Shuichi and Guardian

Introduction : About Shuichi
Here is Shuichi and his Spirit Guardian *the bird is*. His element is Wind with his sacred traditional flute as his weapon *is that how I am suppose to put it?* Maybe you recognize him as scarf guy [link] well he is

Shuichi is currently 19 years old. He was found by Hikaru's [link] and Ryuuya's [link] parents who also have special talents after the Sacred War ended in a ruined village. They had never thought that Shuichi would possess the power of wind until his power awaken when he was *probably* seven. He is a very gentle person with his everlasting smile, very patient too! No wonder Hikaru always picks him, especially to clean the mess Ryuuya and her father made

Artist's Comment
I really want to kill myself for the result. I made this lineart about April 2007 and pretty happy with the result. Thanks to allcor for the help of the hakama design and the traditional house too.. But what have I done?? I RUINED all her help!! GYAAA!!! I feel like killing myself now~~~ It's sooooo ruined!!! Sorry with this badly done present... Yeah I planned this for xmas gift for my friends at dA actually.. Hope you can tolerate the mess... Merry Christmas!!
Anyway I tried a new technique for the eyes and skin

Media
All done with copic markers
White and yellow poster color for the ray of light
Brown copic multiliner for the lineart
Yellow soft pastel

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