: i m j u s t l i k e i c e :

"...Even so, I can tell [Tatsukichi and Ayumi are] afraid of me. I guess it's because that's how everyone feels around here... Maybe it's my silver hair, or my blue-green eyes... or maybe its just the cold way I act. But everyone says I'm "just like ice"." Hitsugaya, Bleach Ch. -15

EDIT!!: Added BG, extra effects, and edited shading and texture discrepancies.

Several long hours experimenting with a no line coloring style... bleh, my hands hurt.

Cause I have major artists block (sorry commissioners) and I just watched:

Diamonddust Rebellion, Fade To Black: I Call Your Name, and the latest filler episode for Bleach.

And then we have influence of my weird mind remembering a clip from Naruto that I CAN'T REMEMBER where Kid!Naruto's shadow melds into Kyuubi's form, or something...eh. But either way... yeah. I kinda like it.

Reason for connection: Socially outcast Hitsugaya, and Socially outcast Naruto. Hitsugaya for his strange appearance or cold attitude, and Naruto...well, thats self explanatory, really.

Hitsugaya when he's a little kiddo with his shadow of ice being Hyorinmaru ( I improvised, cause my internet was being all wonky so I couldn't bring up Hyorinmaru refs. D: ). The stance of Kid!Hitsugaya is from that filler episode of Hyorinmaru vs. Hitsugaya (TOTALLY EPIC BTW), partly vectored. And the rest I just did on my own. YAY IMPROV!

Hitsugaya Toshiro, Hyorinmaru (c) Tite Kubo