A context-free page from my Canadian romance comic, Sorry, I Love You!. I only use two kinds of tone layers in this series, so I use different brushes and pairings to get what I can from them. If I have too many options, I’ll spend too much time fretting over every single detail.

First sketch of the new year.

It’s Alucard from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night! This is the second piece in this series, after my Maria Renard illustration. I wanted to convey that classic vampire smouldering loneliness — and those beautiful locks!

Happy Spooktober! 🦇🌕 It’s my favourite time of the year, so here’s a vampire lady revelling in the moonlight to show how much I love the season. I had a lot of fun applying colour to this and getting the moonlight glow.

Colour illustration of Maria Renard from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. I wanted a more challenging camera angle, and to include one her animals. I went back and forth on how much detail to put into the castle background; in the end I decide to focus on the character. This was super fun to draw!

You can watch a timelapse of this drawing on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube.