I'm trying for a modern Gothic look. When I look for vampire reference material the outfits are almost all from the Victorian era. This is my attempt to modernize the style a bit. What do you think? What would a modern vampire wear?
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22 Comments
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · 5 pts · 22d
Have you ever seen The Lost Boys (1987)? Cool movie.
BallShapedMan@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 22d
Once, as a kid. Does it hold up these days?
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 22d
I like this composition but... the moonlight coming through him is confusing. Perhaps an interior light source to provide detail on his front? the light beam over the shoulder is just..... I can't make it make sense.
BallShapedMan@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 22d
Yeah the more I look at it the more it feels like Bethesda lighting. Lighting that doesn't make sense, why does everything have rim lighting and a highlighted face? 🤣
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 22d
heh never heard that before but it makes sense. it's a cool illustration, keep refining!
BallShapedMan@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 22d
Thank you!
Professorozone@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 22d
I like it.
BallShapedMan@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 22d
Thank you!
HelloDingo@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 22d
It's giving "Vampire: the Masquerade" clan novel cover. I love the vibe! Gritty and modern and dangerous.
BallShapedMan@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 22d
Oh I see it now! That's awesome!
RebekahWSD@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 22d
Oh yes! Feels like I'd pick this up in the 90s!
acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 22d
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.
BallShapedMan@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 22d
I want to be that characters friend! What's his name and does he have a catch phrase?
acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 22d
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.
BallShapedMan@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 22d
That's awesome! Sounds like a great time to play him. What game world are y'all playing in? I used to play RPGs in high school, now I just live though other people gaming lol
acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 22d
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.
BallShapedMan@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 22d
I feel like more laughs than XP! Which is just the right mix for game night.
Thank you for sharing so much. I played Vampire: the Requiem once. It was not so cheerful.
JetpackJackson@feddit.org · 3 pts · 22d
Gives me Blade vibes for some reason, love it!
BallShapedMan@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 22d
Hard to avoid those vibes when painting a black man vampire. I tried not to get too close by avoiding leather. But I see it too.
JetpackJackson@feddit.org · 2 pts · 22d
Ah gotcha
massive_bereavement@fedia.io · 2 pts · 22d
The uneven lines remind me of 30 days of night, that book gave me an uneasy vibe, almost dreamlike.
BallShapedMan@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 22d
Oh I didn't know there was a book! I saw the movie.
Now I have something to go find!
And thank you.