#Dractober

[yallemagne]

Meet Lukas... Just Lukas? Call him Luke.

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I said to myself at eight that I wasn't going to do the drawings. But my sketchbook was open... and my references were pulled up...

Drac. The bastard. What do I even say of him? He's slimy and gross. There's this very expensive gaudy suit store in the mall that I think would be perfect for clothing references for Murray Mysteries Dracula. But as I started this late, I just pulled a suit out of my mind's eye.

He has definitely gotten plastic surgery before, this is not how he looked before modern day, that's a new nose. Mind you, that's not a judgment against surgery whatsoever, but Drac did do it to dodge criminal charges, so...

EDIT: i want to use this design for something else now. dunno what. it could be a modern Dracula AU or something just Dracula-inspired. just not MM anymore.

[bandaidfingers]

🦇🩸All sixteen of the Dracula movie illustrations I did last October! From Nostferatu (1922) to Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) 🩸🦇

I've got another little horror movie illustration series planned to start posting next week, so I'll be lowering the price of the few remaining Dracula originals in my shop to make room for my incoming pieces >:) I hope you guys like slasher movies 🔪🥩

[re-dracula]

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[spacepunksupreme]

Trying to start planning my next little horror movie October illustration series like my Dractober, and my slashers from 2022 and last year. Which of these do you guys wanna see me do next? 👀

[enochdusa]

"Children of the night.. what music they make. Inktober Day1 Castle. #dractober #digitober #digitober2018 #inktober2018 #inktober #castle #dracula #vampire #blood #sketch #sketchbook #instaart  #instaartist #artoftheday #artofvisuals #ink #digital #illustratorsofinstagram #illustration #illustrator #drawing #drawings #artwork #artworks #artist #art #art🎨 https://www.instagram.com/p/BoaqS77BzTd/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ro4xs4nnaimk

[kristenhartle]

Another #inktober done! This one was “mummy”- I figure since YA vampire romances have had their day, it’s only a matter of time before mummy romances are a thing. Featuring mummy man bun! #inktober2017 #ink #inking #dractober #characterdesign #illustration #drawing #art #instaart

[neurvelist]

I figured it out, I'm doing Dractober, when I draw Draco through October like I do the rest of the year!

[thecraggus]

#Dractober Omnibus Edition

Missed a fang favourite? Don't look Drac in anger because you can find every #Dractober post right here.

Here, for your reading pleasure, is the collected Dractober reviews, thirty-one – Count ’em – thirty-one vampiric volumes to sink your teeth into!

🧛‍♂️ Nosferatu (1922) 🧛‍♂️ Dracula’s Daughter (1936) 🧛‍♂️ Son Of Dracula (1943) 🧛‍♂️ House Of Frankenstein (1944) 🧛‍♂️ House Of Dracula (1945) 🧛‍♂️ Dracula (1958) 🧛‍♂️ Billy The Kid vs Dracula (1966) 🧛‍♂️ Dracula: Prince Of Darkness (1966) 🧛‍♂️ Dracula…

[rumbleemelye]

Client Studies 2020/2021

Stage One: part two

Pre-Placement/Project Reflection:

In the pre-placement stage of this module, I had several avenues of potential sources of experience. Overall I wanted to gain more experience in areas outside my comfort zone and I really wanted to go and do some physical Illustration in shop windows or packaging.

A. After contacting serveral places including Khiels, I felt quite hopeful that I would be able to get what I was after, as businesses were trying to get people back in stores spending after the blow of the first lockdown and all the major festive periods were around the corner. Unfortunately in October Wales was put into another 2 week firebreak lockdown and all of those opportunities for physically go and ilustrate were gone. I was really disappointed and discouraged, but I still had other ideas for my placements, so not all hope was lost there. Sadly though since that time, most of the places I had in mind to illustrate, either were out of business or had to remain closed; then of course in December Wales went back into full lockdown, so by this time I had abandoned this idea.

B. Fortunetly I had other things going on for me, one of which was participating in Inktober 2020, which I put a spin on by doing DRACtober. At this time I knew I wanted to complete this challenge using traditionally methods of illustration and using dip pens and ink, but of course these images would be displayed online on instagram and on my website. I was still very focused on traditional methods of illustration, since my only digital resource at that time was a PC and a wacom tablet, which I hated using, the only work I really ever did use this for was the work with my brother.

