Posted by Red | November 21, 2009, 13:47 (EST) | 17 Comments
Category: TV Series

Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley have commented in various video interviews and magazine articles about the process of being transformed into vampires, and now we have some behind the scenes photos of Ian’s transformation into a vamped-out Damon Salvatore. It’s pretty fascinating, though we know some of you will prefer not to know in order to keep the magic of the Vampire Diaries intact so we won’t spoil you. ;) For those who are interested, you can find the images of the vamping process in the gallery and see what’s involved in turning Mr. Somerhalder into the scary-looking guy below.

Ian Somerhalder becomes a vampire

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17 Responses to “Behind the scenes: turning Ian Somerhalder into a vampire”

  1. killerchopsticks
    1:50 pm on November 21st, 2009

    Those red contacts to not look comfortable D:  (Quote)

  2. Red
    1:51 pm on November 21st, 2009

    That they do not. My eyes are sore just looking at them. O_o  (Quote)

  3. killerchopsticks
    1:57 pm on November 21st, 2009

    It’s bad enough that I hate the process of putting regular contacts in my eyes :(  (Quote)

  4. Angelique
    3:15 pm on November 21st, 2009

    wow!=o I was gonna get contacts that turn my eyes red like his do but they were $70 and my dad said that they bother your eyes to much! =D  (Quote)

  5. Nilly
    7:59 am on November 22nd, 2009

    http://www.vampire-diaries.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=52&pos=6 This picture kinda scared me. But now I have evil plans against my friends. >:) *evil laugh*

    Oh, and we have a goodish shot of the ring :D

    Anyway, that is an interesting process. Though Ian didn’t look too happy in it, he looked pretty happy when it was over x]  (Quote)

  6. Nilly
    8:01 am on November 22nd, 2009

    By the way, what was the function of those dots on his face? I remember Paul talking about them once, but I don’t remember what he said.  (Quote)

  7. Nilly
    8:10 am on November 22nd, 2009

    I’m posting way too much (and I apologise about this.), but I had to point out that in the picture up there ^, the way Ian’s hair is set, it looks very much like he has elf ears. :D  (Quote)

  8. Red
    10:32 am on November 22nd, 2009

    They provide marker points for the CGI effects.  (Quote)

  9. MayflowerGirl
    12:40 pm on November 22nd, 2009

    And I totally remember Lexi having them in the close up preview for 162 Candles. I always thought it was odd they didn’t take them out somehow.  (Quote)

  10. Ziranna
    6:58 pm on November 22nd, 2009

    Were do you buy those contact lenses, or what’s the name of the sort of contacts, I think they are a sort of a sclera lens, but I’m not sure. I soo want some. ^^ I soo love Vampire Diaries, I can’t possibly wait until next year =(  (Quote)

  11. Red
    7:08 pm on November 22nd, 2009

    Yeah, they’re sclera lenses. I haven’t seen any yet, but if there aren’t any commercially available now, I’m sure they will be soon due to the popularity of the show. Keep an eye on places like Vampfangs.com. They have a range of lenses and get new stuff in on a regular basis.  (Quote)

  12. Ziranna
    1:06 am on November 23rd, 2009

    Where did you saw those contact lenses? Because I really want some ^^ Any link or page to referee too?  (Quote)

  13. Angelique
    2:26 pm on November 24th, 2009

    You can try to look at a website called http://www.spirthalloween.com oh you can also get some really cool fangs there I did and everybody I’ve showed said that they look so real! And it also weird because my normal teeth are really sharp like fangs!  (Quote)

  14. Vampire-Diaries.es | Tu mejor recurso de la serie en español.
    3:13 pm on November 24th, 2009
  15. AVA
    12:36 am on November 25th, 2009

    IAN PLAYS THE DAMON PART EXCELLENT, HE IS CRAZY BUT LOVABLE.  (Quote)

  16. meg4fancast
    12:27 am on December 4th, 2009

    Just wanted to let you know that you can watch Vampire Diaries on Fancast. Check it out http://www.fancast.com  (Quote)

  17. nonie
    4:51 pm on May 4th, 2010

    the sunglasses that Stefan was wearing in episode 19 at the beginning of the show when he got out of his little red car, what brand and style,anyone knows?  (Quote)

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