"Sebastian -Raven Wings-" Final version.

This one is a gift to ~amaterasu08 for the gifting meme from January 2009. June loves devilish bishie with long(ish) hair. Hope you like him with wings I gave him!!!

I think this may be my favorite Sebastian to date. Again, the original inspiration to give him feathery wings came to me when I was watching ep. 9 of the anime when Sebas-chan kept an angel (maybe it was a Nike, I can't remember...) statue from crushing Ciel. Momentarily, the statue's wings rested on him, making him look like an angel. Later, I saw an illustration by the original creator, Toboso Yana, of black winged Sebastian with Ciel (chained to each other).

The rose's subtle shade has been changed from greenish to lavender-greyish. It's supposed to be a (almost dying) Sterling Silver rose -- Ciel's favorite. Researching that was fun. Thanks to all my buddies who helped me out with this trivial information.

Kalafina's "Lacrimosa" played on in a loop in my head the whole time I was putting the finishing touches on this piece. I still hear it whenever I look at this picture of Sebastian. (He seems too happy for that song in this pic though...?)

Took me too long to call him a "doodle". AD is getting rather detailed these days. (Actually, I've wasted tons of time being distracted and squeeing rather than working on or problem solving... or anything of that sort.) This is like 7th Sebastian pic since mid February. I still can't say that he's out of my system.

Edit: Now that the full size gift has been sent to the recipient, I'm enabling the download of wallpaper sized file (1280x960). Feel free to dl and enjoy!

Fanart by Aruarian Dancer
"Kuroshitsuji" © Toboso Yana / Square Enix, Joou no Banken, MBS
Quoth The Raven by *dutchshun was studied as visual reference for the raven wings and how the light plays on the feathers.
Crow Feather Wings Stock by ~RockStock was studied as visual reference for the various colors of sheens on black wings.

セバスチャンには、やっぱりコウモリの羽より、カラスの漆黒ながらも緑や紫の微光を放つ艶やかな羽でなくては・・・と勝手に思って描いちゃいました。
本当は、シルバーのナイフとフォークだけじゃなくて、こういう感じの翼で、飛翔して戦って欲しい。
絶対、似合うと思います。

実際こんな姿で現われられたら、ヒョイヒョイ地獄でもどこでもついて行きたくなっちゃうと思うんですが・・・ね。*爆*