Narcissus

Season 6 Promo

**Narcissus** is the drag character of **/u/thecurseddiamond** , and participant in Season 6 of Ms. Paint's Art Race.

## Meet the King

**What's your preferred medium for drawing?:**

I'm a traditional artist through and through, I primarily use alcohol markers but if need be I can always bust out the old faithful, color pencils.

**Describe your drag style in 3 words:**

The three words that instantly come to mind are theatrical, campy and supernatural.

**What makes your drag unique?:**

I like to combine my theatrical background, including some history with costume design, with my own personal beliefs. I take a lot of inspiration from various stage mediums and do my best to put a fashionable twist on your typical "Pippin" costume design. As well as this, I take a lot of inspiration from various mythologies and folklore. I think my ability to seamlessly blend my concepts like these into design is what makes me and my drag unique.

**Describe your promo look:**

For my promo, I really wanted to sell the idea of a drowning man. I had the image of a man who pissed off the mafia or other crime organization in some way, be it not paying back money he owed, snitching or witnessing some shady business he shouldn't have. No matter what happened to lead him here, the mafia wasn't too thrilled with him and decided to tie him to a cinder block and drop him in the Hudson river. There he drowned at the bottom of the river, and it's there that he's stuck reliving his final moments for the rest of eternity. I just imagined someone's hair floating as in in water but they're not and it was an idea I really loved and wanted to work with. There's some faint inspiration from the look I did for Gabbi during the Halloween Bash 2(?) or so years ago but I really wanted to sell the under water bit, hence the seaweed pattern on the pants and the bubbles all over him. I also like to think about how any design I make would be possible reproduced IRL, so I'm gonna give you a quick rundown on how I envision this piece happening. The hair was styled that way so that it would stay standing like it is and wires were positioned in the tie to give it the floating appearance. There are lines connecting the bubbles that are off his body to show that they aren't just floating there. And lastly, that rope isn't actually a rope but a small pole designed to look like a rope that Nar is lifting himself up on. That's some upper body strength Mr. Ego King.

**Who would you be in a horror movie?:**

Well, Buzzfeed tells me I'd be the final girl, but as a pagan I'd probably get lumped into that horror movie stereotype of the witch, fortune teller or any other type of person who is not the "standard" that warns the protagonist about the dangers, or hell curses them and gets the movie started. Uh oh, I just drew The Tower for your future card, you better be careful.

## Fun Facts

* Narcissus is currently the highest placing king character in any MPAR season
	+ Narcissus was also the first king to survive being placed in the bottom 2 more than once.
* Narcissus is the drag son of Season 2 Mx. Congeniality, Kara Nillian, and currently in a haus with Season 6 cast member Lucy Furr and Season 5 finalist Kandy.