Raine
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Post by Raine on Apr 3, 2009 4:56:06 GMT
Just a small pile of unfinished things I've been acquiring lately. Most of these are really scribbly & quick so I wasn't sure how much interest there would be but I figured as much as I like peoples sketches maybe I should just go ahead & post them anyway. Goosewing Vs. Vlad i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv29/raineart/4Lourdes.jpgQuick piece I did for Lourdes Fan Fic. I'm still in the process of trying to redraw & finish this one sometime Goosewing's Big Date i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv29/raineart/cheesygrin.jpgGoosewing looking he's ready to go out maybe? Daydreaming i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv29/raineart/daydream.jpgGoosewing in a rare, more peaceful moment Nervous Von Gosling i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv29/raineart/goslingdoodle.jpgAnother old gift for Lourdes. I still really want to finish this one too. Fan Mail i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv29/raineart/igorfanmail.jpgJuno & I sending our love XD Igor's Parents i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv29/raineart/igorsfamily.jpgWhat I imagine Igors parents might've looked like. I like the design for his dad. His mom kind've fails for me I think though. All the moms I draw always look the same to me for some reason. Anyway, even as evil as Igor is, I always imagined he was still raised in love.. Indignant i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv29/raineart/indignant.jpgIgor being himself Night Flight i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv29/raineart/nightflight.jpgGoosewing preparing for yet another nighttime invasion. This is another one I wanted to maybe finish one day. Young Nanny Vs. Igor i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv29/raineart/youngnanny.jpgOld sketch from one of Steffies stories. I loved this scene so much when I read it & actually wanted to try to finish this before I sent it. Could never get Nanny to end up looking right though. Looking In i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv29/raineart/lookingin.jpgGod.. this is so cliche & emo it's hard for me not to laugh/facepalm at myself just looking at this anymore.. At the time though I thought this was fitting for a few of the ideas I had on Igor's background. For me, I always imagined Igor's eager loyalty & avid interest in the Duckula family came as the result of a rift between him & his own natural family. Being denied a place among them or possibly just both parties turning their backs to one another for conflicting reasons. My original thoughts involved his father but after reading Steffie's story I imagine an issue involving his mother would probably make a lot more sense. Anyway, in my own thoughts I always imagined Igor separated from his own family in the heat of a grief related incident. Possibly over his mothers death. A time when emotions are running high & that Igor & his siblings maybe just got caught up criticizing one another about whatever choices were made regarding things & that it probably devolved into slamming one another on personal life choices. I always liked to think this is also where Igors vampiric tendencies maybe came from. That maybe it happened as a result of him being chosen to be bit by what he maybe considered to be a more true/loyal family. Raine Stocks i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv29/raineart/rainestock.jpgRaine stocking her shelves with a jar of fresh eyeballs. I laugh because my boyfriend thought this was a pretty cute sketch up until I told him it was a jar of eyes. Anyway, I'm not sure where Raine really fits in the Duckula universe but I always imagined her as maybe being a witch who could've provided the Duckulas with whatever summoning/witchcraft/spell ingredients they would've needed. Burn Her! i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv29/raineart/raineburn.jpgRaine being burned at the stake for being a witch by the local yokels.. As many times as she's gone through this it's more of an annoying inconvenience to her then anything else. After Burn i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv29/raineart/raineafterburn.jpgRaine about 5 minutes or so after her own funeral pyre. In the Duckula-universe Raine is the illegitimate offspring of a phoenix. Her mother who was considered royalty fell in love with a common scribe who was sent to her as a teacher. Their relationship ended in tragedy as it was considered scandalous & politically threatening at the time but for whatever reason Raine survived & as a result carries a very diluted amount of old magic within her blood. I always thought it would be a neat idea if her blood (maybe at a certain time of year) were able to burn but that the burning would leave a 'fountain of youth' kind of effect on things. Anyway, because she carries a trace amount of phoenix blood she can never truly be destroyed by fire.. only temporarily killed I guess. Moonlight Raine i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv29/raineart/rainesit.jpgNothing significant or story related. Just wanted to play some with a night time color palette.
