The New Vampire’s Handbook
I spent February packing for my move and doing these illustrations for a book called “The New Vampire’s Handbook: A Guide for the Recently Turned Creature of the Night” by Joe Garden, Janet Ginsburg, Chris Pauls, Anita Serwacki, and Scott Sherman. You may already know Joe Garden’s other work (done with the same or pretty much the same team, and another brilliant illustrator, Emily Flake), The Devious Book for Cats, and The Dangerous Book for Dogs, and The Dastardly Book for Dogs.
Here are a few of my favorite illustrations, based on how much fun I had drawing them, or how much better they looked when they were done than I expected!
Below is the classic vampire stance: arms thrown up in the air, fangs bared, pure intimidation meant to freeze you in your tracks. Used mostly to buy time when pursued by vampire slayers.
Below is a sequence, in which the small, dainty vampire bides her time, taking advantage of a lunar eclipse in order to get herself a little werewolf blood. The werewolf is wondering, “Me no feel so good! Did me eat something bad?”
(I liked basing my characters on people I know. The idea was that anybody could be a vampire, not just surprisingly goodlooking teenagers, or scary, Bela Lugosi types.)
Below is a very happy, bloodthirsty vampire who really believed in vampirism as a lifestyle.
And here is why you should be super careful in the subway, ladies!
To see more, here’s a public link to a folder on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=80636&id=726599530&l=8d819c5c58