#slavic!strahd

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A bit late upload, but here is a piece I did for a @curseofsergei's Curse of Strahd zine @mementomoristrahdzine

The zine is free, so please check it out. There's a hella load of amazing artworks Google Drive Download | Itch.io Download

Patrina, smol Kasimir, and a small glance to the days when everything was almost perfect. And Strahd on the pegasus Bucephalus of course, that Disney vibe will not support it by itself.

Fun fact: I started this piece 3 years ago while DMing CoS and it evolved from this-

-to this-

-to what you've seen above. Farewell, the shoulder uwu

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Some design commissions for other people's CoS campaigns

1 - Anastasia, Strahd’s daughter from Tatyana’s previous incarnation before Ireena. Commissioned by @blazingemstone

2 - Sasha Ivlikova, the construct, aka Strahd's fifth bride, aka the most traumatized Barbie of the Barovia. This and following are commissioned by @knightinkosherarmour

3 - Patrina Velikovna, who needs no presentation

4 - Yakov the Magnificent, once beheaded vistani boi en pointe

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I'm ✨ALIVE✨ (at least temporarily) and I brought you some ✨PICTURES✨

You might remember our definitely-not-Strahd guy Kirill.

That's him again! My fellow @lacyfishhh seemed to miss this fella, so I drew him as a birthday gift for her.

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New Year - new piece with our beloved cursed man. This time in those days he wasn’t yet cursed - although the shadows might think otherwise. Oh, and his little brother was still alive, and his pretentious candelabras were not bat-shaped. Those were the days-

Thank you @thecheshiredragon​ once again for commissioning this piece!

Some details below the cut, as always.

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Ha, fooled ya! I DO have something Valentine’s related! And it’s Strahd/Patrina- Of course it’s Strahd/Patrina, hope you missed them, because I miss them so freaking much I’m about to die

Few words about the flower

No About ✨ THE FLOWER ✨

Strahd holds the Meadow Saffron, which stands for “my best days are past”. I used it in the previous artwork, I really like this flower. But what Patrina does here with that red thread - she gives the flower some kind of pistils, making it resemble the Saffron Crocus, aka Autumn Crocus, which is not only the source of the hella expensive spice but is also the symbol of mirth. I’m not crying, I swear.

Also, the messiest lily of the valley on the background means “return to happiness”. And the red thread, of course, by itself is a reference to all that soulmate thing.

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Strahd von Zarovich, but make it a bit more Slavic. And then add eyeliner.

Saw @barovianwitch design with white lock and was like “yep, I want this”, so here we are.

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Ireena for @knightinkosherarmour and their CoS campaign

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Another day, another Slavic!Strahd NPC commission

This is Sergei von Zarovich for the game where Sergei reincarnated.