#darren Shan

[stepharts]

It’s his year! 🐍

[phantost]

revisiting cirque du freak again

pro/ship/pers stop touching my art

[aubreve-art]

Another backstory update, brought to you by Vancha ‘shut your whore mouth, Darren’ March:

Sorry this took a while - I’m trying out a new workflow which should streamline the painting process a bit. Hope the extra page makes up for it!

Disclaimer: All characters depicted in this artwork belong to or are inspired by the works of Darren Shan. This is a piece of fan art created for personal enjoyment only.

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[mikaverleth]

IT’S HERE!!!

🎪🕷️🕸️🧛🏻‍♂️⚰️🩸

Cheers to 25 years of CDF ♡

[blooding]

ダレンらくがきまとめ - しろ

[fiotrethewey]

So I met one of my author heroes last night.

I should probably include some context, as to understand why this was so special, you have to go way back, to a baby Fio when I was about 12/13 years old.

I was hooked on Darren Shan's Cirque Du Freak series - a series of nine books about a boy who becomes a vampire's assistant. It was a very different take on vampires, on how they fed, but there was a lot to relate to. Growing Up, Trust, Friendship, Betrayal. Even though I was absolutely terrified of spiders, and they were a prominent plot point, I quickly gobbled up the story. And I had to read the rest.

I could even contribute that it was also listening to the audio books of Cirque Du Freak and the Vampire Assistant that got me into audio recordings (though I also loved quite a few audio books before then, but I will never forget Alan Cumming's performance!)

But honestly, Darren Shan is more than just a book series to me. It's the start of something that would develop into the person I am today. One time I was reading one of the books at a family friend's birthday when an elderly couple sat down on either side of me and inquired about my book.

This couple were Keith and Fay, family members of my mum's best friend. They wanted to talk to me after that about all things horror and theatre. Something that I hadn't really done with adults before. My parents weren't big readers or theatre people, so it was nice to find kindred spirits in them. I read Dracula, and they read Darren Shan. They indulged my fanart, and Keith in particular loved to say (and I agreed) that he would be a good fit for Larten Crespley.

I was always drawing fan art for them, and telling them my ideas for stories, and they indulged this teen, and spurred me on. Keith always wanted Dracula to end differently, and we often talked about favourite films and movies together over dinner.

Unfortunately, both of them passed away tragically within the four years I got to know them. Fay first, then Keith, but thanks to them I grew a love for Gothic Horror. I still loved those stories, but they came with a fresh sadness to lose such incredible people, so I put them aside for a long time. That's where it sat in the shadows, waiting until I met Georgia in 2020, who inspired that urge again in me to re-read Dracula, and now we're creating our own Dracula-based content.

Last night I got to finally meet Darren at a 25th Anniversary Signing of Cirque Du Freak. Unfortunately all of my copies are currently in storage in Cornwall, but was very happy to have the inner cover of the new version of Cirque signed. He was honestly such a wonderful man - and I had the most wonderful time surrounded by likeminded fans.

I wish there had been time to explain all of this, but I felt it easier to write this here instead. Thank you for everything, Darren!

[worshiperofwater]

Hello!

Here’s another AU fanart. I will be honest as a child I never noticed that the characters are without culture but looking back on it it’s very much there XD

If the books were set in actual places where do you think they would be set?

As a child I always thought that the first book was definitely set in the UK but the rest I was never sure. Maybe you could put the mountain in Eastern Europe or Central Asia.

I’m Eastern European so I decided to make some character design for them in vaguely our clothes. It was very fun to draw.

[submissive-dumbass]

Darren Shan: Larten Crepsley is ugly. He’s an unfuckable monster. Every detail is uglier than the last. Have I mentioned that Larten is super fucking ugly?

Takahiro Arai and the rest of the fandom:

[fearandloathe]

insane how mr crepsley meant so much to darren he was the last thing he thought of BOTH times when he died

[eukarisparadise]

After spending what feels like a lifetime in my VtM echo chamber, looking at the other vampire media almost feels like blasphemy. You feel lost and confused like a mole crawling out into the sun (pun intended) for the first time. What do you mean, the concept of the Masquerade isn't even present most of the time? What do you mean, you don't have to wait patiently for about 20-30 years and then ask your local authorities permission to Embrace somebody?? Wait, there are no limits to siring??! And the sun might not even kill you??!?!

[stepharts]

He would

[cloudyappleart]

Finally got round to designing Madam Octa!

[aubreve-art]

FINALLY got it started - Gannen and Vancha’s backstory begins!

Disclaimer: All characters depicted in this artwork belong to or are inspired by the works of Darren Shan. This is a piece of fan art created for personal enjoyment only.

Trigger warning ahead: (non-explicit) animal slaughter in a farming context

Bloody hell that was an undertaking. Next update will be shorter, so hopefully I can get it out next week!

@roxys-version would it be ok to post this on the community too? I don’t think anything here is NSFW but just want to check first 😁

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[mikaverleth]

text posts + dss / slc covers ♡

part 1 of ?

[loulooser]

i finally watched the Cirque Du Freak movie

you all lied to me that was GOLD i was giggling every five seconds

Crepsley just going 'thats bullshit' whenever darren says sm stupid is my reason for living now