The Sacred Ancestor

"It can't be..." a hoarse voice muttered, but whether that reached the ears of the pair was open to debate. "Could it be...him...here?"

[...]

The almost imperceptible wind rustled his wild jungle of hair and tore mercilessly at the sleeves of the black coat that nestled May, exposing the garment's red lining.

--Vampire Hunter D: Pale Fallen Angel, Pt. 1 & 2, p. 235-236


The Sacred Ancestor does not actually show up in this novel, but we get the most complete description of him so far, as best as a certain computer can remember and reproduce. So, since I've been waiting to see what he actually looks like for forever!, I decided to give him a portrait. The description leaves out a lot, so I added what I thought should be, based on his true identity, my own preferences, and the fact that his genes can make someone like D.

Close up: wist-aria.deviantart.com/art/W…


Medium: Photoshop CS5
Completed: Jan. 30, 2011
Tumblr permalink: dorothytrose.tumblr.com/post/5…

_{I'm calling this one "not fanart" because, even though it was inspired by Pale Fallen Angel, the truth is, it's 50% my own design. The other 50% comes from classical images of Stoker's star character, which, incidentally, is the same source of inspiration from which Kikuchi created his version of what could be considered the exact same character.}