SO... as some of you may have noticed, this is not the finished color final of "My Queen". : /
Nor is any of the three other major projects I'm working on (our 3-month lunniversary pic for my boyfriend and I, and two contest entries)...

But I have my reasons!! Allow me to explain myself;
My mother and I went to Ihop for breakfast the other day, and while there I suddenly felt the overwhelming and irresistible urge to draw a batch of chibi little vampires.

Sadly, the only paper I had with me were some lose-leaf sheets from a crappy notebook. But, regardless, I started to doodle, and the rough for this came out. I liked it so much I had to take it home, ink it, scanned it, and then fixed it up (by which I mean the tedious task of slowly erasing all of the little blue lines that ran throughout the entire image... =..=;; ) on photoshop. Then I just sorta had to color it too, because I knew that if I didn't I'd loose my mojo and it would go into my folder of things to color "some day" (which means... never. : / ). So you see, I HAD to do it! *SHOT*

*ahem* Well, at first I started out with just Damios and Kitling, but then I wanted to do more of them. Rather then draw out the other characters from "The Thief & The Vampire" (like I probably should have done, since I need practice drawing everyone other then Kit and Da. > A >;; ) I felt like doing a little bit of fanart (if you can really call chibis that...sorry if chibis aren’t a proper gift … ) for friends. ^_^

_{† † † Kitling (Eorpwald) Thrydwulf † † †}
So, first off on the list, here we have Kitling Thrydwulf, who is *Osha-Briefs' main vampire character from our personal novel/comic to be, "The Theif & The Vampire". Kitling is a thief, and proud of it too; he claims to be the best in the world. He is a smug and cheeky little thing, and always a pain but pleasure to draw.
His outfit was actually the most fun to color, and I really rather like how tight his pants look on him... almost like leather! xD;;
I've always loved Kit's intense sapphire-blue eyes, and am very happy with how they came out. I’m not AS pleased with his hair though, because Kit’s hair is supposed to be very lack-luster and course… I made it too shiny and smooth. Gomen Osha. TT_TT
It doesn’t look TOO bad though… I hope. : S

_{† † † Damios Theodore Thrydwulf † † †}
Next is my own precious, personal vampire character, Damios Thrydwulf. Da is very moody and dark, and usually either depressed and/or pissed off. He is always very serious and aristocratic, being an earl at one point in time, and considers himself a “true” vampire… as compared with a lot of… new-wave characters… *shakes a fist at twilight*
(...yes I effing hate that book. DO NOT talk to me about it. I will imagine vampires how I imagine them, not how Stephenie Meyer does. yeah…I’m just SO f*cking sick of all the twilight fanart right now… what do you bet if this was something twilight-related it would make front page? *grumbles*)
Damios almost ALWAYS appears in a fancy black suit of some kind, usually one from the Victorian era. Usually he sticks to the classic black, white, and red, but I felt like putting him in a green ivy-print vest and a gold tie. I think he turned out rather handsomely.
The cat he’s holding is actually not really a cat at all, but his familiar, Vincent. Vincent can talk and use magic whenever he feels so inclined, but he’s usually too disinterested to care. XD;; Vinny’s usually very snide and quite feisty. He loves to tease Kitling.
Oh, and believe it or not, despite how much it sounds like he and VJ would get along, my Damios muse and my Vegeta jr. muse actually bump heads quite often. O_o

_{† † † Toni Hofman † † †}
Below Damios and to your left is Toni Hofman, who belongs to *YukiOshi. I felt like doing Toni because I simply love his look; he has a very distinctly Vampiric image that is rare to find in characters out there; you don’t have to be told he’s a Vampire, you can tell just by looking at him! I also like Toni because he is very sexy, both in looks and personality; and seems very full of himself and self-confident. He also looks like he enjoys parties and the night-life.
My favorite thing about Toni was coloring his hair; I was very, very nervous to draw him because I am rubbish at drawing curly/wavy hair, and I was so scared I would ruin him, and that it wouldn’t look anything like the original Toni. While I am still a little worried that he could be better, I am VERY proud of the way his hair turned out. I couldn’t have done it better. I also like how his shirt turned out.
I hope you like him Yuki!! ^////^

_{† † † Akito Tsuno † † †}
Next to Toni is ~ghemja’s Akito Tsuno, who is (for ONCE) without his counterpart, Yue Halo (awww, poor Yue :’( I will draw him someday too, to be fair). I have always wanted a change to draw Tsuno, because I have always thought he was very beautiful for a man (in a good way!!) and I fell in love with him the first time I saw him on Ghemja’s page, so I couldn’t pass the opportunity up. Tsuno seems very powerful and graceful and reserved, though he appears to be quite easy to anger. For this reason I gave him the most serious expression on the picture, and made him look rather irritated. I always had the feeling that Tsuno and Damios would get along rather well, because they are both the stoic anti-hero type. C:
Hmmmm… usually you do not see Tsuno’s fangs, so I was a little worried that it might be too bold to show even the one, but everyone else had their fangs showing so… I couldn’t help it.
I am rather pleased with the way his ponytail twirls and falls, but I’m not too sure about the rest of his hair : S Tsuno’s hair used to be darker black and very spiky (which I thought was hotter, but I still like it now), but now it’s more relaxed and sort of grey-ish, so I wasn’t sure with exactly what color to go with. >~>;
Also, I have no clue what kinds of clothes Tusno likes to wear (he appears to like baggy pants and high-collar long-sleeved shirts) so I just stuck him in something Ghem’s already drawn him in. I hope you don’t mind that I drew him Ghemja-san, and I hope you like him. ^////^

