Think Of Me

Everything about this drawing makes me happy, but the detail that makes my Undead heart sing is the yellow-covered copy of Dracula. It's the 1897 edition, designed to evoke the appearance of the 'yellowback' - the cheap sensational fiction sold at railway stations at the time. Dr Watson was mentioned reading one in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. (Above is the miniature version I made for my haunted dollhouse.)

Cover me in sunshine...Shower me with good times

Tell me that the world's been spinning since the beginning....And everything will be alright

What can I say, my little nosferatu loves yellow. Get some sleep, Aurik.

watercolour and gouache with coloured pencil detailing, a little white ink for highlights.

Oscar Wilde WOULD be a social media fiend. He'd be right at home there. Anyhow, I don't have a head for business, so um, this is my marketing plan.

The Importance of Being Promotional

Apparently, we at Purrlock Holmes Books are not good at marketing, mostly because I put Oscat Wilde in charge. He IS an early influencer and social phenomenon, but he's completely forgotten to do our advertising.

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The trouble of having a deadpan face. She's going to be passive-aggressively delighted about this for the rest of her days.

Thank you so much @frommarshtheycome for drawing my Sarah!

@purrlockswatson 's OC Sarah Bernard from 'Gothic Tales from Melancholia.'

I love her design, I had a lot of fun drawing her!

It makes me laugh to remember that this exists. Is the best part the goober grin or the too-long trousers? Can't believe it's only 4 months ago! Thank you @windforkthewriter for my first art request!

Hi Hi Hi! Long time fan, first time asker<3

I love your cats, and as I was laying in bed last night I wondered how The Three Amigos would look with their little sombreros as kitties and immediately thought of you. The movie isn't great so no worries if you don't want to/don't recognize them <3

Hiya my first friend and ask on Tumblr 🖤 I'm honoured to be the person you think of when cat-related intrusive thoughts kicks in!

just Googled up a reference image and it was titled 'problematic films of the 80s' haha, but how can I not draw them, the cat chaos is immaculate!

The Persians discuss their valentines plans. 1925 Persian (Ledoux) is taking no nonsense.

More Phantom cat comic here

I was reading POTO in French and remembered that this existed, and everything seems a little less bleak. Thank goodness for art.

I sometimes wonder if I'm selfish for spending my time and life on something so immaterial as art. I forget that it's what keeps me sane.

It's not escapism; it's a fight to understand. Immaterial is not the same as useless. It's easy to forget these things.

(I intended this reblog to be a joke about how I've forgotten Erik is French - I imagine him having an RP accent after watching the musical - but I got punched in the face by a dose of Doom and Gloom so here we are. Apologies.)

Local Sad French Man

Red death.

I was recently informed by @blackghostm2o that we never got to see Cherik at a masquerade. This is my humble attempt to rectify that, since we all know that Cherik is the best dressed Phantom. The fashion historian Bernadette Banner has made a Red Death gown with the boning exposed to give it a skeletal look, so I borrowed the idea and incorporated a boned corset.

I never got round to posting photos of my Nosferatu bag, did I? Meet Stephie.

She might be small and look like a sock monkey, but she has a fur collar and a silver heart locket (and mouse minions) just like Count Orlok. Perfect size for keeping my phone safe, and perfect emotional support for ventures outdoors because I can hold her hand when I walk.

(Someone who saw me making Stephie came around the other day and asked me, "Where's the rat?" I didn't bother correcting them. As long as nobody calls her dead baby Yoda, we're fine.)

Not even the whole song, only that.

Thanks to @grisha-brain for the tag! I hope you don't mind me answering with my 'ramble' blog. And thank you for stalking my art blog, haha!

@windforkthewriter @nalesnik-z-morela @blackforrestpunk @vladimirsangel @whyisthereacentaur @hazbinash @t4z-0n-p4wz @greenfinchwriter

ATTENTION

If you see this you are OBLIGATED to reblog w/ the song currently stuck in your head :)

Erik live reaction:

Thank you so much for doing this - and so fast! I tip my hat to you!

And I am simply delighted that you hear Lerik in this song too, it's his song, poor, unhappy "I just want to be like everybody else" Erik.

Will Wood + PoTO is one of my favourite things. I have a comic and the bare bones of an animatic.

Love me normally – Will Wood

@purrlockswatson request

This song is so Lerik coded omg