Twin Shadowed Knight Orig.

I have been working on this picture for a very long time hahah...

It is an illustration for the Vampire Hunter D Novel #13 : Twin Shadowed Knight, by Hideyuki Kikuchi

The scene that inspired it is on page 153-154.

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"It was one in a cluster of mountains that rose to the west of the village, and it towered to five thousand feet above sea level. Snow capped its summit irrespective of season. Aside from the beautiful blue sky and scattered patches of black rock, the three of the were surrounded by a world of pure white....

...The exquisite Hunter stood a short distance from the boulders, looking up. How beautiful his face and body appeared engulfed in the light. Her brain pleasantly numbed, Mia only thought of the danger inherent in that very same light a few seconds later. Due to the Noble blood that ran in a Dhampir's veins, sunlight could have devastating effects. However, the gorgeous Hunter showed no signs of fear as he turned his face to the light, not even using his remaining arm to brace himself as he stood on his own two feet.

As the shadowy remnants of the madness that'd come over him on the way up the stairs melted away in the light, Mia was amazed. A conversation she'd had with her mother about the Nobility rang once more in her ears.

The light sears the Nobles' flesh making them feel more pain than we would if burned by a flame. However, the light has a mysterious power. There's somehting abut it that the Nobility can't help but love. The proof of that is that of all the nobles who've been destroyed by the rays of the sun, every last one of them was smiling. Perhaps something within the light burns away all the cruelty and evil that lurks in the blood of the Nobility."

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This scene was just after D and two humans had escaped from a dark underground facility... They had been ascending some stairs for a long time...having to fight against enemies along the way, and the last enemy had triggered D's Vampire side with a chemical that simulated the strong smell of blood. D nearly lost control and almost killed his human companions because of this...but between his own will, the two humans and the help of his left hand (which had been cut off...again...X'D ) they were able to escape...

8D I had a lot of fun drawing the mountains...they were tricky XD...

The contrast between D always so Dark in a white sunny landscape was such an interesting mental image...>w< I had to draw it...

>w< shiny hair heheh

Oh...XD this must have been drawn after his hand re-attached itself... (since he has both arms...hahah)

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XD as usual...I drew/shaded this in pencil...but then made it gold colored on the computer... >w< because it is pretty...this is the original version... ^___^

I hope everyone likes this