Happy Birthday, Kurapika!

Happy birthday, Kurapika! Rin-chan reminded me that it was your birthday this month, and I... honestly forgot about it? I am so sorry..!

I wonder now whatever happened to your mission... Were you finally able to avenge your comrades? Would it really be possible to find all the stolen eyes? Hm... Maybe it's about time I picked up another volume of Hunter x Hunter again.

Anyway, happy birthday! I hope you get to eat all the cake you want, even if it's just for today!

A.illusions Gallery: Temaki Feast

A croped version of the original 5ftx4ft painting in Temaki Japanese Resto, done to fit a 1024x768 screen resolution. ^^

The characters featured in this painting are all original, except of course for Maki-chan, the resto's mascot. The other characters are mine, and featured in an on going webmanga called "A.illusions". You may find the webmanga over here: [link] or click on my website on my profile. :D

The characters' names are as follows: (clockwise, starting with the mascot)
Maki-chan, Shijirou, Azorite, Tori Avalon, Feanne, Syun Ukiya, Tifa, Rei Kuassary, Jemma aka "Aya-kun is Mine", and Lain.

Of course, there's the three waitresses in blue... They're random so I haven't named them yet. ^^

So why is this so flat? No shadding? Nothing? Well... That was the order of the Resto's Owner. He wanted it to look more cartoony instead of anime like... Go figure... ^^;

Hope you all like it anyway. :D

EDIT: I forgot to mention that the characters are cosplaying their favorite anime characters... ^^;

Maki-chan as herself
Shijirou as Hiko Seijuro from Rurouni Kenshin
Azorite as Kurapika from Hunter x Hunter
Tori Avalon as Kinomoto Touya from Card Captor Sakura
Feanne as Freya from Chobits
Syun Ukiya as Squall Leonheart from FF8
Tifa as Li Mei-Ling from Card Captor Sakura
Rei Kuassary as Ray Yozora from Shin Hakenden and Maria Tachibana from Sakura Wars
Jemma aka "Aya-kun is Mine" as Aya's biggest fan from Weiss Kreuz
Lain as Marik Ishtar from Yu-Gi-Oh

I love drawing cosplaying characters. ♥

- kurohiko (dA 2006)

A.illusions Gallery: Cover Title

The character designs of A.illusions are based on real people. Here, they are "cosplaying" according to their usernames in the forums, or according to the avatars they frequently use.