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DS1- Cirque de freak by ~katZ16:iconkatZ16:


©2005-2009 ~katZ16
:iconkatz16:

Artist's Comments

Darren Shan's an ordinary schoolboy, until he and his best friend Steve get tickets to the Cirque Du Freak, a bizarre freak show featuring such arcane performers as Hans Hands, Gertha Teeth, the Wolf Man and Rhamus Twobellies. In the midst of the ghoulish excitement, true terror raises its head when Steve recognises that one of the performers -- Mr Crepsley -- is in fact a vampire! -D.Shan

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Yes finally i made my 1st book illustration of Darren Shan's Cirque de freak my favorite vampire story! From left:
Evra Von (Von what? ^^). He's a snake-boy, a performer in the circus. He doesn't do very much. Only appears at the end of the show w/ his pet snake. That's enough to showcase, by the looks of him!
Mr. Larten Crepsley. A fellow member w/ a performing spider called madam Octa, using his flute. But he has a deeper secret that changed the story, when he was found out. i like what i did to his cape (ooh red), it was partly inspired by Maharo Maeda, director of "The Count of Monte Cristo" anime (w/c is a must watch btw, it has great new designs 4 a 1st in anime history).
Mr. Tall. The owner of the Circus. He's s';pose to be really tall (i think that's why i made look farther back). He's a psychic and an odd one once u get to know him!
Darren Shan. Yes he's name is the same as the author's but they're totally different. 12 yr old Darren is the main character. When he finds the truth about Mr. Crepsley from his bestfriend in that circus, it changed everything.
Steve Leonard. Darren's bestfriend and soon to-be-worst-enemy. Haha it'd be spoiling if i told you why. anyway Steve was the one who found out that Mr.Crepsley was a vampire.. that's where it all started.

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Darren Shan, Evra von, Larten Crepsley, Madam Octa and Mr. Hibernius Tall (c) Darren Shan
Concept/ Costume/ Color: yours truly
Medium: Soft-Celshade mix
Other books:
DS1- you are here
DS2- [link]
DS3- [link]
DS4- [link]
DS5- [link]
DS6- [link]
DS7- [link]

NOTE: Some shansters (as mr.darren calls the fans) will notice that i changed some colors (like mr.tall's costume or crepsley's eye-color) partly because it was hardly mentioned in the book so i just improvised. that's mainly my point here, i wanted it to turn out the way i imagined hehehe!

the novel is really fun! I've read all the books except the last of the Saga.. can't wait till they decide to make it a film, just like Harry Potter and Series of unfortunate events. It'd bloody ROCK for sure!!

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:iconewangpogi:
wwaw ganda! para kang nagpa-salon (ahehehehe cnxa nasobrhan lng sa commercial!) nice work

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"di bale ng tamad hindi nmn pagod" :yawn:
:iconshi-chan06:
yep ... freaky all right. haven't read it, but it looks nice~

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~Aim for the moon, and if you miss, you will fall amongst the stars~

~anothernarutoclub

~bleach-party
:iconsubstance20:
The vampire as Bram Stoker originally rendered it was actually the best version. They symbolize dark passions, temptation, sin and human lust (in particular sexual lust), which is why holy weapons are particularly effective against them; this also explains the various quirks such as needing to be invited into a house in order to enter and exit freely and of his own volition--which is a reflection of what God told Cain in Genesis 4 about sin wanting to master people--and being unable to pass running water--considered as clean water in the Levitical laws (due to the fact that flowing water is always replaced unlike stagnant water) as well as a symbol of life, as seen in chapter 4 of the Gospel of John.

The bite of a vampire sucks the life out of the living and transforms them into the undead once they pass away, an allegory for compromising with sinners and sinful behavior. A stake through the heart outright kills a vampire, for as Christ said, "Out of the heart comes murders, blasphemies, evil whisperings..." etc, and cutting off the head of a vampire is synonymous with cutting off the lifeblood of temptation, for as the apostle Paul said, the head nourishes the body.

<cough> In any case, nice work. I like Crepsley's cape in particular, but you might want to use a displacement map to distort the pattern on Darren's jacket.

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"What is the use of being god on a two-by-four [canvas] when nobody knows what you are talking about!" --Francis Schaeffer, on Picasso
:iconandreigoddess:
nice drawing :) i like the effect on the red coat.. ganda di ko alam kung paano mo ginawa hehe :P

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"No matter how your heart is grieving, If you keep on believing, The dream that you wish will come true.."
:iconweioury:
WOW nice book.

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Never judge other people in their physical apperance or in their drawings,just look in their attitude or what is their background in life before you judge a person.
:iconvampyre-wrath:
Bitch'n! I've been looking for fanart for Darren shan.

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"Until an hour before the devil fell God thought him beutiful in heaven"-Hale, The Crucible:mangapunksai:
:iconkatz16:
:XD: hehehe! well glad to have u on board (of favoriting i mean) sir! tnx 4 the uh.. "comment"! ^^;

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<<We all know the suffering & pain in our world, hence a few minutes spent in the fantasy world are always welcome>>
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:icontenohfox:
this is a great series! i just got started about a week ago and i'm just about to start "Vampire Mountain" I can't wait! I wanted to do fanart of this awesome book, but I didn't know how to start, so this would be a great refrence if you don't mind...definately favoriting this! Go Darren!

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:icondocock-wolf17:
OMG ANOTHER CIRQUE DU FREAK FAN!! XD :glomp: thats awsome!! XD i also just got some Fan art for Darren Shan up XD this is an AWSOME! pic!! XD

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"If homosexuality is a disease, let's all call in queer to work. 'Hello, can't work today. Still queer.'"- Robin Tyler
"All the whores and politicians will look up and shout 'Save us!' And I'll look down and whisper 'No.'" ~Rorschach
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:iconkatz16:
sure wy not? :XD: sowi 4 the l8 reply.. i hd several references on this 1 too b4 making it. i'll be doing book3 soon, w8 4 it ok?

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<<We all know the suffering & pain in our world, hence a few minutes spent in the fantasy world are always welcome>>
"As long as you love Anime/Manga, it's all good!" Join our club! ~studiocrystaldream

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