Zombies

This typographical illustration is by designer, Sion Lee. She is a mostly a website designer with such websites as, The Awesomer, Not Always Right, and Ubiki. This design is the image of a human hand turned zombie and is recreating the very well known scene of a zombie hand reaching up. This hand is made entirely out of text and features references to 978 different zombie games, movies, and books. There is a lot to say about the uniqueness of this piece, but the design is fantastic. The shading and use of different colors and shades creates depth and implied textures. The green helps show decay and show that this is a zombie hand and not a regular human hand, the white shows where the bones are, and the red shows the muscles and where the skin could even possibly be torn off. The direction of the type creates motion and helps guide the eyes of the audience very well and brings their eyes through the entire piece. Using font variation helps bring interest in and makes people look closer and study the piece for a longer time. This is an awesome design!