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Published: 2008-12-25 04:13:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 12364; Favourites: 239; Downloads: 120
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Roderick Ives was a callous young vampire. He boasted that he could enchant any fair maiden or gentleman with love and entice them to come to his lair.Naturally his boasting did not sit well with some of his fellow vampires. They proposed a challenge. If he could get the beautiful and head strong daughter of the governor, Ella Daley to come to his lair, they would be his servants, and share their prey with the sweetest blood.
Roderick foolishly agreed. Unknown to the young vampire, the governor and his daughter Ella had long standing agreement with the vampires. They were to be protected by, and provided with the identities of vampires in the area. In return they would cover up any vampire caused deaths as accidents, and continue to let vampires live and feast in their town. For her safety, Ella was under several protection charms.
When Roderick tried to use his charm on Ella, he soon found himself in love with her. And he became convinced that she was madly in love with him. On the night of the full moon when his powers were strongest, he confessed to her he was a vampire, told her he would like to turn her into a vampire so they could be together forever. She asked him to join him upstairs in her attic at midnight. She wished to have a few hours to say goodbye to the mortal world.
Roderick entered the room, but Ella was nowhere in sight. Ella, with the help of some of the other vampires, sealed him in the room and buried the key.
To this day he is still there. His powers keep him alive, but without blood he no longer has the strength to move. His mind slips in and out of delirium. Ella will come for him tomorrow. She is just late. They will live together in happiness.
The story is continued in the comments: [link]
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Happy holidays everyone!
See process shots here: [link]
I haven't done a uber detailed illustration in awhile (usually cause people don't like them). But I thought I should try again in my time off. I was experimenting with some new texturing techniques. I think it looks pretty cool.
I know that the clothing isn't historically accurate. I was just having way to much fun designing his outfit. Guys in lace and ruffles are uber smexy.
Time Spent: 3 days
Tools: Photoshop CS3, wacom tablet
Stock:
White lace: [link]
Black Lace: [link] by ~reb70
Red fabric pattern: [link]
Pose Reference:
Me playing with photo-booth. [link]
Miscellaneous clothing references:
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Bored: Made a gaia avatar of it. XD
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Comments: 150
*confused* Pretty sure i never ended this story... Did you write a variation?
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The ending you wrote in the comments.
I thought of a variation.
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...After a long hundred and fifty years, the house's owner wallpapered over the small door and locked the attic, then killed herself at thirty. It was moved in to by Marcy and Ciel Devereaux, and their seventeen year old daughter, Angela. It was she who, while helping renovate and finish the attic, found the door and broke it down. She saw what she thought was a life-size doll, made probably in the nineteenth century, but that was before she heard a voice, not even a whisper.
"Ella?"
Angela turned around, and saw the thing tremble, struggle to move. She had fallen for the vampire craze, so she silently walked up to what she now saw was one of them.
Deciding to play along, Angela said it was she, and then got her aging mother. She told her that a vampire was in the hidden room, and...
Want to finish it?
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Ooooh that's a cool alternative. 
Though considering I did this 3 years ago & haven't actually finished hashing out more of the story, not sure I'll write more. But feel free to take your idea & run with it in your own direction, I'd love to read it.
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He looks like Nicolas from the Vampire chronicles! I Love him!
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Could I use this photo for a character reference in a story of mine?
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Sure if you're linking to it, or sending it privately to commission artists etc. If you're asking if you can post it elsewhere on the net as a character reference for your story, I'd like to be credited, and I'd like to know where.
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Yes, I will do that for sure. I have a story on fb in my notes I am having friends read and I put character references up for everyone to get a better idea what they look like. If you want I could let you read the story.
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Would you like to read it?? It's not perfect writing (like spelling) but pple tell me they really like it.
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Would you like me to send it to you in a note?
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If that's what's comfortable for you.
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Sent!
It's not perfect or anything, but i hope you like it.
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your very welcome ^^
At first I cried when I saw this picture after I read about what happen :/ some odd reason i see and feel reason behind the picture now I guess it moved me ^^ that why I find it glorious so 
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Your words mean a lot to me, they really do.
I get a lot of friendly comments, but I don't really get anyone saying that anything I've made/ written has moved them. So thank you for that. Story telling is not an area I have very much confidence in.
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^^ It truely makes me happy to see you happy by it because I mean every word of it.
Your most welcome my friend 
I cant wait to see more of your suprises!
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wow its good pic
and i love the story you placed with it very creative!
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Wow that's just... wow. It's even better if you read the story too. It's a beautiful story, and the painting is just amazing. 
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Thaank you!
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Aww, that's so sad...These sort of occurrences strike me as among the most tragic. Love the image. <3
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Thanks. It's not the end of his story... but ultimentaly by the end I don't know if it is happy or sad because I haven't decided.
