Silent Conversation

Surprise! It's a Van Hitomi piece!

I've been in a gushy mood lately, I suppose that's what happens when you're in the midst of finishing 3 versions of a sweet love story (Hana Kimi), and I've been rewatching Escaflowne while I'm at work-- what a fantastic series!!-- so I guess this was kind of the byproduct. It began as a warm up piece to get used to my tiny wacom again (we use giant Intuos's at work) and turned into something I'm really happy with.

(Brief spoilers)
I always wondered what happened between the time that Van swooped up Hitomi from Zaibach and when they end up back in Fanelia. This is my guess-- I mean, they had to land at some point. That's why he's wearing Hitomi's jacket-- he tore up his own shirt shortly before going to save her and I thought he might be chilly. Hee. (end spoilers).

I have no idea why Hitomi is blue. I did the sketch in the blue and roan colors, and when I tried to change her to roan as well it just didn't work as well.

I like this piece. Hooray for revisiting the classics!

Photoshop, I have no idea how many hours because I worked on it back and forth while I worked on a trade as well.
Entirely drawn/shaded with the 3 pt brush.