Archive for April, 2009

Night Zero & Left 5 Dead – Double Dose!

Posted: 24th April 2009 by Anthony van Winkle
Categories: Behind-the-Scenes Photos
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On designing the look of the “Left 5 Dead” parody photoshoot, with additional renders and behind-the-scenes photos

A double-page update today, with one of our most HDR-friendly locations. I’ve talked before about how the right texture and environment can really do amazing work with tonemapping, and here you see it in action.

In celebration of Valve releasing the Left 4 Dead “Survival Pack” expansion, we’re expanding our photo gallery of Left 5 Dead. Seven new photos have been added to the Flickr gallery, continuing the adventures of the fab four and their zombie-hunting antics. The response of the internet to this side-project has been phenomenal, reactions covering the full spectrum from ecstatic love to the blackest of hate, and we couldn’t be more proud.
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Join the Photographic Novel Fun

Posted: 17th April 2009 by Anthony van Winkle
Categories: Events
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On joining the Night Zero team, for those interested

If you’ve purchased Night Zero: Volume One, we’d appreciate hearing your opinion of the book. Head on over to Amazon.com’s review page and let us (and everyone else) know what you thought. If you don’t have a copy, they’re available on Amazon or directly from nightzero.com.

Between the Emerald City Comicon and the Left 5 Dead photoshoot, we’ve received a lot of inquiries these past few weeks about joining the Night Zero team and being a part of the post-apocalyptic photocomic family. Today I’d like to talk about the various roles available in Night Zero, what’s expected of our team members, and what they receive in return. If you’re interested and haven’t contacted us yet, give us a shout and we’ll bring you on board.
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This is One Giant Con

Posted: 10th April 2009 by Anthony van Winkle
Categories: Behind-the-Scenes Photos, Events
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Reactions from the team on Night Zero’s first comic convention, the 2009 Emerald City Comicon

If the updates these past few days have seemed later than usual, and the blogs less punctual, it’s not in your head. The whole of the Night Zero team has been working around the clock on the Emerald City Comicon, which took place at the Washington State Convention Center last weekend. It was Night Zero’s first convention, and it was a roaring good time.

At the primary Night Zero booth, we set a post-apocalyptic stage of chain-link fencing and barbed wire, decorated with photos of the comic, behind the scenes shots, and enough (prop) guns to fit a small army. Behind the table, where copies of Volume One were on display, we hosted a photo booth where attendees could get free HDR photos throughout the show. Across the convention hall, our makeup artists were goring it up for the guests, providing free gashes, scars, and all-out-undeadness to zombie fans young and old.
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