Back in 2006, I started with the idea of ​​creating this series of illustrations called “Zombie-Nation“. I need to include a version of this character Eddie The Head in it, and at the end of past year I started the artistic exercise of composing the artwork as a tribute.

This fanart had to be solid. A tribute so well done that any fan of the band, including me, would definitely want to wear a t-shirt with this design on it.

I decided to listen to the band’s first albums as part of the creative process, and that was where I got the final concept: Make an Eddie that had totally iconic elements from the covers of the first and most emblematic Iron Maiden albums.

That’s why I created this tribute with a fairly well-dosed collage, including easter eggs that any fan of the band will recognize.

The graphic process starts – like all my work – from a pencil sketch to define the composition well, then inking and finally the finishing and coloring I do digitally in a vector illustration from pencil sketch, using Adobe Illustrator and just a mouse-click to draw.

UPDATE (Nov 2014): I decided to invest in a campaign for sharing my art in free-to-grab postcards!

UPDATE (Dec 2020): I made a 5-color special screen-printed edition of my artwork, to be released in a small run of 25 t-shirts (5 t-shirts per size) just for me and my friends!