The backyard vampire

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Rapha (they/them) 🌈 · 29 Your friendly neighbourhood vampire 🧛 I draw fictional people kissing & being dramatic OCs · Games · TTRPGs ☕ Support & Comission: https://ko-fi.com/backyardvampire 🔗 Gallery & Socials: https://backyardvampire.carrd.co/

A woman with red, shoulder long hair squatting, looking at the viewer with a soft smile. She is wearing a grey coat over dark pants and boots and is leaning her face onto her right hand. She has big brown eyes, bushy eybrows, freckles, and is wearing a black chocker.
An undead woman from World of Warcraft with greenish skin, a little bit of soft greenish hair on top of her head which is otherwise shaved. She looks skeptical, turning her haid over her shoulder. She has yelloe eyes, thin eyebrows and a piercing in her ear and below her lip. She is wearing a black turtleneck top.
A portrait of a black woman with golden eyes looking at the viewer with an intense, stern expression. A pair of wings is visible in the background. She is wearing her hair in an afro, with laid edges. She has a golden unicorn, earrings and is wearing a golden chiffon dress. Golden light touches her facial features softly.
"Theo", edunbenart's OC of his tiefling troubadour. The whole scene is tinted with a light blue shimmering light. He has pink skin and teal hair and big black pointy horns. He is holding up a set of paint brushes, looking at the viewer cheekishly. He is wearing a dark vest with golden accesories over a white shirt. Below it says "The Painter".
An artfight card of the user backyardvampire in Team Mystery, featuring an artist icon (A rough portrait of a nonbinary person with pale grayish skin, fluffy curly hair wearing blue and yellow refelcting sunglasses. They have a godlen septum piercing, a tunnel and a helix piercing and have a slight grin that reveals tiny vampire teeth. Their eyebrows are raised looking rather sceptical. Everything is in front of a warm yellow and dark petrol background.) and five characters; - A portrait of a female presenting person looking up to the viewer. She has lucious curly hair, chin-long in a dark chocolate brown. Here eybrows are thick and her eyes are a warm brown, looking alert. She has a golden nostril piercing and a green choker. She is wearing clothes in blue, torqouise and golden tones. Her features are round and soft. - A androgynous presenting person with wavy brown hair with an auburn undertone looking at the viewer. They have pale skin and freckles, their eyes are pale blue with golden dots. They are wearing earrings, the string of a necklace is visble and they are wearing a violet robe. In their hair a white streak is visble. - A female presenting character looking at the viewer unimpressend. She has read spacebuns, golden sunglasses in hair hair and is wearing armor. She has golden ear piercings and a nostrils. One of her thick eyebrows is raised. She has soft freckles. - A young man tanned, a little ill looking skin and a 60s comb up with a white strand looking up at the viewer. He has serveral piercings, snakebites and piercings greeng eyes and a pointy nose. - A blue skinned Chiss from Star Wars with red eyes, a cigarette and violet tinted glasses looking at the viewer unimpressed. They are wearing a letaher jacket and have a black-blue undercut.
A rough portrait of a nonbinary person with pale grayish skin, fluffy curly hair wearing blue and yellow refelcting sunglasses. They have a godlen septum piercing, a tunnel and a helix piercing and have a slight grin that reveals tiny vampire teeth. Their eyebrows are raised looking rather sceptical. Everything is in front of a warm yellow and dark petrol background.
A portrait of a female presenting person looking up to the viewer. She has lucious curly hair, chin-long in a dark chocolate brown. Here eybrows are thick and her eyes are a warm brown, looking alert. She has a golden nostril piercing and a green choker. She is wearing clothes in blue, torqouise and golden tones. Her features are round and soft.
A portrait of a female presenting person looking up to the viewer. She has lucious curly hair, chin-long in a dark chocolate brown. Here eybrows are thick and her eyes are a warm brown, looking up soflty. She has a golden nostril piercing and a green choker. She is wearing clothes in blue, torqouise and golden tones. Her features are round and soft.
