Alert Under the Blossoms

The HaruToki characters featured here are (Abe no) Yasuaki, an Onmyouji, and (Minamoto no) Yorihisa, a Samurai. My two top faves from the series. They're both Hachiyo (Eight Leaves), who help and protect the capital city of Kyou and the Ryujin no Miko (Priestess of the Dragon God).

The miko (Akane) is one really lucky girl. = o_o =

I wish I was the HaruToki Manga-ka who drew this, but I did color it. After at least 20 hours of coloring the heck out of this thing, and enjoying it, this is pretty picture's done (well, unless if I can find fabric textures close to those you see in the HaruToki games and make further time to get them in there XD)!

I'm really glad that I was able to get the feeling that an Onryou (vengeful spirit) or at least one of the Oni (demon) Clan was up to no good and closing in. >D

BTW, I sized it so that it works as a 1440x900 wallpaper. >3

Here's the original image! ---> [link]

The image is from the "Harukanaru Toki no Naka de" 2008 LALADX Furoku Calendar. Here in the States it's called "Haruka -Beyond the Stream of Time-." The general fandom has quaintly abbreviated it to HaruToki. = ^w^ =

PLEASE know that the image and characters themselves are from HaruToki AND, more importantly, are © Koei, NeoRomance, Mizuno Tohko, Shojo Beat, Viz, and the rest of their respectable owners. All I did was add the colors. *bows humbly* = -_- =

Here's the WIP ---> [link]
You can find more info about this work there. Please go and see it. *bows humbly* =-w-=

Here's some detail shots!
Some of the BG. ---> [link]
The FX on Yasuaki's beads. ---> [link]
Yorihisa's outfit n things. ---> [link]
A closeup of Yasuaki's face, Hachiyo gem and hair. ---> [link]
A closeup of Yorihisa's face, Hachiyo gem and hair. ---> [link]
Yasuaki, ready amongst the blossoms. ---> [link]
Yorihisa, waits for the attack. ---> [link]



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I'll hopefully see you at an Artist Alley/AA, if not, here on dA or BlueCanvas! =Ow~=

If you want more info the the Harukanaru Toki no Naka de / Haruka / HaruToki series, here's the Wikipedia page! ---> [link]