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Heh... didn't have a title for this one ever, so randomly put that in when I scanned and saved it, and now it's stuck. Inari is the Japanese diety of rice, sometimes male and sometimes female depending on who's telling you. He's associated with foxes because he uses them as messengers.

It's an original pic [relatively] for once, using Kurama from YuuYuu Hakusho, manga created by Yoshihiro Togashi. I did it just for fun because I wanted to do something with a traditional Japanese look.

But after I finished it, I kept thinking there's something wrong with Kurama's face... so I don't really like it anymore.

The folding screen has a four-tailed fox because, well, that's what Kurama is.
The kimono has roses on it because of the first rule of YYH Symbolism 101: Kurama=roses, roses=Kurama. And, actually, I think I've gone against my vow and crossdressed Kurama. There's a reason for this, though. I wanted a pose with him laying about... languishing, but without the connotations of suffering, I want to say. Inspired by seeing Akito of Fruits Basket, I think, because he lays around like that a lot. But anyway, I couldn't get the pose right, so I looked around and finally found an example. So it's basically taken from Kaoru on the cover of Rurouni Kenshin volume 3. And the style of the kimono came with... I excuse it by saying Kurama wouldn't care, because he's smirking because he knows he looks good in it. Foxy nature
The bamboo in the vase-thing is symbolic for Kuronue, Kurama's partner in crime, because Kuronue dies after being caught in a bamboo trap.

Yet more work done in pen... I think I like the solid look of pen, and I cringe whenever I look at my nice detailed pencil drawings and go "oooh no... what happens when it smudges... I CAN'T FIX IT! I CAN'T PREVENT IT, EITHER!" So.. yeah, pen is much better for my well-being.

Description
Heh... didn't have a title for this one ever, so randomly put that in when I scanned and saved it, and now it's stuck. Inari is the Japanese diety of rice, sometimes male and sometimes female depending on who's telling you. He's associated with foxes because he uses them as messengers.

It's an original pic [relatively] for once, using Kurama from YuuYuu Hakusho, manga created by Yoshihiro Togashi. I did it just for fun because I wanted to do something with a traditional Japanese look.

But after I finished it, I kept thinking there's something wrong with Kurama's face... so I don't really like it anymore.

The folding screen has a four-tailed fox because, well, that's what Kurama is.
The kimono has roses on it because of the first rule of YYH Symbolism 101: Kurama=roses, roses=Kurama. And, actually, I think I've gone against my vow and crossdressed Kurama. There's a reason for this, though. I wanted a pose with him laying about... languishing, but without the connotations of suffering, I want to say. Inspired by seeing Akito of Fruits Basket, I think, because he lays around like that a lot. But anyway, I couldn't get the pose right, so I looked around and finally found an example. So it's basically taken from Kaoru on the cover of Rurouni Kenshin volume 3. And the style of the kimono came with... I excuse it by saying Kurama wouldn't care, because he's smirking because he knows he looks good in it. Foxy nature
The bamboo in the vase-thing is symbolic for Kuronue, Kurama's partner in crime, because Kuronue dies after being caught in a bamboo trap.

Yet more work done in pen... I think I like the solid look of pen, and I cringe whenever I look at my nice detailed pencil drawings and go "oooh no... what happens when it smudges... I CAN'T FIX IT! I CAN'T PREVENT IT, EITHER!" So.. yeah, pen is much better for my well-being.