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Some Eriks, ft. modern "he's some sort of professor" AU on the top left, and the rest ft. "he needs a ponytail because I said so" Erik.

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Oh, John Barrymore and Dolores Costello kiss, how I adore thee.

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“'I am half-sick of shadows,' said The Lady of Shalott.”

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*banging fists on table* UNDERGROUND OPERA WALTZ! UNDERGROUND OPERA WALTZ!

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“Is it the Ghost?”

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“Surely we must pity the Opera Ghost.”

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“I wish I was either in your arms full of faith or that a Thunder bolt would strike me.”

-John Keats, letter to Fanny Brawne, August 1820

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Quick scribble of Erik because I miss him. This sketchbook was from a Ren Faire years back–the paper is some sort of organic, pressed plant material. You can see all the leaves and plant fibers on the pages. Gives it a really cool texture!

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The opera’s subterranean power couple.

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Now I have tasted her sweet soul to the core

All other depths are shallow…

-Endymion, Keats

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Some quick Erik scribbles from the other night. Indebted to Thomas Sharpe for the inspiration. ;)

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My first Erik of the year and he looks appropriately miserable. 

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I’m a little in love with @timebird84‘s young Erik in Persia and all of that HAIR so I had to draw him. 

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wait let me do it side by side for a more dramatic effect

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He's everywhere.

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beneath a moonless sky