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Published: 2016-08-30 20:56:22 +0000 UTC; Views: 18342; Favourites: 339; Downloads: 27
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Description It's pretty unusual for me to draw such a huge amount of concept-artwork based on something, and I've actually never been so eager to draw so much different poses and characters. Usually I'm too lazy for that. But with this one, actually, I really enjoyed drawing it.

These are my character choices for the musical ”Dance of the Vampires”, a musical I was introduced to a few months ago, but I had no way of watching it until I left to visit some of my relatives. That's when I bought the ticket to this musical and I left to watch it two days before I needed to fly back home. I simply fell in love with this musical! The songs may be a little repetitive from time to time, but the plot was interesting and really funny at some points.

Okay, now to the explanations why we choose those particular characters;

Nightmare Moon as Count von Krolock – despite the fact that King Sombra always fits into the role of a Vampire Count, I couldn't choose him for this role because he already was featured as Count Dracula in Ink Potts concept artworks. Because ”Dance of the Vampires” and ”Dracula” have a slight connection with each other, I thought about choosing someone else for this role, and we came to the conclusion to turn Nightmare Moon into a male and make him the Vampire Count this time, Count von Krolock. This actually worked pretty well and this choice actually created an interesting contrast between the colors of Krolock and Dracula. Also, Count von Krolock has some fascinating moments where he speaks about how beautiful the night is so.. Do I need to explain more than that?

EDIT: Twilight Sparkle as Professor Abronsius – after long thinking and comparing with Dr. Whooves I decided that we should stick with Twilight anyway. She has a lot in common with Professor Abronsius; she loves books, logic and she fought Nightmare Moon, she is Fluttershy's friend + some other reasons.

Fluttershy as Alfred – Alfred himself is an unsure, kind and shy character, but when one of his friends, his true love or someone from his family is in danger he is always there to help and save them, no matter what. These characteristics fit Fluttershy's character really well, and I couldn't find a better character than her to ship with Pinkie Pie.... Kinda.

Pinkie Pie as Sarah – Both are kinda silly, want to have fun at the Ball, and have a pretty serious and caring family. Despite the fact that because of these choices I kinda ship Nightmare Moon and Pinkie Pie, but that's not the most important point with this character. Despite that everything fits really well and I'm satisfied with this choice.

Blueblood as Herbert – Blueblood was announced as Princess Celestia's nephew in season one, which leads to the theory that he could be a son of Princess Luna, or even Nightmare Moon, and that makes a slight connection between him and Nightmare Moon. Because of this connection the role of Count von Krolock's son has befallen on him. Also, Blueblood and Herbert are kinda similar in both appearance and character.

Igneous Rock Pie as Chagal – The most straight explanation for this choice; Igneous Rock is Pinkie Pie's father, who cares about her and surely wants the best for her, and it would make no sense at all if we would choose someone else for the role of Sarah's father.


Inspired by: Assassin-or-Shadow and TorusTheScribe .
The "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" series belong to Hasbro and Lauren Faust.
The musical "Dance of the Vampires" was sponsored by  Roman Polanski (story), Jim Steinman (music) and Michael Kunze (lyrics, libretto).


Edit: Changed Krolock's design and Sarah's hair.
Edit 2: Redesigned Herbert.
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Comments: 119

Bendy96 [2024-03-29 04:19:26 +0000 UTC]

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BlueBelle16 [2023-09-14 17:20:22 +0000 UTC]

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Eiju23 [2019-10-11 19:59:02 +0000 UTC]

i'm whatching this while i hear your
The Invitation to the Ball

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Dragonteeth42 [2019-05-28 07:29:36 +0000 UTC]

Herbert the pervert....how fitting?

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shadowzero20 [2019-05-02 15:36:23 +0000 UTC]

Mmm I like the bat wings on princess Luna...it so suits her. Shame she didn't have those for canon on her. Hehe. Batpony alicorn doe suit luna

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Dehly-DeiDei [2019-01-14 11:18:52 +0000 UTC]

<3 This is very nice
I love Dance of the vampires.
I have looked at it three times.
The last time last Saturday in Berlin

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whatevstu In reply to Dehly-DeiDei [2019-01-18 20:50:19 +0000 UTC]

I've seen Dance of the Vampires twice, once fully in Russian ft. Ivan Ozhogin as Count Von Krolock, second time half-Russian, half-German ft. Thomas Borchert as Count Von Krolock!
And I'm still planning to see it again if it'll be airing in Russia anytime soon.

