Lazaar ❤️ Joey

Thank you for reading ❤️🙃 It completely lacks coherence - ‘random moments of disjointed daydreaming’ might be a better description of it. But it’s the process of writing that’s fun and valuable in terms of escapism, so I’m ok with a flawed product. Same with the edits and drawings. For me, Lazar is the perfect escape… as might be a teeny bit obvious? ❤️🧛😉

Photo faffing on a Lazar theme for Friday night vampy vibes.

📷 Original Images from Pinterest and screenshots (see below). Edited and drawn on using LHR brushes in Procreate 📷

New chapter of the visitor to follow soon. 🧛

He does-but-he-doesn’t want to be there. Yes, perfect, perfect song 👌 Listening to it now.

Carl’s trying (and failing) to enjoy a cup of tea in a greasy spoon on the beachfront. Who’s sitting opposite him, I wonder… 🤔

📷 Photo faffing (imperfect and just for DQ fun) - original photo of MG by Uli Weber for Style Italia and of the greasy spoon from whynow.co.uk blog 📷

Mood: Lazaar / languor

Refusing to do his vampire thing. And driving Ana to distraction. Imaginary, inexpert edits on an Abigail theme.

Wrote a little bit to go with these on AO3. It waffles. It’s undercooked or overcooked. A bit much or not enough. Can’t really decide. But - happily - it’s just for fun.

Edits above using Procreate ✍️

📷 Beautiful original photos (below) by Iain McKell, Phil Fisk and Joe Gillespie. Dress is from Reformation. 📷

If Lazar were a Ken doll… he might look like this.

It was not at all my intention but the undeniable result of practising portraits in Procreate today. I’m secretly in love with Ken so I’m fine with it. 😝

Reference photo was found on Pinterest. I used a chaotic mixture of LHR, Liliyth, Tetiana Deniz and original Procreate brushes… so that’s probably why he looks so odd. But he kinda makes me smile nonetheless.

Onwards and upwards! ✍️💖🧛‍♂️ Just keep drawing (vampires).

Vampire Issues - A compilation album

(‘Cos that’s what I got 😂) 🧛🖤

✍️ Played around with the epic FREE brush and texture sample pack from True Grit Texture Supply today. Absolutely love them. Need to learn a bit more about the style though! Swipe right for the mood board /references. You know who the characters are meant to be by now 😂

Also updated The Visitor on AO3. Chapter 6 features a playlist so hence the music vibe. Hmm, what would be on your vamp-inspired list?

Lazaar ponders Joey

An Abigail-inspired photo edit. 📷 Originals by Phil Fisk (MG), Joe Pugliese (MB) and me (my car window). 📷

There’s a chapter about this on AO3. I’m not sure it really fits but I just wanted to write it, so there you go. (Trying to focus on the fun of the process, rather than overthink the finished product. After all, it’s all just for fun.)

This song, which I found afterwards, is perfect for the mood I was getting at. Lazaar certainly ‘slithered here from Eden’. What a sin indeed. Thank you, Hozier.

Ooh, I like that angle. He would indeed have supreme self control. I tried to write some more. But he turned into MDCM again. (That man/creature/fictional-unattainable-wishlist-setter has a lot to answer for). I’ll try again. Or maybe just do two alternatives because who needs sleep anyway? 🧛❤️🩸

Mood: Lazaar / languor

Refusing to do his vampire thing. And driving Ana to distraction. Imaginary, inexpert edits on an Abigail theme.

Wrote a little bit to go with these on AO3. It waffles. It’s undercooked or overcooked. A bit much or not enough. Can’t really decide. But - happily - it’s just for fun.

Edits above using Procreate ✍️

📷 Beautiful original photos (below) by Iain McKell, Phil Fisk and Joe Gillespie. Dress is from Reformation. 📷

Daddy Cool - A work in progress 🧛🧛‍♀️ (to go with Chapter 26 of The Visitor on AO3) using new brushes for Procreate from BigPearLiu. Love ‘em!

Daddy’s girl 🧛🧛‍♀️

Abigail fan art drawn in Procreate using BigPearLiu’s brushes ❤️

https://archiveofourown.org/works/58121329/chapters/162821269#workskin

Soundtrack:

mixed media fan-art-photo-faffing - just for fun

Dinner time?

Fan Art/photo faffing made with Procreate using screenshots from the film Abigail. Could still use a bit of work but you get the picture, hopefully. My head is full of vampires (again) following the release of The Black Bird Oracle 🧛❤️