Leyendecker style portraits of Raphael, Mr. Wincott and Haarlep ❤️ I drew these to celebrate his well-deserved BAFTA win!

The frame is from an Arrow Collar ad.

(apologies if anyone asked you this before) do you have any tips on how to write raphael? i'm always in awe on how you manage to portray him down to a t and i....what's your secret? are there any rituals you follow when you write the lil brat? do you have tips for someone who wants to write him? anyways i think you're neato, your fanfics are amazing and i hope you have the bestest of days

Hallo!

I'm happy to offer the tips I use for the little brat, sure! Raphael...sucked to write at first. He has such a distinct cadence to his speech, much like Astarion. I have saved games positioned before each of his dialogues. If I'm really stumped, I can go and listen to him speak. Sometimes, that will help clear up the block.

More often I just like...try and picture the character in my head. Summon your Mindphael. Try and picture Raphael saying the dialogue you've written. If you can hear Mr. Wincott's lovely self speaking, chances are you're going to be alright. If you can't...maybe try swap some things around.

Raphael gesture a lot, too. He's a very expressive conversationalist, but far more controlled about it than say....Asta. Asta wiggles. Asta uses his whole body. Raphael uses his hands and arms to focus you on specific points in his argument. His body language is more open when he's trying to persuade you/is pleased with you, and more guarded and close-stanced when he's attempting to look imperious, or he's frustrated.

Load up his scenes and watch his facial expressions a few times to try and get a handle on them. I think...there's a compilation of all his dialogue floating around on Youtube. Apologies, I no longer have the link. It was extremely helpful.

Hopefully some of this helps, anon! Thank you so much for the kind words! Please have an exceptional New Years Eve/Day.