DS3 - Tunnels of blood

Shortly after an old friend's visit, Mr Crepsley leaves the Cirque Du Freak and heads for a city, taking Darren and Evra with him. The boys enjoy their stay in the city. Evra soaks up a lot of TV shows, while Darren catches the eye of pretty young Debbie Hemlock! But Mr Crepsley's behaving strangely, patrolling the streets every night, saying nothing of his purpose to Darren or Evra. -D.Shan

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So this is young Darren Shan in his cute lil pirate outfit. He and a few friends, vampire Mr. Creplsey and snake-boy Evra Von , fled from the circus they worked for called Cirque de freak. Here they're in a new town and Darren has fallen for a human girl, Debbie Hemlock. He is helping her find new gloves to buy for christmas, while Mr. Crepsley boinks Evra for sneaking in the background. There's also a mysterious character here.. Shansters (fans) will recognize who.

Darren Shan, Evra Von, Mr. Larten Creplsey and Murlough (c) Darren Shan
Concept/ colors/ font: yours truly
Medium: Cel-shade, airbrush mix
Pictures taken from: Googles images
Other books:
DS1- [link]
DS2- [link]
DS3- you are here
DS4- [link]
DS5- [link]
DS6- [link]
DS7- [link]
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Last christmas 2005 i posted a sketch of this to greet everyone for the holidays (if u wanna read the description go here: [link] ). But wait no more my freinds,the colored one is here! And this, like ~Celestina3107 , also celebrates my first drawing post for 2006!

I'd like to say i'm quite proud of this picture. Such a christmassy theme and yea i know - overcluttered, or the way i see it. i tried fixing it many times as possible, but end up liking it the way it is all over again. *shrug* so in any way, hope u still likes (esp those darren fans out there)!

EDIT: took ~Substance20 's advice on the desaturation/blur on the background thing.