Merry Christmas in July, StarsSmile! :D I hope that your patience has paid off, but now that we’re on the eve of July 25th, it’s time for your gift! :D (Or at least, it’s the eve where I am…)

Here we have Orihara Izaya, dressed in a yukata, enjoying the morning sun (erm... it looks kind of small... best to view it in high resolution). Is he on vacation? Could be; perhaps he just needed to get out to the Japanese countryside to get away from it all (I apologize if that’s not like him; I’ve never watched Durarara!! ^_^U I’m also hoping that it looks like him…)

Anyways, you said to mix the options if I wanted, so I took Izaya and thrust him into my interpretation of a Japanese scene, complete with several shades of red, as well as black, dark purple, green, and white (or off-white?). And he’s got a tiger on his yukata.

Anyways, for references, credit goes to the Durarara!! wiki for the picture of Izaya, and to Hana Ishida (“Fragile” wallpaper) and 21Emmz12 (“ABBEY ROAD” wallpaper), as I used these wallpapers to get different angles of Izaya.

Whoops, almost forgot: Izaya and the bench were sketched in pencil and lined with Prismacolor fine line markers, as well as a Sanford Onyx Micro pen. After scanning, it was edited and colored in Manga Studio Debut 3.0, and the background was created in Photoshop Elements 10. Minor touchups were done in MS Paint.

Well, with all that said, I hope you enjoy it! :D And again, Merry Christmas in July! :D This was a fun experience.