Sketched in May 2003 as I had fun seeing what a more masculine Vlad might look like. Of course, he's not meant to be drawn masculine-ly (see the About page), but it's a good experiment all the same. :) His arm and chest turned out badly so I stopped there, but one thing that does please me tremendously is his nose. It's not the way I've imagined his nose to be (long and narrow; here it juts out farther and higher), but it's one of the few times I've ever drawn a nose that looked remotely realistic. Yes, I get thrilled over the little things. (*grin*)