The Xbox classic game from Bungie, "Stubbs the Zombie," placed players in control of the titular undead hero. Normally in video games, zombies are merely a disposable enemy type. Stubbs gave gamers the opportunity to join the ranks of the undead and play on their side. To honor the zombie hero, today's original video game art from the Console Game Examiner is featuring a piece of the famed undead characters as he leads a collection of other zombified gaming heroes.
The Gaming Sketch is an ongoing daily look at the past and present video-game inspired artworks of David Stonecipher. David's works have become popular in the field of fanart and have thus gained him an audience. His art has been Featured in Game Informer, Kotaku, Joystiq, and several other outlets around the web. With his unique style, he specializes in transforming the characters from video games that fans have come to love in order to show them in new light. Among his favorite transformation to depict these gaming heroes includes showing them as zombies, bearded, and of the opposite gender.
The art of David Stonecipher can be further seen on his DeviantART and Tumblr pages. Also be sure to check here daily for the Console Game Examiner's daily does of The Gaming Sketch, featuring an original video game art series from David Stonecipher.
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