A portrait of a female presenting person looking up to the viewer. She has lucious curly hair, chin-long in a dark chocolate brown. Here eybrows are thick and her eyes are a warm brown, looking alert. She has a golden nostril piercing and a green choker. She is wearing clothes in blue, torqouise and golden tones. Her features are round and soft.
The Sea Emperor, a creature from subnautica that hase a huge head piece that reminds of a pharaos Nemes, glowing antennaes with blue and golden stripes, a massive bodies with two claw-like flippers as a water turtle has. It has several tentacles ending in blue glowing tips. Parts of the bodies seem shell reinforced, while others have turtle like spots. The tentacles also have little blue glowing dots undersneath. It is looking at the silhouette of a diver with a curious expression. It has 4 eyes, sharp teeth and insect-like mouth parts.
A watercolor aquarell of a tarot card "THE FOOL", starring Malina, one of my OCs, skating on skids made of ice. Her clothes are flowy and in blue, torqouise and yellow tones. She has a green cloth flowing over her shoulders. Her eyes are closed and in the upper rigth corner the sun is illuminating her. In her right hand she is holding a magic rod, her left hand reaching up to the center of the rod where there is what looks like a magical stone, rune or the number "0" as in the original Tarot card.
A trans man with firy red hair put up in a man bun, tied with a green ribbon. He is wearing armor and a gambeson and has put a sword over this shoulder. Above his head there are some flowers in blue, white and green, the trans pride flag.
A aquarell watercolor painiting of a female presenting person in her late teens with thick dark curly hair and eyebrows looking at the viewer iwth big dark brown eyes. She has a nostril piercing and is wearing necklace. Around her shoulder wraps a mantle in pink, yellow and blue.
A lego built of a shrimp in an office chair working on a laptop.
Nonbinary Flag, yellow, white, violet and black
A digital drawing of a young man with a half-shaved head, strands of his ashen dark blonde hair into his face. He looks up to the viewer somewhat sheepish with green eyes that are darker on the outside and lighter on the inside, his hand buried in his hair. He is wearing rags and improvised clothing. He is in front of a dreary grayish background. This character is an OC called Buttons by galoogamelady originally from, Fallout 3.
A muscular women with freckles, wavy hair and gym clothes flexing her muscles and taking a gym selfie.
A person with a violet robe laying their hands down on a pink spell book saying "...which allows you to perceive the world around you as a metaphysical refelction of your own magic. any questions?" An overview of a silent class room. Someone raises their hand. "Ermagister I have a question." - "Go ahead."
Two female presenting people embracing each other tighly and kissing, to the left Malina dark curlry hair and almond skin, wearing wide clothes in blue, torqouise and gold colors, golden bracelets, a small gold ring with a blue stone and a black-silver ring with a violet stone. To the right Norah, pale skin and freckes, a simple earring, long blond hair tied up to a ponytail, wearring a violet to magenta robe with white runes on them. Behind them there is a blue violet-background with sparkling round dots, looking a bit like an arch or a portal made of stars.
Screenshot of a Spotify Player playing Whitling-in-Rags, 8 AM from Sea Power from the game Disco Elysium.
A young woman with chin long dark curly hair, thick dark eyebrows and almond skin. She is wearing a wide crop shirt in light blue with a golden edge and a high waist flowly dark pants. She is casting a spell, magic connecting her thumb and fingertips. She is looking up at magical runes, magical lights reflecing in her eyes. She is wearing a choker and a golden nostril.
3 square sketches side by side: A young woman with chin long dark curly hair, thick dark eyebrows and almond skin. She is wearing a wide crop shirt in light blue with a golden edge and a high waist flowly dark pants. She is casting a spell, magic connecting her thumb and fingertips. She is looking up at magical runes, magical lights reflecing in her eyes. She is wearing a choker and a golden nostril. A young woman holding a candle that lights her face and clothes in a cool blue tint. She has a messy black bob cut with blonde roots, thin eyebrows, dark eyes and long lashes, full lips with dark lisptick and is wearing violet earrings. She has a violet cloak wrapped around her shoulders with a high collar. A young blonde man looking a little shy, scratching his head and wearing a blue inform over a red shirt. He is hugging Griphon to his left.
