Haunted Mansion's Master Gracey (Nathaniel Parker)
© Joan Lansberry, August 2007

(from my journal entry)
My poor ears are still bothering me. The left one has even joined in, and needs its application of wax softener. I was lax for a couple of days, and it all replugged itself. It is like a maddening itch. But it is not intolerable, and I can distract myself. I decided the best way was to try some observational artwork.

After seeing _Stardust_ yesterday, I went on a search about it and the actors who played in it. As one reviewer said, it "ain’t no Princess Bride." But it still is a pretty good romp at that, full of surprises and imagination.

Dunstan, father of the main protagonist Tristan, is a rather handsome dude. As is Tristan, but as I looked at photos of Nathaniel Parker who plays him, I came across a photo of him in another role. He appears to be a brooding romantic vampire in that photo, so I drew him.

Gazing into his eyes, they seem to say, "You do not know my world, you cannot. Judge me if you must, but you do not know my world. And I will not try to explain it. And I won't apologize for that!"

I might not be entirely reading into that. While the imdb.com page on the movie in which he played this character describes it as a "family comedy", it also describes the character as "brooding" and "eccentric".

Eccentric vampire or eccentric mortal human, he does appear to be one not to apologize for his eccentricity.