Vote on the new Tarman design!
Ok, I need your help… A few months ago I started working on a new designs based on everyone’s favorite dripping dead guy, Tarman. I get requests for him all the time and I finally decided it was time to do one. But now I have two to choose from… Keep reading and help me decide what to print!When I first started this, I had an artist friend of mine (Mr. Bones – responsible for such designs as Pumpkinhead, American Werewolf, Nightbreed) draft up a sketch. He loves zombies and I knew he would be perfect at depicting Tarman’s look in the film. The original sketch he sent over had more of his body in the design. But after thinking about it for some time, I felt it might have more impact to just show Tarman’s face. Let’s face it, aside from Bub (Day of the Dead) he’s got to be one of the most iconic zombies every to limp across the big screen. When it was done, I felt the chunky, thick lines of the design captured Tarman’s ghastly expression perfectly. All I needed was to color it and get it ready for print. Or so I thought…
Part of the process of doing this design was also getting permission from the O’Bannon Company to put Tarman on a shirt. I already license the rights for the Party Time shirt from them and wanted to make sure it would be possible to do a Tarman design as well. In talking with Diane O’Bannon, she thought it would be appropriate to contact William Stout for permission to use the Tarman character. For those of you who aren’t familiar with William Stout, he is a production designer who has worked on numerous feature films (including Conan, First Blood, and more recently The Mist and Pan’s Labyrinth). He is also responsible for set design on Return of the Living Dead and, you guessed it, the design of the infamous Tarman. When I told William of my idea, he thought it would be fun to do his own rendition of Tarman, since he was the original creator of it. Although we had already finished the design, I was interested in seeing what he could come up with, so I decided to wait until he was able to work on a design. A few weeks later, he sent a black and white drawing of his idea. Even though it did not look like the Tarman from the movie, I really liked the new look of the old zombie…and it almost reminded me of an EC Comics type creature, but somehow modernized.
So now I’m left with a dilemma…which design should I print? And rather than make some executive decision myself, I thought it would be a much better idea to let YOU decide. After all, you asked for a Tarman design, so it’s only fair that you get to choose what design you want! So take a look at the two designs below (you can click on the image to enlarge it – it will open in a new window) and think about what you wold rather see on a shirt. Keep in mind that whichever design is chosen will be colored for the final shirt. These are just black and white sketches.
Which one do you like? Is it the classic look of Tarman from the film (IMAGE A), or is it a stylized look designed by Tarman’s creator William Stout (IMAGE B)? Once you have made your decision, vote using the poll below. Then, share your comments on either or both designs below!
Which Tarman design do you like better?
- Image B (58%, 844 Votes)
- Image A (42%, 610 Votes)
Total Voters: 1,454
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i meant too put A instead of 1 …. opps
Much more detail on B.i would go for that one.
A… Without a doubt, Ben! THAT is the iconic Tarman that we all know and love! B is alright, but it sure ain’t the Tarman! I would be insulted as a die-hard fan if you chose B! I’d never buy it, no matter what else you put on the Tee! A is actually the silhouette black/white of the movie image from the scene where he first pops out; I don’t know what the hell B is supposed to be! And if you had just shown me B, without telling me what you had intended it to be, I wouldn’t have known what the hell it was!
Be smart and loyal to your customers who are just as huge a fan as you are — put yourself in our shoes (or wallets)! Go with A.
Well I was going to write something huge and long,but I think ADAM above me said everything I wanted to. Well put ADAM.
Image A, all the way. “A” looks specifically like Tarman, but image “B” looks like Generic Dripping Skull Face.
Tarman is totally image A. Everybody saying that B is Tarman, they’re all wrong.
I like A because it’s more classic but I think the eyes are a little too droopy and sad basset houndish. I’d like to see A with B’s eyes.
But whatever you do…don’t name it after me!
Be a man Frank!!!
A looks right out of the movie!
B looks like a comic drawing of the Tarman, where as, A looks identical to teh scene where he is first introduced as a re-animated corpse…..
I’d like to see a comic drawing of him bursting out of the cannister….. that would be cool….
A like so many have said already is more like the real Tarman.
But i have to say B. I think it will pop off the Shirt alot better and hell the creator of Tarman himself drew it. Thumbs up to Tarman B
Ahhhh i don’t know I’m glad i don’t have to make the final Decision Can’t it be both. Two new shirts
A!!!
I would have to say B. The eyes pop out more and they are looking straight out as if to say the famous line…”brains!!!!” lol
Look people. B is some fantastic artwork. Having said that. He’s trying to Represent TARMAN from RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD. Have you seen the film? If you have, you’d know that A most def. looks more like the TARMAN.
However B would make for a good shirt as well, maybe for something else, ? or just a general Skeleton shirt. No clue. but don’t let that art go to waste!
-The King
I would say A look better. The other one does look good but for fans id say no. B looks more like Christopher Lloyd as a zombie. As a fan, the only choice is A
A is alot better, B looks too modern.
Well, the first one definitely looks more like Tar Man.. but the second one does look kinda cool.
I’d still go with A.
b. has that old ec comic look
So I’m guessing this is now on the back burner and won’t be out anytime soon? A long forgotten post here.
I vote for A! B is not nasty enough.
Alright now..I have to say some good solid points have bin made. Especially those pushing for A. Well you have to admit A looks the closest to the real deal, anyone who says otherwise isn’t a real fan of the film. yes B looks good but not for a Tarman shirt. keep it traditional keep it true, its suppose to be nasty, dirty and loving brains. I mean come on, brains are thee only thing that makes the pain go away..
Undead flesh eaters!!
Neither of these drawings do any justice to Tarman. I did not vote because I wouldnt buy the T-shirt with either of these images. If I had to vote I would say A but its a shitty drawing B just looks like some gay zombie with a generic Tarman look. I didnt like the Pumkinhead image American Werwolf in London or the Night Breed T-shrits because thry look generic. Its like a Picture of a spin off of the original. These images do no justice we need more shirts like the new Shining t-shirt and the Howling Maximum Overdrive. Tarman needs to look scaryand not like a cartoon charicter and it needs to bee full body image.
both suck
neither
A…im tru to the original, if it aint broke…dont fix it
I’m going to have to go with A on this one. B just looks like a normal zombie with muck dripping from its face, not Tarman.
If I saw B on a shirt I don’t think I would say “hey, a tarman shirt!” Definitely A.