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Post by Juno on Apr 3, 2009 5:12:13 GMT
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand cue death 8D
I just about died when I saw this! They're all so... just so amazing!
In your own words, it feels like Christmas :D I don't even know where to start xD The one of Goosewing and Vlad and Duckula *squeeeeee* It's just so awesomely amazing!
asd;jashd;fjhgfak! I'm at a loss for words <3
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Post by calisotalatina on Apr 3, 2009 5:44:59 GMT
aw VG look so cute in the daydreaming!!! i luv ya!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2009 15:44:38 GMT
They are so awesome Raine. Despite being sketches, I can see the effort put into them.
Goosewing looks so cute being all day-dreaming. That date pic makes him look all...pimp XD
The ones with Gosling and the one that's related to Lourdes' fan-fic are filled with so much emotion. I love Gosling's determination; and Goosewing and Duckula's horrified faces.
Oh Mr. Igor, we all want your babies ^___^ Poor Duckyboos looks so upset about that mail, though.
Igor's parents look like such a lovely couple. Wonder how Igor became so evil...
Oh Mr. Igor, another bad day with Nanny bashing everything, Dr. Von Goosewing destroying everything with his inventions and the young Master refusing to embrace his roots?
I simply love Goosewing's determined look.
I simply love how you did Emma and Igor here. That is more-or-less how she's supposed to look like: much thinner than usual, yet not as skinny as Lulubelle. Love Igor's blushy face as well. Thank you so much, Raine.
Aww, Igor looks so sad in this pic. As for his relationship for his family, I have my own idea. Igor's mom decided to give him a surprise visit. She was appalled when she discovered that her baby used necromancy for something unthinkable. She demanded that Igorth should return home to her; and no longer use necromancy. Igorth refused and, out of anger, told his mom that he'd rather die than return back to the farm. The heartbroken mother returned home with a heavy heart.
When Igor wrote a letter to apologize to his mother about what he had said, he discovered that his mother had passed away a few weeks ago. His siblings told him that he may never return home for the rest of his life, because their mother actually died from a broken heart...
Raine looks so cute with that jar of eyes.
Raine looks more annoyed than anything about being burnt alive, huh?
That guy better run as fast as he can away from a really miffed Raine.
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Post by jackie on Apr 3, 2009 19:35:09 GMT
You put so much feelings in each pictures, my favorite... Igor's face looking the window it's very emotive. Congratulations! 1000/1000
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2009 3:32:05 GMT
My Raine, so much of your heart in each picture you made, I love them all! Thank you very much for the pictures you made of my fan fics, you are so kind, I don't have enough words to thank you!!! ;D ;D ;D Also thank you for the pics Daydreaming and Night Flight!!!! *faints* *Awakes* I'm so glad to see more on Fire and Raine, your ideas are awesome, I hope we can read more about Raine and Ven! Wonderful artwork, Raine! *hands down* ;D
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Raine
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Post by Raine on Apr 5, 2009 22:54:44 GMT
