Eiri and Shuichi
Stealing Snow Shoulder Smooches

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Originally this pic was going to be part of the Lemon Tree series, but it turned into something pretty straightforward instead. I wanted to show E relaxing, letting go and enjoying S's loving kisses. No resource images were used to draw from- this came directly from the brain. I especially like how E's hair came out in this one, the first time I think I really nailed the hairstyle without using any resource whatsoever. Also, both faces came out pretty well. I liked how I was able to get S's face at the correct angle. I had this pic on the craptop as wallpaper and I think it helped influence the 'teeth setting' sequences in my fic, "Kokigami". The title of this pic is a play on the word, "yuki", which is the last name Eiri uses as a pen name, and also the Japanese word for snow. The Kanji are very different so while the word is pronounced the same, it is spelled differently. In Gravitation manga and doujinshi, you may occasionally find "'yuki" spelled in hiragana when S is speaking to E. This is still one of my favorite pics so far.