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...to walk amongst the living once more."

Ah Kikyou. Such the poor, tragic miko. Miko is priestess. Anybody who knows Inuyasha knows this poor woman's very very sad story. Kikyou is usually shown as being emotionless and cold throughout the anime, except for when she meets up with Inuyasha or when she shows care to anybody in particular such as people who need her help, or children. A few times that come to mind are when she's with Suikotsu and when she saved Saint Hakushin's soul. The woman truly is filled with kindness and the desire to help people, certainly but behind Kikyou's cold exterior her eyes always look so sad. You rarely ever see her smile and when she does, it's very fleeting but so lovely. Here I'm trying to portray her pain... the pain Kikyou feels at being forced back into the world of the living as she was and longing to be alive and not just a body made of holy bones and graveyard soil. The ache of longing to be a warm body made of flesh blood, her yearning for life knowing she can't live the life of a ordinary woman like she has so longed to and knowing that her death is near. I had so much fun painting her shinidamachuu (or soul collector...whatever you prefer to call them) and it was actually kind of tough as well! As you can see, I decided to soft shade this image as I felt it would give it a more gentle atmosphere as well as capture Kikyou's sorrow. So yeah, here you go. The lovely miko, vulnerable and expressing her pain. Enjoy!

Description
...to walk amongst the living once more."

Ah Kikyou. Such the poor, tragic miko. Miko is priestess. Anybody who knows Inuyasha knows this poor woman's very very sad story. Kikyou is usually shown as being emotionless and cold throughout the anime, except for when she meets up with Inuyasha or when she shows care to anybody in particular such as people who need her help, or children. A few times that come to mind are when she's with Suikotsu and when she saved Saint Hakushin's soul. The woman truly is filled with kindness and the desire to help people, certainly but behind Kikyou's cold exterior her eyes always look so sad. You rarely ever see her smile and when she does, it's very fleeting but so lovely. Here I'm trying to portray her pain... the pain Kikyou feels at being forced back into the world of the living as she was and longing to be alive and not just a body made of holy bones and graveyard soil. The ache of longing to be a warm body made of flesh blood, her yearning for life knowing she can't live the life of a ordinary woman like she has so longed to and knowing that her death is near. I had so much fun painting her shinidamachuu (or soul collector...whatever you prefer to call them) and it was actually kind of tough as well! As you can see, I decided to soft shade this image as I felt it would give it a more gentle atmosphere as well as capture Kikyou's sorrow. So yeah, here you go. The lovely miko, vulnerable and expressing her pain. Enjoy!