Ok... yes. Lame title, I know. But this is honestly what I had in mind for this piece... I received a nifty set of markers for Christmas, and decided to give them a go, hehe.. though the skin tone and hair was done with colored pencil. (Because I only have a really basic set, lacking the proper colors) Anyway.. I shaded and added lighting a bit on photoshop, for fun...

The image, of course, is Inuyasha, but younger. I pictured this image being from Izayoi's (his mother ?) point of view... kind of like a memory of sorts. I was inspired by that early episode where that creature unleashed by Sesshoumaru takes on the shape of Inuyasha's mother, and despite being somewhat evil to him, she's nevertheless attached to him, as though he were really her son. Anyway, this is a memory that was never hers... which might have surfaced as she might have looked upon him, during that particularly harsh embrace they shared together. It was such a sad creature, I felt pity for it... (well, a much as one can for a fictional character, but anyway.) And this memory in particular, isn't a happy one... I pictured poor little kid-inu seeking comfort, looking back to his mother for reassurance, fearing being shunned by normal people.

I hope you like it.... You can see at places where I attempted to use my old markers.. they bled all over the linework.... *sighs*

Note: I am finding that Inuyasha Fanart is overdone, ironically enough.... but I thought it important to mention that I usually use fanart figures I'm familiar with to test new media... that way, if it goes wrong, I know that it's not the subject matter that's to blame, but rather my technique, lol. Anyway, also, I do love the show.. though I hate how much fanart there is of it. It desensitizes people (including myself) entirely to the atmosphere or other pictoral elements of pics, lol.... Anyway, enough babbling.