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Caleb and Samuel

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Whoa boy, does this one have a story behind it!

Again, this is artwork by the very talented: :iconmairuku:

The characters are of course, mine.

For those of you who read my stuff, you'll know that these two characters, (Caleb and Samuel) go way back. They're best friends, hell, I'll go as far as to say that they consider themselves brothers.

One is Spanish (Samuel) and the other is Romanian. Two very different backgrounds. One (Caleb) was a common man, and the other was technically born into nobility.

I don't think Caleb would have gotten to the place he was when he met Adara, had it not been for Samuel. Samuel was technically his advisor, as Caleb's nation grew.

~mairuku did a great job in really capturing the power between the two men, and the elegance they present themselves with.

I mean, if you were to meet these two on the street, the last thing you'd think about was that these two men were warriors back in their human days, and that they could tear you apart without much of an effort.

I often find that in vampire fiction, vampiric men are frequently portrayed rather flat with lack luster personalities. I've never really read about vampires who've conquered being turned against their will, and turn into masters of their situations. Most usually were moody, "I hate my existance" glorified emos.

I don't understand why writers who have evidence of the human spirit all around them, fail to acknowledge the drive to survive and conquer circumstances, in their vampires. I would imagine, said writers would understand that our instinct to excel would follow any human into vampirehood.

I commissioned this as a set of three, another two will eventually come, but, considering the beauty of this, I am in no rush to press ~mairuku to hurry.

Mairuku - You've been a great inspiration, girl! Your drive to get better at what you do, feeds mine! I think the next two will be as awesome as this one, if not more so. (If that's even possible. :D )



As far as what the men are wearing, I really tried very hard to pick stuff that would suit their personalities. I think I can honestly say, I did a good job finding the right clothes for each man.

What do you all think? :D

Thanks to all of you who've patiently waited for this!

Thanks again Mairuku, for taking this on, while trying to juggle one hundred other things. :D You'd make my mother proud! :D
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OchibiSama's avatar
Aaah, I imagined that they looked a bit different, but they still look pretty smexy. =D

I think that Samuel emanates a more obvious power, but that Caleb has that underlying feel of "Don't you dare piss me off." It's a pretty cool digital portrait.

And I've read your work on fictionpress, it's pretty cool. Is it a rough draft though? My fingers are itching to go through it and correct all the spelling and grammar errors... o_O

Lovely lovely portrait though, I want to stare all evening at it... Can't though, I have a life... Darn it.

Good luck!