Juno: Aww, Your too good to me woman! <3 But honestly, I'm so thrilled you enjoy these so much. I probably sketch a ton of Duckula stuff daily but I always feel all like; 'Oh man.. these are so sloppy. Nobody's going to want to see any of this.' D: Glad to know I was so horribly wrong though XD calisotalatina: Aww, thank you so much! <3 Hehe, I'll have to try to finish that one up sometime now Steffie: Just wow. I'm thrilled you liked so many of these! Thank you so much for all the kind words <3 And wow! That's almost crazy how similar our ideas are on Igor's background huh. Great minds must think alike! I gotta say though, that bit about his mom was something I never thought of. My God that is just so sad! Such a perfect idea though! I love it & can completely see that fitting for him. I think it would definitely explain the hint of sadness he's always had in regards to his mom at least. Now I just have to wonder what happens afterwards. In my mind, I always speculated that maybe he came back to Vlad (or whatever vampiric family he was dealing with at the time) and asked to be bitten or possibly have something else done to taint himself in order to erase all bonds he ever would've had with his own blood. That could be a little too off-character though. I'm not sure. But I always imagined it might make a powerful scene if nothing else. Especially since I could only imagine how painful a rejection like that could be to someone. But like I said, those are just my own ideas. If anything, it's only got me looking forward to your Igorth story all the more! You write so fantastic for him. I'm all excited now to know what your coming up with! And also, yes haha, Raine does'nt enjoy those burning sessions one bit. Because her bloodline is part phoenix, she can never be destroyed by fire.. only temporarily killed & self-regenerated later from the ashes (give or take about 5 minutes). So I always thought it would be kind've comical for her to always get caught up in these witch burnings but in the end the peasants being the ones worse off from it. But yes, definitely a huge pet peeve for her.. especially those crowds. jackie: Aww, thank you so much! I'm so happy you think they show so much feeling. That means so much to me to know <3 Lourdes: Awww girl, you flatter me! XD I'm so thrilled you liked the ones I made you so much. I couldn't be happier drawing them for you Eheheh, I must finish night flight for you sometime now. You totally inspire me to! <3 Which reminds me, I got another comic page to post for you soon! It still needs a little touching up but I hope to put it up here sometime soon! Also, I know it probably comes off a little silly but I really am just touched you'd want to know more about Fire & Raine. I've been striving for a couple years now to come up with interesting stories for those two. Makes me feel like maybe I'm doing something right here after all <3 I will definitely try to post more about them sometime. May not be here though. It's a little hard to explain but I actually have two Raine characters. One for the Duckula universe & a separate Raine for the Fire & Raine stories. The two of them are like.. total night & day from one another. XD My other Raine is actually a dove & extremely religious... nothing at all like witchy pants Raine here. ;D I'll probably end up changing witch-Raines name at some point to make it less confusing on myself. Just haven't thought of anything good yet.
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Post by Juno on Apr 6, 2009 4:11:01 GMT
No, I love your art work SO FREAKING MUCH! xDD You could post round the clock, I'd always be pleased with it 83 So yes, boo yah, you were SO wrong! xD lol
Lourdes and I both! Fire and Raine is very interesting to me as well. Hell, I even have some music now that reminds me of it (Which is an incredibly good sign - If I can link anything to music, it's got a real place in my heart)
I like both Raine's very much xD I was slightly confused at fist lol (Dove? Witch? wtf? Ha ha ha, I get it now... *dork*) That's pretty nifty about her phoenix bloodline. That must really suck to burn... and then come back, and probably end up burning again. Jeesh. I'd go to town on some villagers if that were me, and it doesn't look like she takes it very well either xD
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2009 4:17:19 GMT
Aaawww, Raine you are so kind!!! Thank you very much!!!
Yes, I do agree with Juno: your art is awesome! And I love your ideas for both Raine's stories! ;D ;D ;D
Let's hope to read more on your stories soon!
