NY by Night's first season is legit my favorite. Of course I love season 2, but season 1's last episode is just a rollercoaster of amazing moments. From Fuego side-eyeing Rey when Isaac asked them to be polite in his sire's presence to their whole talk with Vaclav to their discussion about Reyes's shady deal with the Camarilla. Like, it's everything. Man, I miss that coterie SO MUCH.
My problematic faves sippin'!! Both commissions from @lunarlorekeeper! I love these two so always exciting to be asked to draw them! I hope I've done the actresses justice.
people seem to hard disagree with me on whether or not isaac's smile is cute. not only do i think its unnerving, i think that its a crucial aspect of isaac. in the first club auspex (which, btw, i was combing through for pictures of alex smiling and both him and aabria are v cute there), alex said that he likes vampires because they "look human but are the farthest thing from it". compare alex's regular, non-vampiric, smile to isaac's
isaac is a predator wearing the skin of his prey. full stop. in his solo scene, he smiles a lot less when its just michael and angela, because they know its 80% a performance. as a tzimisce, he has to work overtime to make other kindred comfortable around him. he looks like he googled "normal smiles for non-threatening people" and practiced them in the mirror
outside of labn and nybn, alex is a creature actor in the horror genre. there is no fucking way that the massive difference between his regular smile and isaac's isnt on purpose
Quick sketch commissions done for the stunning and lovely @lunarlorekeeper! Khalida and Coco from New York by Night! I appreciate the support and I love these two from the series so I was so happy you had me do this.
fuego is a very interesting type of ventrue to me, because what does she have? ventrue are rulers basically by definition. what does fuego rule over? what are her connections, her companies, people who owe her boons? she has cash, but ventrue pop out of the ground with 7-figure net worths, so thats meaningless in kindred society. shes.... the ex-girlfriend of a city council member? part of a family involved in local politics? she shares domain (so long as she pays rent to baron richter) over the port morris neighborhood in the bronx? and... thats it
or, moreover, its all shes willing to claim. she actually has a very valuable connection as rafferty's childe. she could stop everyone from kicking her around. she could have all the influence and wealth that her "sister" khalida enjoys. shes standing over a gold vein holding a pickaxe. but she doesnt swing it. because what she really has, her most valuable possession of all, is her dignity and the values that define her, and shes not willing to throw it away for anything. so she bites her tongue and takes her lumps because she knows that they can strip her of the clothes off her back but they cant take what makes her fuego fucking walker
well done, @quiddie youve created a ventrue i can respect