Wednesday 18 May 2011

Zombie gift

Right after I finished sending off my previous post, my birthday gift for my youngest son arrived or at least a picture of it. You see, my son is a huge fan of the horror genre - movies, art, etc. Living in Toronto, Ontario he is able to attend the horror film festival each year which is his highlite of the year. In the past he's met Wes Craven and had him autograph his copy of Nightmare on Elm Street.


Anyways I wanted to do something special for Chris this year on his birthday. Because of my retirement, this is the last year that I'm spending large amounts on gifts for my sons. I just won't have the extra cash in the future plus they're all "big boys" now and don't need as many gifts.


So what could I do for Chris? Knowing his love of horror, I remembered one of the boys mentioning a Canadian artist and illustrator who does zombie portraits using ink and watercolours from photos you submit to him.


Rob Sacchetto has done an amazing job with Chris' photo!! Rob emailed this pic to me this morning and the finished portrait is in the mail and on its way to me now. I can hardly wait until Chris sees it!! Fortunately he doesn't read my blog so I can post this picture here. I've included the before and after pictures. Since Chris works in an art supply store, I figure he can arrange for the framing at work.





He WAS a good looking guy!!




To see some more of Rob's work just follow the link to http://www.zombieportraits.com/

I know this is going to be a big hit with Chris but I'll have to wait until the end of the month before I see the reaction.

Then comes the question: What kind of a mother gives her son a Zombie Portrait??!!

17 comments:

  1. Not my taste...but I bet your son is going to love it!

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  2. I love it... you know, kids just never know what their mom is up to until the very last minute, I bet he loves this one...
    You go girl.
    Be always in stitches.

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  3. What a great unique gift and one of my twin boys would certainly consider that 'awesome' and be right up his street!!!

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  4. What a great idea for a gift!! I bet Chris will love it!!

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  5. What kind of mother? One who knows what her children loves and cares enough to make them happy rather than following her own taste! Great gift choice!

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  6. My kids would LOVE this! They are both huge horror fans. It's a fantastic gift and really thoughtful on your part!

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  7. LOL! Your son will be thrilled with that! I will keep this idea in mind for my sons birthday as he loves the gory kind of movies as well. What a unique gift idea!!! You are an awesome mom. :)

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  8. That's an AMAZING picture - what a wonderful gift! I'd say it's a great gift from a great Mum!

    Don't know if my email got to you Lynn, but you were the winner of the giveaway on my blog! Congratulations! If you could email me your address I'll pop your prize off in the post to you.

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  9. That is so cool, I'm sure your son will love it! And to answer your questions, an awesome mom! :)

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  10. He's going to flip over it! What a perfect gift for your son.

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  11. The coolest Mom's give their kids what they like!!! Nice choice Lynn. I am sure he will love it!!!!

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  12. That is one interesting picture! Congrats on your retirement, Lynn. Your Spring Quaker is gorgeous!

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  13. Love it. I am sure he will too, What a good mom

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  14. That last question really is easy to answer, lol. the kind of mom that loves him for what he really is, not what she wants him to be!!!!! I love horror movies too, and games and books, etc, etc. My mom hates that I love them, so she refuses to buy me anything from that genre as a gift. So for you to embrace your son for everything that he is is a wonderful thing. I'm sure he'll appreciate it greatly!!

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  15. That is so cool!!! Your son will love it. We're big into scary movies--the scarier, the better--and love zombies. Especially scary zombies. Very cool.

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  16. That is such a cool original gift!
    Analisa in Dubai

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  17. Oh, I'm sure your son just went crazy when he saw your gift--what a great idea for a horror buff!

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