Classic Vampire Portrait with Red Eyes

The vampire stares straight ahead with two burning red eyes sunk deep beneath heavy brows, the kind of look that stops a room. His skin is a cool bluish white, gaunt and sharpened by hollow cheeks and a strong pointed nose, with slicked-back black hair driven into a severe widow's peak on the forehead.

Two pointed ears rise past the hair, and the neck disappears into the tall pointed collar of a heavy black cape flared open across the shoulders. Behind him, a moody backdrop drops into deep teal and slate, warmed on the right by a burst of blood-red light that catches the folds of the cape and rims the side of his face. A hint of gothic architecture bleeds through the shadows in the corners.

A gothic horror palette built on cool corpse blue against jet black and hot crimson, with thick ink outlines and flat saturated color for a classic monster-movie feel. Big simple fields on the cape and background make for fast blocking, with plenty of finer detail moments in the face rendering, hair, ears, and glowing collar edges to finish on.