I’m part of a close-knit online indie RPG community, we like to try different games. This is Vampire: the Requiem which IIRC is out of print but not hard to find second hand. There’s a lot of edgy undertones in White Wolf’s Vampire series, but obviously we’re taking a lighter-hearted approach for our “What we do in the shadows” sessions. We’re still blood-sucking vampires, but we’re radically different roommates too. We have a posh goth singer seeking fame, an extremely skittish and socially anxious accountant, and a cheerful and monstrous Jekyll/Hyde spinster. Oh, and an NPC that is an ancient vampire that slept through the last 50 years and we’re tasked to teach him how to blend in. The sitcom practically writes itself.

His name is River Indigo, he’s an aloof second generation hippie turned vampire in the 70s and sort of a drug dealer for other vampires, but he mostly trades in favors. Still workshopping a catchphrase, I don’t want to just carbon copy the inspiration character. But I do have a sort of phrase book of hippie lingo that I keep open while playing.

Goth is definitely a strong option.

I am playing a “The Dude, but vampire” character in a “What we do in the shadows” style RPG campaign. So, a vampire with checkered shorts, tie-die shirt and a cardigan.

If that’s really your take, you have not got the message the comic is sending.

Thank you for that.

Just because it doesn’t feature a politician, doesn’t mean it’s not political. In fact, it’s very political.

I agree wholeheartedly with the message, but this is a place for those that seek a respite from this kind of messages.

I like this a lot. Keep 'em painting.

Seconded. It’s like weeks of improvement between images. You inspire me, @[email protected]!

Changing media? Is this color pencils?

BTW, you nailed the color and reflections!

Too many droplets, especially on near verticals. There there should be very few, running down. Sides of nose, front of cheek, should be mostly clean. Just gleaming from being drenched in a film of water if that’s the case, but nothing also works. A single running droplet with path lightly traced on the side of the nose will do the trick of conveing wetness instead of the multiple droplets there.

The upper lip and chin look good, that’s where I expected to see droplets accumulated. Above the brow and under the eye also.

For extra challenge: a big droplet forming on the tip of the nose. Let’s see if you can make it not look gross 😄

Nailed it.

Oh, the shading and highlights!

Sony got caught putting rootkits in music CDs. They are scum. Always have been.

Two states?

They are metal, Barbies are plastic. They are the same temperature, but feel cooler.

Scientists have been raising the alarm since the late 70s. It’s been 50 years.

No one is questioning the need for roosts, but if you keep a roost in an urban environment, you’re an asshole.

Fuck that. What kind of city doesn’t have ordnances against keeping chickens in urban areas?

Re: rain

1. It should fall very rectilinear, there’s a certain curvature on it instead.
2. on the body, it should drop always towards the ground and puddle when not in a near vertical surface. If you want to show the path it took, the arms could start in the orientation you drew (longitudinal) but veer off to the side (towards the ground) to highlight the arm movement from the side of the body to the face.
3. It clings more to skin than painted surfaces, so thinner runs, smaller but higher puddles / droplets on artificial surfaces. Conversely, meandering, wider runs, and wider but shallower droplets and puddles on skin.
4. water droplets have less color and are basically just texture and reflections. They should have the same pallette as the surface they’re on.

I really like this piece. A lot of raw emotion, fantastic color pallette.