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Poster: The Deadline

In case you were wondering, yes, the red guys are zombies. I wanted to design something where a person faced certain death from a horde of zack.

I’m a huge fan of The Walking Dead comic book series, as well as zombie lore in general. If you haven’t read Max Brooks’ World War Z, do yourself a favor and read it immediately.

I wanted to capture the big picture of a zombie uprising. Sure one zombie in a dark corner is scary, but showing the potential extinction of the human race is scarier. And much more badass. The hero character in the center has two machine guns laying on the ground, although I suppose it’s up to the viewer whether or not you believe they have any bullets in them. Not that it would matter with this many undead.

Want a print of this poster? You’re in luck I have a Kickstarter Project to get my posters printed up right now! Check out my Kickstarter Poster Project.

Additionally, here’s some close up shots. These will be printed at 24″, so there will be plenty of detail.

Let me know what you think the comments. Or buy a print!

10 Comments

February 14th, 2011

Lenny TerenziFebruary 14, 2011 | 9:40 am

Bad. Ass. Love it!

PatrickFebruary 14, 2011 | 10:21 am

Love it! What a unique angle.

DavidFebruary 14, 2011 | 11:02 am

Good work. Perhaps you should also try adding a little “You are here” infographic.

Jon WalmsleyFebruary 14, 2011 | 1:38 pm

Wow, really nice. Minimalist but terrifying! Love it.

luglio7February 15, 2011 | 2:55 am

i want this poster, i need this poster

Rob LoukotkaFebruary 15, 2011 | 10:50 pm

Thanks everybody!

I’ve been wanting to draw my obsession with zombies for a while now, glad it turned out so well.

I’m talking to screen printers now to see if we can get these printed. I want this hanging up in my office, like, immediately.

anonFebruary 17, 2011 | 2:57 pm

wow, this looks rather like Aled Lewis’ Horde design

http://www.threadless.com/product/2059/The_Horde

you even used the word horde in your description…

Jamey HardestyFebruary 18, 2011 | 11:36 am

Hey Rob!

Your work is fantastic! I just pledged to your kickstarter project solely because I think your work is amazing. I was in Chicago this past weekend and just recently got into photography (canon t2i…nothing too crazy) and your work just really looks awesome. I’m very excited to add it to my collection and look forward to seeing it come to fruition! I especially want this one, “the deadline”. Phenomenal! I’ll be following you into the future and look forward to buying more of your stuff!

Rob LoukotkaFebruary 19, 2011 | 6:02 am

@anon
I completely agree. I was informed of the shirt the day I launched this poster and was like “whoa”. Horde of zombies, single hero, and they’re all red. Pretty crazy. My poster idea came from reading the Walking Dead comic book series, specifically the earlier scenes in Atlanta, as well the ‘herds’ in the later books. It’s a complete coincidence that our two pieces of art are so similar. So a tip of my hat to the original artist. Absolutely killer work there, I suppose our brains just run on the same wavelength. Anyway, I think there’s always room for more zombies in our world!

@Jamey
Your camera is newer than mine, that’s for sure. The body isn’t important, your eye for composition is. I’m no pro either, but it’s fun as hell anyway! Thanks for pledging, you’re the best! Expect some updates this month about the project.

DuncanMarch 3, 2011 | 9:44 am

I love the hidden arrows the zombies make.