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Post by Raine on Apr 7, 2009 5:04:47 GMT
You two are so sweet. Thank you so much <3 I'm honestly so glad you don't mind all the sketchwork. I love sketching out scenes & quick drawings. It's just hard for me finding the time to properly finish anything ..which is why I'm usually so hesitant. Anyway, now that I know these are enjoyable too I'll try to keep posting every so often Also Juno, that just made my night to know you could actually link those two back to music. Music has been such huge part of my inspiration process for that whole story. So many of the better scenes I've come up with for them are actually the result of lyrics I've interpreted at some point. Anyway, that just makes me feel so good to know. <3 Like I said, it makes me feel like I'm at least doing something right with them XD Raineforest (hurr XD) i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv29/raineart/RaineHide.jpgJust a random doodle of Raine running through the really spooky forest.. I'm not sure who's after her at the moment. Maybe another crowd of villagers.. or possibly a witch hunter? Either way the creepy forest seems to be the least of her problems. Blood Alcohol Content i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv29/raineart/BloodAlcoholContent.jpgI posted this up already but thought I would put it here in case anyone missed it. Anyway, this is just a fun little idea I had musing about all those bottles of blood the Duckulas keep in the cellar. I always thought it was comical how the show treated blood in the same manner they would wine so it just made me wonder; would it have same properties as wine? ;D If so I think Igor's due for a really uh... rough morning XD Miracle Worker i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv29/raineart/YouNeedAMiracleForThatOne.jpgFigured I would follow suit with Juno & do a self insertion for Raine, haha XD Anyway, just more musings on her character I guess. I thought it might be a neat idea if maybe being a witch, she were able to reverse spells/curses just as well as she were able to create them & maybe this could be how she originally met the Duckulas. In my thoughts, I imagined it might be a fun idea if maybe one of the Counts ancestors were suffering from a terrible curse of some kind (maybe that whole dying from sunlight thing) & possibly she were able to cure him of it in exchange for some help she unintentionally received from him & Igor. Anyway, even though Raine can fix oddities she's still no miracle worker.. especially when it comes to the current Count. XD
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Post by Juno on Apr 7, 2009 5:13:09 GMT
Aaah, Music, I don't think I could live without it. Actually that was part of the reason I was so freaked up by that vagrant earlier - I had my expensive mp3 player with all my music AND all my Duckula on it. I would fight someone to the DEATH over my Zen D8 I rarely draw without music, I always feel like I don't know what to do xD Bum luck for me when the Zen needs charging! Oooh, yes, post more often, I can't get enough xD These are all so nifty and awesome! I have to draw Raine, she's fun 83 And lol at that last one. Igor should know better than to expect miracles! xD Mmm, the Blood Alcohol picture <3 Where I first dicovered there was an Igor under that jacket and it was the sexiest thing ever *and yeah, I can't believe I forgot to mention this everytime I comment on this xD I LOVE the one of Igor reading more of the fanmail xDDD Poor Duckula. You just don't stand a shade of a chance, dear.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2009 15:19:20 GMT
Oh, poor Raine, lets hope it is the crowd of peasants, because I know Raine could handle the situation, but if it is a witch hunter... May God help her! I mean, I fear witch hunters, their are not like vampire hunters, perhaps I'm not making any sense, but I think witch hunt is way more fanaticism and cruelty.
That one of Igor never fails to make me smile, go Igor!
The last pic is very interesting, I love your ideas, and it was very funny because the current Count has no solution!
Excellent artwork Raine, I'm glad you are posting more! Thanks for sharing. ;D
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Post by WednesdayFriday on Apr 8, 2009 6:22:29 GMT
WOW, you've produced a ton of great work! I really love your style.