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Bendy96 In reply to whatevstu [2024-03-31 01:20:19 +0000 UTC]

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AlchemyHearts17 [2018-09-16 05:43:05 +0000 UTC]

Blueblood as Herbert is just perfect casting

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whatevstu In reply to AlchemyHearts17 [2018-09-18 10:51:25 +0000 UTC]

Glad you agree with me on this one

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AlchemyHearts17 In reply to whatevstu [2018-09-18 15:13:14 +0000 UTC]

I watched the entire musical the other night...I don’t think there’s anymore perfect casting than Prince Blueblood as Herbert

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Royal-horse [2018-07-11 10:42:59 +0000 UTC]

Герберт просто милашка! 

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whatevstu In reply to Royal-horse [2018-07-12 10:18:41 +0000 UTC]

Один из моих любимых вампиров на пару со своим батькой

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Patch-of-Heaven [2017-12-31 17:42:30 +0000 UTC]

what does he ,ho,he mean?Some sort of exclamation or what?

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whatevstu In reply to Patch-of-Heaven [2017-12-31 17:57:20 +0000 UTC]

I think it's some sort of a code-calling between Professor and Alfred, so they will know for sure that it's them if they will ever get lost.

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Patch-of-Heaven In reply to whatevstu [2017-12-31 18:05:14 +0000 UTC]

hmm...makes sense ,but also interesting at the same time.

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CountessBlazy [2017-10-18 22:14:00 +0000 UTC]

What about Magda and Rebecca?

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whatevstu In reply to CountessBlazy [2017-10-19 08:07:17 +0000 UTC]

I was so frustrated from drawing this piece for so long, I decided to not draw them.

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CountessBlazy In reply to whatevstu [2017-10-19 08:23:28 +0000 UTC]

Ah, I see XD

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AmyWhooves [2017-09-09 16:40:14 +0000 UTC]

Herbert is cutie 

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julieanneczyras [2017-09-08 19:05:13 +0000 UTC]

oh I just love it 

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Dragonteeth42 [2017-09-08 12:05:50 +0000 UTC]

Ah, now I see the updated part

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Mlp-CandyFilly [2017-08-20 16:14:06 +0000 UTC]

You know, a thought/idea recently came to me. Have you ever thought about doing something like this for the Doc and Miss set? After all, you have one for Dance of the Vamponies and The Count of Monte Rainbow. 

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whatevstu In reply to Mlp-CandyFilly [2017-08-20 19:45:48 +0000 UTC]

The Doc and Miss? Who are those? I'm not familiar with this title

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Mlp-CandyFilly In reply to whatevstu [2017-08-21 01:11:10 +0000 UTC]

Oh! That's actually how me and my friends have shortened Dr. Pinkie and Miss Pie. Now that I think of it, yeah I can understand how someone wouldn't get that.  

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whatevstu In reply to Mlp-CandyFilly [2017-08-21 11:25:08 +0000 UTC]

Oh, okay, I get it now. Thank you for clearing it up for me
The problem with Jekyll 'n Hyde is that I'm not that much familiar with the story. I've seen the musical, but I haven't read the book, so I'm not entirely sure what characters I would pick for which roles and what designs I would make them depending on their character. From what I heard - the musical makes quite some differences comparing to the original source. My brother has read the book and he told me that Jekyll had no wife in the book at all, unlike in the musical, or something like that. So, I don't think I'm the perfect match for drawing Jekyll 'n Hyde concepts, since I'm too unfamiliar with the story and the characters.
Additionally, even though I've seen the musical and I'm totally in love with some of the songs from there, Jekyll and Hyde hardly makes it to the top of my favorite musicals in terms of songs and the story.

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Mlp-CandyFilly In reply to whatevstu [2017-08-21 21:13:24 +0000 UTC]

And that's ok!  
Part of the reason I asked is that I'm working on another digital art project that's featuring Lucy Dash (yes, that's the "combo name" I came up with for her, it's difficult to combine the two names so that works best) that you used in your Doc and Miss works. So, I was hoping to understand her design a little more.

