Just listened to the first episode of The Adventure Zone Versus Dracula. As much as I enjoyed the reprise of the original theme song for this season, I disliked the rest of the sound design for the episode. I like classical music but it's kinda exhausting to listen to the entire time while also dialogue and combat is happening. I hope they either lower the volume or show more restraint with it in the future.
Extremely rough first stab at the Taz Vs. Dracula lineup bc I love them all so so much already and don’t have the time to finish a lineup of characters for fun rn 🥲
Close up sketches, design notes and surprise drac under the break:
Travis’ characters are always the hardest for me to design idk why, but I made him very western inspired with some vampire hunting flair. Lady Agatha Thistle’s breed was one I hadn’t heard of before but I love a good blood hound. I always end up making Travis’s chapters warm toned, they’re all very red/orange coded to me. (Beef would be the exception I think he’s very pink and blue in my mind)
Clint always makes the sweetest roundest characters I love designing his. I wish we had a cannon spelling because there’s so many directions you can go with “Filo” also his characters are usually green or green adjacent to me. I cant wait to see him bust out more booger potions
Justin never misses with a character and I cling onto every single one he makes so quickly and violently it’s getting embarrassing. I like the idea that she would still dress extremely fancy and posh even tho her new body should be in some battle ready armor. Also I made her blue since she is a Frankenstein’s monster and most likely wouldn’t have the blood flow to have a human color. Plus I love the monster high color palettes so I’m referencing a little bit. Justin has very cool coded characters to me, lots of blue and purple and forest greens.
Probably not sticking with this Dracula design but I want him to love a bit more silly and slick, I think having him be lanky and shorter will pair him very well against our rough and rowdy boys
I’m really enjoying the new series of The Adventure Zone it’s 100% my shit as I love dracula and the mcelroys! I particularly love Lady Godwin because let’s be honest i love a barbarian. Justin’s lady Godwin voice is also just so funny to me! It’s honestly such a fun show and the mad character concepts really pushed my character designs to be more silly and expressive!
Made some slight edits to brother phileaux from my wip because I thought it’d be cute if he was wearing his cowl in his puppet form.
been really enjoying the new season and wanted to take a crack at some vs Dracula design concepts,,,I love them so bad. might change them up a bit as time goes on but for now take them and this bonus doodle
Posted this on my insta a while back with additional concept sketches, but it's crazy that this isn't the first time I thought of Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio when listening to The Adventure Zone. First it was Steeplechase, now this. But anyway, here's my interpretation of Phileaux's new form with that film serving as inspiration.
I made sure to really differentiate this design from the movie's design/Gris Grimly's concept because those are already perfect. I researched 19th century puppets for that rough hand crafted look and played around with the idea of Phileaux having articulated joints. I also like the idea that he took the cowl and rope from his old body to wear as a substitute robe.
If you previously liked the adventure zone and you stopped listening and did NOT start again when I told you steeplechase was really good, once again, you SHOULD listen to versus Dracula
I was listening to podcasts while at work the other day and I followed up an old mbmbam with a new TAZ and they were recorded eleven years apart but had basically the same bit and it was so surreal for me at 6am that I had to go back later and play them back to back
theres something so great about having something to look forward to. Like “oh this week may feel long but at least this comes out on thursday” :) that feeling is so nice when you are overwhelmed with work or school or other things. even when things are hectic and you feel like drowning i know im going to hear about the trio thats gonna kick Dracula’s ass and take his teeth and make them into earrings