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Despite being extremely busy the past few months, I decided to take part in a contest blackmanaburning.deviantart.co… by blackmanaburning.deviantart.co… and I must say, I had a blast with this one. Since I'm a huge fan of the color gray and low saturation, I got really happy when I read that So-Rin has a grayish skin color and his hair is blue and reflects as gray in the light: I got to really play with light and shadows! I was trying to focus on the expression and feelings of the character instead of drawing an action scene, like I have, the past few weeks and since So-Rin is a character who's very familiar with nature, yet still learning to become more sensitive to its smaller inhabitants, I thought it would be fitting to portray him with a little bird friend (although while I was reading the story, I became aware that the birds mentioned by name were fairly large, I figured a smaller one would look nicer here, hehe). I made my best to make So-Rin appear androgynous, since there is a clear plot line with the two main characters misgendering each other, and I think I succeeded with this one - at least my mom called him a girl.Due to being so busy, I have no idea how long this took me, but my rough guess would be around 20 hours. Drawn in Photoshop. I used a picture of a barn swallow for a reference for the bird. I don't think I've ever drawn wings before, by the way. Was a bit of a challenge!I'm also going to post another entry soon-ish, probably next week, of the other character in a scene straight from the story. Stay tuned!