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whatevstu In reply to Mlp-CandyFilly [2017-08-21 22:20:50 +0000 UTC]

Then I'll get to drawing her "full body kinda reference" soon enough.^^

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Mlp-CandyFilly In reply to whatevstu [2017-08-21 23:27:56 +0000 UTC]

Woah, wait really?! That's great, thank you! ^^

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JulieKao [2017-08-12 05:52:44 +0000 UTC]

KNOBLAUCH!KNOBLAUCH!  *sigh* eternally my favorite song about food.

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whatevstu In reply to JulieKao [2017-08-12 14:37:00 +0000 UTC]

It's one of the best songs after all!

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MlpAzarath [2017-08-08 23:04:36 +0000 UTC]

I just watched dance of the campus and I can tell you thought through your characters, they all match up perfectly! (And I can totally imagine Twilight singing books.)

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Mlp-CandyFilly [2017-07-22 23:04:30 +0000 UTC]

Ooo I think I've come up with some great name mash-ups!

Nightmare Moon + Count von Krolock = Count von Nightmare or Count von Moonlock

Twilight Sparkle + Professor Abronsius = Professor Twibronsius

Fluttershy + Alfred = Fluttered, Flutfred, Alshed or Alshy

Pinkie Pie + Sarah = Pierah 

Prince Blueblood + Herbert = Bluebert

Igneous Rock Pie + Chagal = Igagal (I have no idea how to pronounce Chagal so if it doesn't fit the syllables let me know!)

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Count-Monsparkle In reply to Mlp-CandyFilly [2017-07-23 13:32:26 +0000 UTC]

Count von Nightmare and Professor Twibronsius sound just perfect, and Bluebert is pretty good too ^^ Great idea for the names, I'll definitively use those from now on

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Mlp-CandyFilly In reply to Count-Monsparkle [2017-07-23 15:10:45 +0000 UTC]

Sweet! That's awesome!! Thank you very much!

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whatevstu In reply to Mlp-CandyFilly [2017-07-24 00:06:37 +0000 UTC]

Same for you^^

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whatevstu In reply to Mlp-CandyFilly [2017-07-22 23:23:02 +0000 UTC]

I really like Count Von Nightmare, Professor Twibronsius and Bluebert!
As for Alfred/Flutters, Sarah/Pinkie and Chagal/I.R.P. (pronounces like this, btw ) we'll need to think a little more about those, they're pretty hard to combine. Thanks for the help though^^

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Mlp-CandyFilly In reply to whatevstu [2017-07-23 00:21:53 +0000 UTC]

No problem! ^^ If you come up with anything let me know! 

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CrystalPastelKitty [2017-07-22 20:34:33 +0000 UTC]

Awww, poor Alfred. >w< i've got to watch this musical O-O

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LUNARECLISPE26 [2017-06-12 22:46:10 +0000 UTC]

aww poor flutter shy

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rosy89111 [2017-05-13 17:36:05 +0000 UTC]

Why not make a comic like Monte Cristo?
I mean,I liked it alot.
I'll give you some time to rest, friend of mine.
😇😇😇😇

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DanLand1939 [2017-03-30 04:05:42 +0000 UTC]

Twilight on her Tail XD

is so cute x3

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whatevstu In reply to DanLand1939 [2017-03-30 10:29:50 +0000 UTC]

Thank you ^-^

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DanLand1939 In reply to whatevstu [2017-04-06 15:49:38 +0000 UTC]

7w7

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Moonlightnote [2017-03-13 05:20:16 +0000 UTC]

the universe shall collapse now XD,but Twilight is better anyway: )

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whatevstu In reply to Moonlightnote [2017-03-13 12:13:26 +0000 UTC]

Eh, the universe will survive that And yeah, I think that Twi fits better too.

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Fangurl03 [2017-03-12 23:46:20 +0000 UTC]

OMG i love it!  

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whatevstu In reply to Fangurl03 [2017-03-13 12:13:29 +0000 UTC]

Thanks^^

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UniSoLeiL [2017-03-12 09:06:46 +0000 UTC]

Я 24 марта как раз пойду на Бал, буду ждать твоей пониверсии

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DanLand1939 [2017-01-23 02:30:28 +0000 UTC]

AMAZING X3

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