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Festival of medieval art "Stefan cel Mare" in Suceava.

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Found on Pinterest. Not drawn by me.

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I’m just a loner, baby

And now you’ve gotten in my way…

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wip: made a dent in The Count’s sticker today

I wanted to give him an outfit that tied him to his romanticized patriotism as well as his future ambitions to take England. He’s got a black frock coat and a red ascot, which were typically business attire and morning dress, riffing off of the fact he’s nocturnal so his nights are like human days. He’s also got a barrel sash and pelisse, part of Hungarian Hussar military dress, which was on its way out of fashion by the end of the 19th century.

also i gave him Dio’s eyebrows because Dio is my emotional support bastard

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In honor of recent bastardry, I present the undead asshole himself. 

I know Jonathan mentions Old Dracula wearing black head-to-foot, no color whatsoever, but I can’t imagine he wouldn’t have some kind of red lining for his dramatic cape. Plus the antiqued gold-ruby clasp repurposed from a certain famous portrait’s immaculate headpiece. I also dig the idea of the flowing tresses not just from a style~ perspective, but from the more practical issue of having no reflection to play barber with. Probably why the Brides get longer locks too; you have to eyeball every cut and cross your fingers. 

Cut to Young Dracula, all full of blood and fresh from the London tailors. I admit, I cheated just a bit with the lines of the coat, cravat, and suit–Hellsing fans, if you know, you know–but it does line up pretty well with my idea of him being a chronic enjoyer of having as many parts of your ensemble flap dramatically in the wind as possible. It feels wrong not to have a cape to swirl around menacingly, but he makes do. He even found a trustworthy barber!

After dark!

Alone!

And he did such a good job, even with a customer whose medical condition didn’t allow him to work with a reflection, our guy didn’t even kill him!

“Of course not,” he says, strolling out into the dark. “I shall need your services again some night. I do hope you will remember me. I shall certainly remember you.” 

Trembling, the man sweeps up the fallen hair; what was once black now an ancient cadaverous white. 

When he finally makes it home that night, his wife greets him with the most lovely news. A striking gentleman showed up at their doorstep, insisting the barber had done a fine job without demanding proper pay. Ever being one to repay a debt, the noble had sought his address. She invited him in for tea despite the hour, but though he happily sat with her, he did not drink. There was a young lady waiting at home for him, he said, but he simply had to deliver what he owed, do give the barber his thanks…

Outside, neither notice the bat in the air, whirling happily away to a waiting window.

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fruit bats.

(the taller drac belongs to @harveydont :3)

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my internet went caput last night and it gave me time to revisit and revamp good ol drac 

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E8 or C9 for Randal.. or maybe Dracula

I MISSED DRAWING KITTY

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i dont know what im doing but i’m having a good time so i guess that’s all that matters in this indulgent terrible merry go round

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im fucking done with this monstrous au

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Mean Victorians

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i hear Dracula is fun and trendy these days, so here look at my dracula. he is part of a bigger story!

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A couple of pics from twitter when i was rewatching the good part of castlevania when dracula was still alive, and also thinking about my own dracula

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Order of the Dragon

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solid design for dracula's real form! i stand by "dragon" meaning something very tangible for him as a vampire

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homosexual

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yea, if you eat (drink?) like that, your laundry bills are probably monstrous, Dracula.

Let me get real/sentimental with you guys for a moment and wax on why I chose Dracula for this specific week of November: in America, it's Thanksgiving Week! There's a lot of messed up historical shit tied to it but I try to take it at face value: this week I have a ridiculously big dinner with my family and be thankful for all I do have.

And this year, as a Dracula fan, Dracula Daily scratched an itch I have had since the start of the pandemic getting kind of rough: I started drawing my own weird little takes on the count himself, as both a weird shut-in, a weird vampiric wrestler, and just a fun design to doodle and keep as a comfort "blorbo" while times were rough. And now, even if I didn't have a lot of engagement with it directly from the canon, getting to see everyone's takes and memes and what-not with our friend, Dracula, and reliving the book, really did keep me pleasantly engaged all spring, summer and autumn, and I didn't even realize how much so, until November 7th and onward left me feeling just a little bit morose without it to look forward to.

so thank you: again, to Dracula Daily, and to all the Drac Enthusiasts who like this horrible undead man with me.