Inktober-Day 14

inktober-14

When I’m feeling like everything is going wrong and I question if I’m just wasting my time by doing art, I go back to drawing monsters.  And the classic monsters are my favorites to draw.  This is the first ink drawing that I’ve done in a while that I’m pretty happy with.  For fun I also scanned the pencil drawing before the inks.

inktober-14-drawing

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Bram Stoker’s Dracula

Bram Stoker's Dracula

I have crossed… oceans of time to find you…

  Here is a portrait of Vlad Dracula and Mina from 1992’s, Bram Stoker’s Dracula.  This movie, I find, is a bit polarizing to to many horror movie fans.  I think the fact that the movie is more romance than horror is probably the big hurdle.  Well, that and Keanu Reeves’ performance.  Bad acting aside I do enjoy this film.  I think it’s visually stunning.  And, I do enjoy the romance between Mina and Dracula.  As a monster movie fan I can’t say this is my favorite version of Dracula.  I will always pick the original Bela Lugossi film as my favorite Dracula flick.  But, the 1992 version is still an enjoyable addition to the Dracula film catalog.

Mina: I want to be what you are, see what you see, love what you love.

Dracula: Mina, to walk with me you must die to your breathing life and be reborn to mine.

Mina: You are my love… and my life, always.

Dracula: Then, I give you life eternal. Everlasting love. The power of the storm. And the beasts of the earth. Walk with me to be my loving wife, forever.

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Day 4- Bela Lugosi as Dracula-30 Paintings in 30 Days

6"x6" acrylic ink, colored pencil, and oil paint on illustration board
6″x6″ acrylic ink, colored pencil, and oil paint on illustration board

“There are far worse things awaiting man than death.”

  Day 4 has arrived of the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge and I’m already starting to feel the pressures, haha.  One of the subject matters that I wanted to tackle during the challenge is to do some portrait painting.  I am also a huge fan of old/classic horror and monster movies.  So, for my first portrait I instantly went to the first talking horror movie character, Dracula.  Bela Lugosi’s rendition of Dracula is the version most people think of when they visualize the character.  It’s hard not to hear his Hungarian accent when I think of some of the classic quotes from the movie-

“Listen to them.  Children of the night.  What music they make.”

  His performance made quite a reaction to audiences in 1931.  And there are still very haunting moments from Bela in the film.  I’m sure the movie comes off quite differently to current day audiences.  But, for me it is still very enjoyable.

 “To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious .”

  There will be more horror stars coming this month.  And, also some portraits of others during those golden days of Hollywood.

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