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This character is an adaptation of CoyotePuck´s work. I used to draw it my pixel art style. His techniques and power are similar to Dacula of Castlevania, abilities like Hell Fire, or teleport.
This pixel art is based in this [link] and Belongs to Tod Puck Wills Dracula - Undead Transylvanian warlord - a wolf. Vlad the Impaler lived and fought in the 15th century. His exploits became legendary, and as legends, became ambiguous and shadowed with time. From German accounts, he was a bloodthirsty monster. From Russian accounts, his actions were the product of necessity. Regardless, he did not receive the name Tepes, the Impaler, for nothing. He killed thousands of people by forcing wooden stakes through their bodies. His Turkish enemies were not the only recipients of this punishment. Thieves, adulterous women anyone who met his ire were staked, or otherwise tortured and killed. He was the son of Vlad Dracul, a Wallachian prince, who, himself, earned his name through his membership in the Order of the Dragon and his battles against the Turks. The name can be translated as both 'Devil' and 'Dragon', most likely referencing his membership in said order. His son, then, took the name Dracula, meaning 'son of the dragon'. The character Dracula's connection to Vlad the Impaler is less than many people think. Stoker basically pulled the name out of a book because he liked the sound of it. The debate's still out on how much more he knew about the fellow. Once the connection was made, however, the two became linked in people's imaginations. A 15th century warlord and national hero of Romania became, to us, an undead Transylvanian count. |
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May 12, 2008
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I absolutely adore this character of Tod's and you did an amazing job here. He looks eeeebil! Which is guuud!
Dang, you're doing all my most admired artist's characters... it's like... character heaven! ha ha. XD
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Leona Preston
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I think in Simmon Belmont with a similar face to Todd Wills's Jonathan Harker.
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Leona Preston
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Greetings.
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