Yes, it's two of the same pic, but I wanted to try it several ways. I knew I'd like it shaded, but with all the black that he wears it's annoying. So I used the markers I got from a friend in Japan (Thank you, Yuka!). The one in marker was originally in color, but I don't have a skin color and the pink I used ended up looking funny. ^_^;; So I scanned it in greyscale and I liked it better (though I liked how his yellow hair stood out before). So yeah, this pic was inspired by something I read about something that happens in book four of the manga. Thankfully they didn't go into a lot of detail about said event because I've only read a little bit into book three and didn't want the rest spoiled. However I got a very vague idea of something that happens then and I'm not really all that surprised about it, so it's ok. But, erm, yeah, that's what inspired this pic. ^_^;;; And no, that is not ketchup or any kind of sauce on his hands, it is blood.