i thought that i would draw something from d.gray-man, so i decided to draw allen as a king because i thought it would suit him well (hence the name "crowned clown", lol). i also wanted to try out a painting without a color scheme so i could try out painting with contrasting colors. it looks pretty nice, doesn't it?

i'm just starting to find out how good it can be to find references for poses...it makes it so much easier to base a person's posture from a photo so it doesn't look out of whack.
there's something about it that i could swear i could have done better on, though...ah, well. constructive criticism would be nice if you find something i could fix in the future!

photoshop cs2 - about 13 hours' work for the past week
theme - various songs from the nutcracker suite by tchaikovsky