The inspiration behind My zombie pinup

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My Zombie Pin-up is Gil Elvgren meets ‘Night of the Living dead’

When we decided to make a zombie pin-up calendar, I must admit we had drank quite a bit of tequila by this point, we researched both genres to discover what defined both. We sat down and asked ourselves…”What makes a Pinup a Pinup?” & “What’s makes a zombie?” aside from being bitten by another zombie, of course.

We binged on pinup books and zombie movies until our persons were sick.

A Near Miss! Dead Sexy Vintage Pinup. © To Die For | © Gil Elvgren

The term pin-up is very commonly used and has come to mean a lot of things over time. The most liberal usage simply meaning any sort of dame from a magazine that you might fancy pinning to your wall. However, it is the more traditional pin-up that we have come to love. It was at Green Apple Books that I came across the works of Gil Elvgren. He defined the look of the classic pin-up. A sexy woman with amazing retro clothing and hair, {Victory Rolls, Flips, Updo’s and the like} and of course the staple of Elvgren’s work a garment malfunction capturing an ‘oh whoopsies!’ moment.

Dying to go for a swim © To Die For | © Gil Elvgrin

My Zombie Pinup is an homage to the classic pin up. With several of the shots directly references some of our favorite works by the master of the pinup Gil Elvgren.

Leave a comment with a classic pin-up you would like to see zombified!

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