I received an e-mail from a Castlevania fan recently who wondered what in the world happened to me, as I kind of disappeared from the fanbase. I've actually been up to some really interesting things lately. I formed a band that I've been working really hard at, and we're getting ready to release a digital album with 5 of the songs being downloadable for free, and the other 5 or 6 being downloadable for $8.99. It will be sold from our website, which I'm developing, and will be a fancy, fun place full of really interesting content. We'll be launching a big media campaign soon, which I'm really excited about, because we're blessed to actually have really good funding behind everything. Even so, it has tastefully tongue in cheek elements, but it's not ghetto cheap. I've really had a blast doing this, and I think it's been one of the defining moments of my life so far, so I'm actually quite anxious to get everything done and released.
These are some of the promotional images I've been involved with. These were really fun. I always really appreciated awesome character designs (Juste Belmont is still my favorite), so it's exhilarating to me that I actually get to make character designs myself and actually
be the character so to speak:
I'm the fellow in the middle. The guy on the right is actually someone I met via the Castlevania fanbase. Being a massive J-Rock enthusiast, he kind of brought this somewhat Visual Kei-ish element to the band, annnnnd... dressing up like nuts just kind of naturally seemed like the thing to do after a certain point : T
Most here will probably realize that my stage name is totally ripped from Castlevania : p
Some of the outfits are also somewhat 'Vania inspired, like this following one. I'd sometimes think to myself about how
I would design a Castlevania character, and then I'd... just do it, but in real life : T
This is another one of those examples. It's a bit of a pet peeve when someone refers to that fur garment of mine as a coat. It's actually much cooler than that, it's a cape >: [
I like this one, too.
This one is not of me, but of the bassist/vocalist. I think this one is incredibly awesome and also pretty Castlevania-like, so I figured I'd post it anyway. I think we'll shoot it again, because the quality isn't the greatest, but it's a powerful image to me regardless:
So yeah, I didn't die or anything. Just kinda' doing other stuff, but as can be seen, Castlevania is still having a pretty big effect on me, and may always do that : p
Even though I'm not really working on my Castlevania website much at the moment, I'm still pushing myself creatively, even more so than before, and much of the stuff I learned while working on that site is proving incredibly invaluable for my current endeavor. I will probably start being a bit more active around the fanbase, though. I do revisit some of my old favorites still o___ob