C. As the opportunities for physical illustration faded out of reach, I turned back to working with my brother on some stroybords for short films he was planning to make in the coming year. I had previously completed one for him earlier in the year which he was pleased with and he has a couple more ideas in mind, including another short film and some music videos. In the end we agreed that the short film one would work out more beneficial for both of us and we spent some time discussing the ideas and shortly after he sent me moodboards and shot lists so I could start drawing some stuff up for him. I chose to carry out this project digitally as it was an area I lacked experience in and something I knew was only getting more and more popular.

D. Eventually I did try and apply for some of the univeristy opportunities and was quite optimistic, but unfortunetly I was not chosen for any of them.

As I moved into the in-placement part of the module, I was quite suprised about how things had gone, things definetly took turns out of my favour, but I began to set my conentration of the opportunities I did have going for me instead of dwelling over the missed ones.

[yallemagne]

Meet Miranda Murray. She's an aspiring writer who's started a podcast as a creative outlet, recruiting the help of her best friend Lucretia and boyfriend Donovan.

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Minaminamina Murraymurraymurray

That's why her hair is so big, it's full of mysteries.

I don't feel as good about this set of sketches, though I did choose to make her hair very hard for me to draw. Murray Mysteries Mina has a completely different energy from the book. So, she's short now /j

but also she has sharper eyes, unlike the kind eyes I gave novel Mina.

EDIT: i want to use this design for something else now. dunno what. it could be a modern Dracula AU or something just Dracula-inspired. just not MM anymore.

[bandaidfingers]

🩸BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA (1992)🩸

Not a favorite Dracula movie of mine by any means, but a must-watch movie for a lot of non-Dracula related reasons. This movie is an absolute visual treat, the sets and costumes are stunning throughout, and is filled with excellent actors including Gary Oldman as Dracula and Anthony Hopkins as Van Helsing. It really isn’t a horrible adaptation either as it follows the sequence of events in the books fairly accurately, and features narration from the characters in the style of diary entries which I really enjoy as a reference to the epistolary structure of the original novel. This move is also one of the rare few that features the entire cast supporting characters, however I have mixed feelings about their portrayal, particularly Mina Harker’s odd romance with Dracula (another dead-ringer reincarnated wife romance subplot—completely uninspired) which I find to be a distasteful treatment of her character even with her original personality still being somewhat intact in other ways. Ultimately this movie is worthwhile only if I don't actually think of it as a Dracula movie haha.

My favorite scene in this, which I based my little illustration off of, is when Dracula’s shadow is moving behind Jonathan, I love the way it starts out subtle enough that you might not be sure you’re seeing it right, gradually getting more out of sync up to the moment it begins moving completely independent of him. I think it’s brilliant.

Anyway, happy Halloween everyone, and I hope you’ve enjoyed both my artwork and my movie chatter this month :)

[re-dracula]

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[enochdusa]

#Ikntober #5 #carmilla ... #dractober #digitober #digitober2018 #inktober2018 #drawlloween #digital #sketch #sketchbook #instaart  #instaartist #artoftheday #artofvisuals #ink #illustratorsofinstagram #illustration #illustrator #drawing #drawings #artwork #artworks #artist #art #art🎨 https://www.instagram.com/p/BolSo7HB1cL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=v6k8fbya3tjh

[kristenhartle]

Finished #inktober spider! I imagined him as a purse dog for a witch. 🙂 Swipe for process!! A little about my workflow- I’ve been roughing out ideas in Procreate, then turning the brightness all the way up on the iPad and using it as a light table- once it’s transferred, I just ink and wash normally. #inktober2017 #illustration #characterdesign #ink #inking #dractober #drawing #art #instaartist

[thecraggus]

Argento's Dracula 3D (2012) Dractober Review

Dractober draws to a close with a cheap and cheerless take on the myth which lacks bite. Argento's Dracula 3D (2012) #Dractober #Review

What better way to close out #Dractober than with a brand new interpretation of the legend of Bram Stoker’s celebrated vampire from the visionary director of “Suspiria”? Well, as it turns out, probably quite a few things.

During the Walpurgis Night celebrations in the Carpathian village of Passo Borgo, a young couple sneak off into the woods for sex, only for their coitus to be interrupused by…

[cacheyalater]

'CountRantula' 2016 #MonsterBall #collage #dractober #character #painting #digitalart #halloween