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Submitted: December 21, 2011
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Five Minutesby *inklou

Fan Art / Digital Art / Painting & Airbrushing / Movies & TV

[edit] oh dear lord I forgot to add. John's pose was directly referenced from a screenshot of Rick Grimes from TWD. Just saying. I'm paranoid when it comes to references and credits.

I'm not sure if people will release a hunting party on me if I keep posting angst like this. THEN AGAIN I REGRET NOTHING BECAUSE GUISE, ZOMBIE SHERLOCK IS SO FUN TO DRAW YOU HAVE NO IDEA.

Based on Prompt #2: 'Five minutes'.

Yes, it's a Doctor Who-inspired prompt, of course, but I was also watching the Walking Dead so this happened. _{Don't blame me blame the Walking Dead.}

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100 TC- 30. Under the Rain
Sherlock (c) BBC
art (c) Inklou}

Critique by ~DNA-The-Authoress Dec 27, 2011, 7:33:32 PM

This is such a crushing scene. In two panels we are overwhelmed with more emotion than many movies convey in two hours.
The first panel we see a devastated but resolute John addressing Sherlock. "I was only away for five minutes, Sherlock." What happened during those five minutes that could have John looking this weary and heartbroken? Is Sherlock dead? Injured? John's posture is erect, confident (or perhaps, like I said before, resolute), but his face, especially the eyes and eyebrows, show his devastation.

Then we go down to the next panel and see something (through John's eyes) even worse than true death- Sherlock transformed into a zombie. His gaunt figure is now twisted and falling apart- his wan skin now grey with death. His normally perfect clothes are bloodied and tattered. In short, John's worst fears realized. The mottled greys, vague shadows of zombies, and tilted angle of the background as well as the rain contribute to the atmosphere. John's bitter comment- "Five bloody minutes" and his hand and gun in the foreground fill the viewer with an impending sense of finality- we know that while John loves Sherlock (whether as a friend or something more is left for us to decide), John will ultimately make the best decision for the both of them and pull the trigger, though who knows what he'll do next. He may become embittered but even more determined to survive. He may turn the gun on himself.
This is among one of the best pieces in your gallery and one that I for one do not tire of studying.

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~hackney5 May 1, 2013

I LVE SHERLOCK AND THE WALKING DEAD AND DOCTOR WHO!!!!! And this piece!

I love you in a totally friend sort of way even if I only found your stuff an hour ago!!! I love your work!!! Aaaah!

~awesomesauceinabox Apr 18, 2013 New member

*dies from sadness*

~rababco Mar 25, 2013

This is so emotional and heart-breaking. It's so true too, that's a famous line of Watson's. The way he points his gun at his best friend and only true friend, the person that he loves the most, who he's been inseparable with, now he has to turn on and shoot him. The person he trusted with his very life, who promised he'd never leave him and always be there to protect him has now turned on him. The guilt and betrayal John must be feeling.
The only thing that doesn't make sense is that it takes more than five minutes for someone to be bitten and turn (in The Walking Dead one man was sick for several days, until he just asked them to leave him on the side of road.) My thoughts are that Sherlock had been bitten and was sick and dying, but Watson being the loyal friend and doctor he was, helped care for him because he didn't have the heart to kill Sherlock even though he knew their was no hope for him. Then he left for a few minutes for more supplies or something, and by the time he came back Sherlock had already turned.

*inklou Mar 25, 2013

Thanks for the comment! Haha, to be honest, the rules for zombification aren't dogma, it's only fiction after all, so there can be a lot of interpretations for it. In fact I've read several published novels that describe a person turning within 5 minutes!

But nevertheless, I enjoy reading your thoughts too! xD

~Haruhi85 Mar 20, 2013 Student General Artist

awesome work

~LadyChristineJones Feb 22, 2013 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

This is really good! So sad too.

If you had the time, I think you should do another Zombie Sherlock picture, but with the roles reversed. It's be equally heartbraking to see Sherlock's reaction to John being a zombie too.