's the case of: Zombie Walk (Lisbon)! How can you not love zombie walk? This is my first year at ZW, finally! I got so mad the past years cause I coudn't make it :< So this year I wanted to get envolved has much as I could. So I decided to help them desining the poster.

For my main inspiration, I though, right of the bat, retro horror movies posters, of course! B-Horror, Grindhouse and obviously, posters from George Romero's films.

Main characteristics: Bright and very few colors (sometimes monochromatic), grungy, very charismatic typography, regular use of sillhouettes.

And this is what I've come up with! A main red version and I also did a greyscale one as a request from the organization.
I added a very simbolic bridge of Lisbon, 25 de Abril bridge, to give it a personalized look, 'cause this is not "any" zombie walk, this is Zombie Walk Lisbon, and it's gonna kick ass :D
Aaand it's on Halloween, so I don't have to overthink my costume any longer.