The Fair Reaper

This sketch was done this year when I took an interest in the personification of death. This is the first time I've drawn a proper guy (chibis not counted) that looks like a guy... I think... And I was inspired by a variety of artist from deviantart. This is my idea of how Death might look like personified: His hair is not too long not too short, he wears the chaperone of a jester with a bell hanging at the end of the hood's tail, beneath the chaperone is a diamond-patterned harlequin-like shirt with long loose sleeves, and a pair of slacks with boots (that can't be seen 'cuz its off the paper). Though I didn't color him, I imagined his hair to be white, his visible eye to be silver, his skin to be fair and his clothes to be black and white (the bell will be silver)... so altogether, not much color either. 

Since I got the idea of him being an angel of death, so I drew one large white feathered wing emerging from his back on his left side. As for his right side, I thought, since he represents death, he should have part of himself fading away. That's why the right side of his clothes are frayed and his right arm is missing, pieces of it drifting away in the form of falling flowers. The idea of flowers came from the idea of life and death being closely entwined with each other. His right wing is also missing as it has dissolved into mist. Oh, and his left eye is also missing, though I had the missing eye covered by his side-swept fringe. The right side of his face is also cracking, like a broken mask. In his left hand, he holds the classic Grim Reaper scythe and there's a lamp hanging from the handle of the scythe by a long piece of fabric. The scythe would be his tool to reap the souls of the dying, while the lamp is to light his way in the dark. 

I think of Death as someone lonely, someone sad, who has the job of taking the souls of the dead to the afterlife. But to those who go with him willingly, he would smile and dance them away in the Dance of Death. He is also fair, in the sense that he isn't biased and takes both the poor and the rich, the good and the bad, and no one can escape him when it's their time. I think I'm quite satisfied with this drawing... it turned out better than I expected. I may consider coloring it someday, or I may leave it as it is, since it seems to look quite alright in black and white.

Firefly

This was done quite a year ago, when I first started writing fan fiction. This drawing is of my OC that I created. I think the waist and hip seems a bit too thin now that I look at it again. But I guess its not very obvious... I created her based on a combination of traits from my friends, with the idea of a personality akin to fire in mind. Like, fire personified? She has short gold-brown spiky hair that reflects her hyperactive character and high energy level. Her eyes are amber, a color that is also fiery. That's why her clothes have flaming designs on them too, as well as drawing a fiery dragon in the background. I like the colors I used for the dragon because it includes pale yellow, amber, vermillion, scarlet and blue. The blue was added because I thought it would give the dragon more color variation and besides, really hot flames are blue. I created the dragon to be either made of fire, in the sense that she created the dragon out of her fire elemental powers, or it could be her familiar of sorts. As for her clothes, its half traditional half modern, because of the fan fiction I created her in. The fan fiction is based on a manga/anime that has a half traditional half modern setting with characters that have elemental powers. Finally, the lollipop in her her hand shows her sweet tooth. She loves candy of any kind and has a childish personality. She is mostly mischievous and loves getting into trouble too. But her tantrums and anger fits are scary. I guess that's all I have about this character I've created... There's another drawing of her below, done this year:

The color scheme this time is slightly different, since I decided that using a yellow, orange and red scheme would be more suitable for her clothes instead of purple. Her hair color is also slightly different, for aforementioned reason. Her jacket is longer than before, her sleeves are long and folded up, her pants are longer too. She isn't wearing a scarf either, and the clothes are more traditional/oriental than before. This is because I drew this picture for another fan fiction, also an animation but not anime. The character is the same, but included in a different setting (?) Like the first version, she's a fighter. Her weapons are usually small long-ranged types, such as senbon needles and shurikens. That's what's in the small pouches strung on her belt and in the second version, the small slots on the inside of her jacket. Oh, and before I forget, her name is Ryuusei Akirai, which means Shooting-star Autumn-lightning in jap. And I think I prefer the second version I drew better than the first.