A young man smoking with this head hanging back from the end of the bed, looking at his hand while around him eveything is trippy and rainbowed colored.
A young blonde man looking a little shy, scratching his head and wearing a blue inform over a red shirt. He is hugging Griphon to his left.
A young woman with chin long dark curly hair, thick dark eyebrows and almond skin. She is wearing a wide crop shirt in light blue with a golden edge and a high waist flowly dark pants. She is casting a spell, magic connecting her thumb and fingertips. She is looking up at magical runes, magical lights reflecing in her eyes. She is wearing a choker and a golden nostril.
Two female presenting people embracing each other tighly and kissing, to the left Malina dark curlry hair and almond skin, wearing wide clothes in blue, torqouise and gold colors, golden bracelets, a small gold ring with a blue stone and a black-silver ring with a violet stone. To the right Norah, pale skin and freckes, a simple earring, long blond hair tied up to a ponytail, wearring a violet to magenta robe with white runes on them. Behind them there is a blue violet-background with sparkling round dots, looking a bit like an arch or a portal made of stars.
A young blonde man looking a little shy, scratching his head and wearing a blue inform over a red shirt. He is hugging Griphon to his left.
A young woman holding a candle that lights her face and clothes in a cool blue tint. She has a messy black bob cut with blonde roots, thin eyebrows, dark eyes and long lashes, full lips with dark lisptick and is wearing violet earrings. She has a violet cloak wrapped around her shoulders with a high collar.
A very big cup of milk coffe with a flower latte art on top next to a normal sized cup of cappuccino with a latte art heart which appears very small.
Digital Artwork of a young woman from head to upper body, seemingly holding the viewer at their shoulder. Their hair is red and in spacebuns, their eyes ar big and dark and they are wearing a Stormwind Guard attire from World of Warcraft, featuring Golden and blue tones as well as Lions. The Background is soft and the light is pinkish as in dusk, casting strong shadows below her eyebrows and neck. She has soft freckles, bushy eybrows, eyerings, a septum and is holding a sword in a gloved hand. Below a tabard she is wearing chainmail and has broad shoulder armor.
It is the tall woman holding small woman up against the wall meme, a troll paladin from world of warcraft in golden armor is holding up a blood elf against the Vault from WoW Dragonflight, askin "You took my loot, eh?". These is a pile of gold to tehg right.
Two women kissing, on the left a blood elf with blond hair, golden eyes and dark skin. She has flushed cheeks and ears, her hair seems to go up into a high pony tail. On the right a Zandalari Troll with small tusks, her broad fingers on the elfs shoulder, white fluffy hair and a sidecut. There is a small heart in between them.
A square sketch of a framed picture with a dark wooden frame, a golden inlay and flufflly clouds on a light background at daylight as as the actual picture. Study based on "the curse" by Magritte.
James Sunderland, a character from the Game Silent Hill 2, Blonde Man with dark eyebrows wearing a green jacket with a flashlight in his chest pocket over a blue shirt and jeans. He is looking at his hands in disblief, while Pyramidhead, a person with a muscular body, surgeon gloves and a bit metal pyramid on his head is standing behind him, slowly wrapping their hands around James neck and shoulders. At the top there is distorted text "forgive me".
On pale pink background from left to right: White-iridescent Knee high boots with thick heels and pleateaus on a pale-violet rectangle. A deep violet trench coat with a pointy stiff collar sticking up on a grey-blue rectangle. A pink neckerchief with a little bow-knot above. A flowly white silk dress with lots of creases on a pale pink rectangle. Two sets of bralettes, one pale pink with a little bow and one red. A necklaces with three strands of pearls and a pencil shaped skirt in a pale violet all on a greenish-gray rectangle. A pink body with creases in the cleave, on top a jeans with slits, a brown belt and a silver buckle, on top of a pale lilac rectangle. A grey shirt, a pink undie and a bloody dressing that would be worn around the neck on top of a grey-violet rectangle. Perals and high heels on topf of a pink rectangle.
