Beauty and the Beast Remix (Twilight)

Hey guys! I'm new to the group and this is my first post. I'm so excited to be here, it should be really fun!

Now down to business! Twilight, and all the vamp/young pretty girl story lines are really Beauty and the Beast with a twist. We love to see a virginal young lady with a dangerous love interest. We've loved it for a good long while, but now the beasts happen to be beautiful. Villains used to wear black hats. Evolution is a wonderful thing. I'd much rather see Robert Pattinson than some grotesque animal/ Ron Jeremy type monster...

All of that said my piece is based on an illustration by Thomas Blackshear called "Beauty and the Beast":

I used that as the blueprint to create this:
I used imagery from the covers of all four books, as well as inserting the phases of the moon behind their faces because I needed an extra element and that fit the story in so many ways. Then of course the butterflies became forks for my own amusement. This is just the sketch, I am working on the painted/ full color version. I just wanted to post this with the Twilight stuff. I'll update it shortly with the finished version.
Until then here's a close up of the faces:

Thanks for looking!! Cheers!

Pain

I've never been a huge fan of the whole Vampire craze. But when I have watched these twilight movies I've grown really fond of Dakota Fanning's character Jane Volturi. I would totally be a fan of these movies if she just killed off Bella and Edward. So that wouldn't make the fans of the movies happy but I'd watch it. Enjoy!!!

I wonder what Joss Whedon thinks of all this...

Let's be honest, Stephanie Meyers ripped Joss Whedon off. Not in the Vampire Slayer aspect, but in her characters and their relations. If you have read or seen Twilight, go out and watch the first three seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayers and tell me she didn't draw heavily upon it. These would have been on TV about the time she was a teenager or new in college. And she never heard of it? I think not. Although, I cannot claim to be the most creative individual, and I also draw from awesome source material already out there in anything I write. So, I guess, who am I to judge? Anyways, these other three (Alice, Bella, and Edward) I just did to warm up and get inspired. I hope you enjoy.

"My Own Brand of Heroin"

Love or hate it, Twilight is a thing. That's for sure. I've read all the books and enjoyed them. Some were good. Some were awful. But, they were entertaining, at least.

I ended up spending quite a bit of time on my piece this week, drawing four images and bringing them together. I'm posting both the final colored version and my B&W. Let me know which one you like better.

Oh, and mad props to Stephenie Meyer for her success. Something we all wish we could find ;)