_{† † † Kahlua † † †}
And to the right of Tsuno, we have the lovely Miss. Kahlua, who belongs to *BloodHarpyCelia, and is the only female vampire on the page! (oh my! D: ) For those of you that know the character, Kahlua used to be half-Saiyan, half-Vampire, but after asking Celia-chan a few questions about her, I’ve come to find that she’s no longer part Saiyan (hence the lack of a tail) and is rather going to be some new-race of vampire. I’m excited to hear more about them when you got the time, girl. : D
I wanted to draw Kahlua not only because she is very beautiful (but for that reason too!) but also because I don’t draw enough things for Celia. Usually only either of our couples; InachixNanka or CespianxTiro. = . = I definitely owe her more art for being such a supportive and wonderful friend.
Kahlua’s hair was DEFFINATELY the hardest to draw and color. Kahlua sure does have a lot of hair. @_@; I really hate doing characters with dyed-tips, in this style, because it always looks too “blended” rather then how sharp I feel it should look, in my opinion, anyways. : S
I do like how her shimmering ruby-red eyes turned out though, and her full red lips. I usually can’t do lips for the life of me, and was terrified of doing them in a chibi style, but I am really rather pleased with the outcome. ^^
Also, I put her in an entirely different outfit, simply because I felt like designing something special for her. I tried to stick with her same theme colors though, of “red”, black and yellow. I dunno how well I did, but I think it looks very sexy. The black gloves, corset top, and side-skirt really do her justice, me thinks.
Either way, this is why I was asking you all those really nitty-gritty and annoying questions about her the other day. ^_^;; I really hope the end result paid off, and I really hope that you like her Celia-chan~! ^////^

_{† † † Watson † † †}
Below Kahlua and to the left we have Kyle Batterson, or, rather, Watson, who belongs to my dear friend *Kaiju-Z. I wanted to attempt to draw Watson not only because Kaiju is such a good friend of mine, and because Watson needs more love, but also because I was really interested in trying to draw his hair XD;;
I’m sad to say that I’m not really TOO pleased with it. He doesn’t look much like himself…:/ sorry Kaiju, I really tried. TT _TT
Watson is a sweetheart of a character, very calm and relaxed, so I tried to draw him very smooth and at-ease, buuuuuut… if anything I think I drew him a little too feminine. >_<;;
Watson is interesting because he was once a powerful, ruthless, and terrifying killer, from what I understand. Then he hit his head and Now he’s completely different. ^_^
I think my favorite part about how he turned out is how smooth his hair came out, even if it doesn’t look right, and his little bat pendent. As a side note, Watson really has very pink and rosy skin for being one of the undead. He must pass for being a regular human being very easily. O _ o
Hope you like him Kaiju-kun. I think he turned out the cutest. ^////^

_{† † † Adurien † † †}
And lastly, we have Adurien who belongs to the incredibly talented and very kind ~Rusneko. I was really ecstatic at the opportunity to draw Adurien, even though at the time I didn’t even know his name, because he is so sexy and amazing and hot… I totally didn’t do him any justice, AT ALL. TT ^ TT I am so sorry for butchering your godly character, Rusneko-san….
I am horrible with shaved heads, and I think I may have made his spikes a touch too tall. : S
I do like how his body turned out though (a total pain to color, btw xD) and the way the spikes of his hair are colored. I also like his devilish little expression, but I’m pretty much dissatisfied with the rest. I could have done better with him. >~<
Also, I had no clue what to dress him in, and I really don’t know anything about his personality type; he SEEMS to be very sexy and dark, probably very suave, and he’s obviously into music, but Rusneko hasn’t offered up any solid information on him yet, so I guess I’ll just have to wait and see. I really hope you don’t mind how I drew him, and I hope you enjoy, Ruseneko-san. ^////^

And, that’s about it~! Hope the rest of you get a kick outta it and enjoy.
Also, I’ve really taken to this coloring style; half-cel shading and half soft-shading. I think I’m really going to start using it from now on. At least, for anything non DBZ n’ what not.

Oh, and if you’re a friend, of mine who has a vampire character that you wished I would have drawn… I either a – didn’t KNOW that you had a vampire to begin with, or b – couldn’t fit them on the sheet (This includes *SonJacie’s Aleric and ~Futures-Daughter's Alessandra and a few others). I just went with the first ones that came to mind. Sorry to everyone else. : S

And while I’m at it, as a random side note, I really actually prefer vampires with pointed ears as opposed to human-looking ones. It’s always been a little fetish of mine. XD
In my mind it’s a little on-going war to see how many vampires out there also have pointed ears. Looks like on this sheet the tapered ears rule supreme in a 4-to-3 ratio. yeah, I’m done now.

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Color: 37hr 41mins

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Damios, art © *Iris-Uriko-Briefs
Kitling © *Osha-Briefs
Toni © *YukiOshi
Tsuno © ~ghemja
Kahlua © *BloodHarpyCelia
Watson © *Kaiju-Z
Adurien © ~Rusneko
Hair Tutorial ([link]) © *capsicum
Grunge edge effect brushes © their proper creators (sorry, forgot who, but they are all here on DA)
Grunge background effect brushes ([link]) © =Princess-of-Shadows
Zombie Haulocost font © Chad Savage
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