Two female presenting people embracing each other tighly and kissing, to the left Malina dark curlry hair and almond skin, wearing wide clothes in blue, torqouise and gold colors, golden bracelets, a small gold ring with a blue stone and a black-silver ring with a violet stone. To the right Norah, pale skin and freckes, a simple earring, long blond hair tied up to a ponytail, wearring a violet to magenta robe with white runes on them. Behind them there is a blue violet-background with sparkling round dots, looking a bit like an arch or a portal made of stars.
A quadratic doodle page of the Slay the Spire Charcacter "The necrobinder" a burning skull, a burning hand, a scythe and to the right a burning skull kasting and scratching hair head while reading a book. Text says "The Necrobinder", "YOU KILLED MY LIFE" and backyardvampire <3
Two female presenting people embracing each other tighly and kissing, to the left Malina dark curlry hair and almond skin, wearing wide clothes in blue, torqouise and gold colors, golden bracelets, a small gold ring with a blue stone and a black-silver ring with a violet stone. To the right Norah, pale skin and freckes, a simple earring, long blond hair tied up to a ponytail, wearring a violet to magenta robe with white runes on them. Behind them there is a blue violet-background with sparkling round dots, looking a bit like an arch or a portal made of stars.
Two female presenting people embracing each other tighly and kissing, to the left Malina dark curlry hair and almond skin, wearing wide clothes in blue, torqouise and gold colors, golden bracelets, a small gold ring with a blue stone and a black-silver ring with a violet stone. To the right Norah, pale skin and freckes, a simple earring, long blond hair tied up to a ponytail, wearring a violet to magenta robe with white runes on them. Behind them there is a blue violet-background with sparkling round dots, looking a bit like an arch or a portal made of stars.
Two female presenting people embracing each other tighly and kissing, to the left Malina dark curlry hair and almond skin, wearing wide clothes in blue, torqouise and gold colors, golden bracelets, a small gold ring with a blue stone and a black-silver ring with a violet stone. To the right Norah, pale skin and freckes, a simple earring, long blond hair tied up to a ponytail, wearring a violet to magenta robe with white runes on them. Behind them there is a blue violet-background with sparkling round dots, looking a bit like an arch or a portal made of stars. For a moment, Malina and Norah stood frozen, staring into the void as it crept closer, fraying the edges of the fragile dimension around them. Malina's breath caught. Malina’s breath caught. »Norah, it’s not what you think. We’re not… he’s not…«»He is. They are.« Norah shook her head, almost pleading now. »Completely and utterly in love with you. And somehow that feeling reached me. It found its way into this timeline. When I look at you, it’s all I feel.«»So please… whatever the old man I will become told you, whatever they went through to close themselves off, to be afraid of their own feelings, forgive him. Don’t let him… don’t let me… get away.« Malina swallowed, her breath unsteady. Then, slowly, a smirk touched her lips.»Of course I won’t.« She stepped forward, closing the gap between them. »I love you. Here. Now. Even if we only had a day. I will love you in every time, with every name, matter the body. That won’t change.« The last space between them disappeared. Malina wrapped her arms around Norah’s neck, fingers tangling in her hair, pulling her as close as she could. »I love you.«She whispered it against Norah’s lips once more before finally kissing her. For a moment time was still. Everything felt just... right. Too soon, they parted, foreheads nearly touching. With eyes bright with both affection and pain, Norah met her gaze. »I will wait for you. I will not remember. But I will know.«
Two female presenting people embracing each other tighly and kissing, to the left Malina dark curlry hair and almond skin, wearing wide clothes in blue, torqouise and gold colors, golden bracelets, a small gold ring with a blue stone and a black-silver ring with a violet stone. To the right Norah, pale skin and freckes, a simple earring, long blond hair tied up to a ponytail, wearring a violet to magenta robe with white runes on them. Behind them there is a blue violet-background with sparkling round dots, looking a bit like an arch or a portal made of stars.
