Dorian gray?
Both the portrait and the frame look killer though. I always love the potential for new enemies to slay.
Indeed a reference to Dorian Gray. however in this version the painting was created by someone else, and not by his friend.
Been working on the Alucard sprite still, I'm nearing completion for drawing the animations but I'm trying to improve my shading techniques.
Any care to share feedback or critique?
Firstly, I'd say that I don't know if you're trying to mimick SotN's style, but if you do, your Alucard is a bit too short. If you're not, then ignore this.
Secondly, the colors you choose for certain parts of the sprite. The sprite looks good on general, but some colors when grouped together look "blurry" or make no difference. For instance: the right leg has colors that give a subtle diference, but I can't really make out the illumination or shadows because the colors have too little contrast between themselves. The left leg is better on this aspect.
Same goes for the cape's lining. From brightest to darkest you have red, darker red, purplish red and dark purple. You only need red and purplish red, otherwise you're working with too many colors that make too little of a diference. UNLESS this is exactly what you're aiming for, I'd say you'd fare better with less colors.