the Operastalker

Darkstalkerik is still incredibly fun to draw. 

Brush pen on paper

Operastalker pt3

(pt1 pt2)

Some masquerade costumes and some setting practice.

Clockwise from top left: Whiteout, the Phantom, Listener, Clearsight, Foeslayer, Arctic

Clearsight/Christine in the opera house auditorium

A handful of setting studies: the underground lake (ft. Fathom and Darkstalker), the opera house's Grand Staircase (ft. Whiteout), and the rooftop (ft. Listener and Clearsight).

Operastalker pt2

(Part 1)

Alright, so now that I've thought about this for two months straight and read the original novel of Phantom of the Opera, there has been some shuffling of roles.

Specifically, I was wrong about Raoul being Fathom. That role is much better filled by Clearsight's school friend Listener. (Still not romantic, though.) *

FATHOM, displaced from the role of Vicomte and probably not ever right for it in the first place, now shares with Indigo the role of the Persian, book Erik's old friend who gets cut from nearly every adaptation of PotO despite being the coolest character in the book.

Meanwhile, we also have here the character who was easiest to cast--Carlotta and Allknowing are just straight up the same character: the skilled, respected professional who resents being replaced by the antivillain's young, talented crush.

Also featured are Silverclaws (based on La Sorelli from PotO-the-book, who has no equivalent in either the musical or WoF) and Daddy Daaé (who just doesn't get a name, I guess, because neither Tui Sutherland nor Gaston Leroux thought he needed one).

*Brown-tabby-stripes Listener comes from user Oleandy on DeviantArt, who I'm not going to link to because Mom doesn't want my little siblings (who follow this blog) running around on DeviantArt.

Foeslayer

Prince Albatross

An Albatross design--for the Operastalker universe, technically, but it works as a general-purpose one too.

Wings of Fire/The Phantom of the Opera?

Specifically, a crossover AU where the characters from Phantom are fused with the characters from Legends: Darkstalker, because my brain operates on a constant wavelength of "crossover fanfiction" and also there are some very nice character parallels.

Or: Darkstalker AU where Darkstalker hatched with a deformed face and all the magic is replaced with music and also everyone is French for some reason.

Please do click on the image to view it larger. I can't make it display any bigger without it bleeding out into the sidebar.

Before you ask, no, Fathom and Clearsight are not in love in this universe, and yes, this does give the Phantom a sister, and no, I don't know where Indigo is.

(Me: Ooh, I could make a comic out of this!
The sane half of me: You want to draw a comic set in the Paris Opera House? Have you seen that building?
Me: ...Okay, nevermind.)

The girls from Legends: Darkstalker. Clockwise from top: Whiteout, Clearsight, Listener

Prince Fathom

This headshot was from a larger sketchpage that I may or may not post, but I ended up really liking this Fathom design, so here it is on its own.