Characters are Umbric and Rommath from World of Warcraft. A blue skinned void elf with void tentacles in his dar blue hair wearing a white robe is deeply entangled in a kiss with a blood elf wearing red and gold armor and a high pony tail in his dar brown hair. Text says "After akk ut was you I Wanted to dance with at the midusmmer Ball. It has always been you."
A very rough blocked sketch of a blonde elf leaning downto kiss a red haired woman in front of a fire. Only their upper bodies are in frame. The fire puts their faces in deep shadows.
An art progression timeline for my tiefling OC Valerie. From left to right the subtitles say 2026, 2023, 2021. All three show a tiefling with violet skin and pink hair winking. The drawing mos right is a simple comic style drawing with clear lineart and relatively flat colors. The one in the middle is more sketch esque and has a little more shading and lights. The one of the left is more in a semi-realistic style and has no clear line-art anymore, but focusses more on shadows, lights and placicity of the character. The colors are a little paler and the jewelry is silver instead of gold.
A female tiefling in hear twenties with violet skin and fuchsia bubblegum colored pink hair. She has black horns with silver caps and juwelyy attached, wears a septum piercing and ear piercings. Her eyebrows are dark and she winks. Her open eyes is blue and glows. She is stretching a pointed toungue out and has pointy teeth. She has a mole above her lip on the right side, two diamond shaped spots below her eyees and freckles over her face. She iswearing a high ponytail and her hair falls onto her shoulder. NOW WITH HIGHLIGHTS!
A female tiefling in hear twenties with violet skin and fuchsia bubblegum colored pink hair. She has black horns with silver caps and juwelyy attached, wears a septum piercing and ear piercings. Her eyebrows are dark and she winks. Her open eyes is blue and glows. She is stretching a pointed toungue out and has pointy teeth. She has a mole above her lip on the right side, two diamond shaped spots below her eyees and freckles over her face. She iswearing a high ponytail and her hair falls onto her shoulder.
Ad bad figure stick drawing of a person with curly hair looking unhappilly at an Ipad which is charging.
A timelaps of a painting process in procreate, going from a very rough sketch in brown to a intensely colored painting of A young man smoking with this head hanging back from the end of the bed, looking at his hand while around him eveything is trippy and rainbowed colored. During the process angles of the legs, hand and fingers are adjusted multiple times due to me having difficulties with the perspective.
A bingo card with the upper row being a bingo, crossed out are: scars, medical issues, substance abuse, mental illness, trauma, dependant, difficult childhood, chance for redemption, life gets better, refusal to see problem, blames self for event, losing self.
The wacom bamboo, a really old Graphic tablet.
A young indian man with long brown hair wearing a red shirt over a green t and jeans with butterfly wings, start antenna and glowing golden eyes and freckles lighting a cig in fron of a corner. The brackground is dusky cluds.
Full body sketch of Iverness, a unicorn goddess of death. She is floating in myst, wearing tattered chainmail. Her skin is blue and she has glowing eyes. Behind her horse like ears there are white feathers.
My OC Sylvester from Adamant, looking exhaustend and a little in disbelieve, putting a hand to their face with a lots of rings on their fingers, a grey strand in their curly hair and a glowing pendant. They have light freckled skin and are wearing a violet robe and are in front of a genderfluid flag.
A chiss OC from Star Wars "Max" with blue skin, red eyes, black hair, smoking a cig and mischeviously looking up to the viewer with a raised eyebrow in front of a nonbinary flag.
A female presenting person who looks around 30 years old with colorful glowing tattoos on her almond colored skin. She is smiling softly and reading a book, while the sun illuminates her hair and face. Her hair is fluffy and her sides are short, she has fluffy eybrows. She is wearing a choker and a pendant with an hourglass attached. She is wearing petrol nail polish and golden piercings.
Keanu Reeves saying "You're breathtaking!"
Timelaps of a digital painting of a night elf from World of Warcraft that goes from very simple sketch to a fleshed out gouache portrait.
Picture of my top head with curlers in getting a perm.