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when I was a kid I used to think some one was in my attic but I grew out of it....
at least I thought there wasn't anyone until I saw him at the end of my bed....
ghoust's....
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yeah the eyes were really freakey but you want to know the worst part?
I could actually feel him!
and you probably want to know how right?
I don't mind telling it could be usfull
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so would you like to know? you can use it if you'd like for a mini comic or something
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Sure, if you want to share.
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okay,
I woke up from this bad dream although I couldn't remember it I was shaken up by it I was trying to relax but couldn't when I looked at the end of my bed I saw a young man just standing there but it was very dark, I tried to see better so I rubbed my eyes when I looked up at him his eyes were glowing green.
so I did what any 18 year old girl would do.
hide under the covers and hope he'd go away.
but it didn't I could hear him walking over to the side of my bed slowly his hand lightly tuching my side that I was on and he stopped right at the head of my bed for a moment I thought "oh my god I'm going to get attacked then abduckted or something!" so I pulled back the covers ready to fight off this guy. but he was gone.
now here's the kicker.
when I went down in the morning for food my mother asked me something.
"where you moveing around your room last night?"
there's a part 2 to this as well
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Sure it was a ghost and not a actual burglar? O_o
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if it was a window or door would be broken and stuff would be stolen nothing was.
part 2...
I am sleeping soundly when a strange feeling wakes me, I slowly open my eyes into the darkness of my room and see nothing I reach for the lamp on my night stand but a shadow grabs my wrist a gasp from the shock and look more closly the shadow is a man's hand. I look quickly to see that the hand belongs to the man from before my face pale's and I try to scream but my voice wont leave my throat and I hear him laugh lightly "you think screaming will save you?" he says with an acent in his voice. "what do you want with me?" I demaned when my voice came out. I see his free hand reach over and lands on my cheek and he laugh again "you my dear,"he whispers "I want you."
my body froze "what?" I said in disbelief. "why would he want me? what do I have to offer?" I thought untile I heard him laugh again "you're wondering why aren't you, well I'll show you" his glowing green eyes look to the blinds covering my window "but frist" he holds both my wrists in his left hand and with his right he pulls the blinds up so the light of the moon can come into my room.
I eyes widen from shock the young man pining my down is handsome! His clothing look like from the 19 hundreds. He smiles at me "what you'd think I was some scary monster comeing to eat you?" the shock left me "actually yes Mr. advantige taker!" his eyes widen then laughed "oh that is funny advanteg taker I like it you're not only pretty but funny too" I tried to make him let go of me but nothing worked I was totally pined by him, then I saw his eyes shifting then he kissed my neck, I bit my lip I tried to move away from him -my neck at least- but he laughed again "you cant win" I glared at him "you and what stinking army?" he smiled "well there's a fact that I'm dead and I've been around your family before you were even born, besides I've been waiting for you, you are identical to Vanessa" I glared at him but before I could ask his lips were on my mouth.
I tried to fight him off but couldn't I thought to myself "if he's a ghoust how can this happen? AND WHY ME!?" he was atacking me so I did what any girl would do bite his lip andhead butt him! the frist one worked the secend one didn't instend it hurt me! "you really suck at that you know" he said with anger in his voice his eyes now blazing "what do you want with me!" I said returning with the same anger in my voice. He glared at me I glared at him my fear gone with rage in it's place, he leand down with his nose tuching mine "I already did or perhapps you missed the memo so I'll say it again I. WANT. YOU!!!" and he kissed me again oh [please insert sware word of your choes here]
"get off me I'm not your toy!"
"yes you are at least for now" my eyes widen at his words then I glared at him "over my dead body" he rolled his eyes your just like Vanessa in looks and presonality, fine!" I could see him begining to fade as he place his hands over my eyes and kissed my lips "goodnight little lark" he whisspered softly yet sadly and everything went black.
when I opend my eyes again and it was morning I could remember it all and I kept hearing the name Vanessa over and over again then I remembered the picture that I had found when I was younger on the back had all the names on it one was Vanessa my great aunt that died at 14 she looked identical to me and there was something else that ghoust seemed familerur some how.
then it cam to me he was in the pictuer too Vanessa's older brother! but his name what was his name!
nothing. I couldnt remember, but I might again and if I see him again I'll try to talk to him and not try to fight him to understand what he really needs and we might become friends I douted it though but things happen.
to be continued?
yeah sorry it's so long....
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That's turning into quite the tale. You should submit it as a story to dA.
At least he was good looking.
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oh true but did you like it?
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its alittle creepy... maybe he needs some blood to rebuilt his strength... ^_^
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its alittle creepy... maybe he needs some blood to rebuilt his strength... ^_^
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He does. He's been sealed in the room for over a hundred years without blood.
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