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Post by Raine on Apr 8, 2009 6:25:18 GMT
Oh Lourdes you inspire me so much! <3 I ended up making a witch hunter character today because of you XD Had so much fun with it too. It seriously kept me all excited most of the day just being able to think of stuff. Anyway, Thank you so much for being such a huge inspiration and for all the kind words! You & Juno's comments always make me smile so much. I really appreciate it you guys. And you're right, witch hunters are downright animals when it comes to these kinds of things... it was really kinda scary reading up on the subject actually. Fanatical is right D: Anyway, I ended up making up this guy to antagonize poor Raine today; XD John Cawthorne. i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv29/raineart/CawthronePortrait.jpgA corvid-ish witch hunter, loosely based on this guy en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hathorne..or at least his name & some personality traits are. His history I kind've made up as well as some other things in order to make him a really ominous character. I wanted to make him as scary of a character as I could actually or at least someone who could come off as extremely threatening to Raine. Anyway, for those who don't mind reading this giant block of text on the guy (seriously I wrote way too much here :/) I ended up with the idea that like most witch hunters, this guys basically a thriving fanatic. Raised by his mother he was an only child & grew up fatherless. Soon after being born his father ended the relationship with his mother & left her for a young woman with strange talents. The mother, hoping his birth would save what was a crumbling relationship fell apart & was driven to the brink of ending both her life as well as Johns until her cry for help was recognized by one of the local pastors. Turning to the church for support, she was able to turn her life around & but in her devotion, only grew more hostile towards those with strange abilities. Through her life, she's forever regarded the woman her husband left her for as godless & in league with devils, accusing her of destroying her life basically. And John, living his whole life within this tight little close minded bubble, unfortunately grew up believing a lot of these same things. To John, these people were so radically different it was horrifying, unnatural & threatening. He truly considers their magical works to be an unearthly abomination & the work of the devil on earth for the purpose of testing mans strength & will. He also considers his father as having been on the losing side to a wicked force that was much too strong for him instead of recognizing the truth of the matter. Anyway, because of this mindset John will do anything to cleanse the town & spare the followers of truth & good this same fate. In his thoughts, nobody should suffer needlessly & this walking evil will eventually be everyone's downfall, if not taken care of properly. He will do anything to be rid of this threat & because of it he is downright ruthless & merciless on those he accuses. In a scary twist, however, he is also extremely (& secretly) attracted to these women ...just like his father. Because of this, it drives him to be completely self hating about it & if anything only makes his rage towards the unnatural that much stronger. He loves what they do... deep down he finds it fascinating & wildly attractive but he absolutely hates himself for it. He compensates often by deluding himself into thinking his feelings are a result of their wicked work. And horribly, because of this, their deaths end up giving him a heightened, twisted & unexplainable amount of satisfaction. Mildly in the same way a serial killer might feel. D: Anyway, this makes Raine extremely fearful of him, which for her is saying a lot. And although she can't die by fire, John lives to make the process as completely painful for her as possible & derives a sick satisfaction out of the act every time. If anything he secretly enjoys the fact that out of all the women he's destroyed she's the only one he's been unable to kill. Sort of like an ultimate trophy for him.. D: Anyway, I hope this isn't too much for anyone.. like I said I just wanted to try my hand at creating a decently horrifying character for once.. The Hills Are Stained.. i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv29/raineart/TheHillsAreStained.jpgTrying to get down Cawthorne's character down a bit more. Again, hope this isn't too much for anyone. If anyone's needs me to I can remove it. Too Close For Comfort i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv29/raineart/feelinhothothot.jpgRaine trying her best to put a stop to Cawthorne's plans. Doesn't look like it's going so hot though... or maybe it is? (hurr XD) Duckula Unwinds i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv29/raineart/duckulaunwinds.jpgBeen feeling a little bad for some of the non-Igor fans of the board here lately.. (I've probably traumatized you all so bad XD) so I did a little Duckula to make up for it <3 Hopefully the scars I inflicted earlier aren't too long lasting ;D Yeah Well Your Mom... i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv29/raineart/WellYouAsked.jpgAnd lastly, for Juno! <3 Totally inspired by your ideas on Agnes. I love her so much & find your ideas for her so solid & exceptional. It's completely fascinating to me that you actually made her half attracted to Igor. So contradictive but so incredibly interesting! Like I said, you've given them both such human qualities. I love that so much! Anyway, that bit about her attraction ended up inspiring this horrible little thing... I imagine Igor's job at torture just got that much easier amiright? XD
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Post by WednesdayFriday on Apr 8, 2009 6:37:27 GMT
Thank you for feeling bad for us non-Igor fans! I can take this kind of compensation for it any day. He looks so proud in that picture! I'm somewhat amused by the fact that your character is a witch, mainly because my own fan character is also a witch. Of course I have to go all Mary Sue on mine and have her hook up (that sounds dirty) with Duckula, but still. Yay for the witch avians, lol.
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