he's thin, because there's nothing to eat.
his hair is long, because it keeps him warm.
he's against the statue mary, because praying is all he can do.
he's dying, because of politics.

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original pencil version here [link]
took about 5 hours in photoshop 7. i normally do only 1 hour drawings, so this was a reeeal test of patience (but i didnt do it all in one go)
blood brushes made by me (but you cant really see them here)
photos for background taken by me
drawn while listening to mainly "sakai no chi to bara" by malice mizer, "shuukyou" by shiina ringo, victor's piano solo from the corpse bride and "two ton boa" by two ton boa.

no, he's not supposed to be a nazi or some stupid thing like that. it's meant to be a character of mine thats still trapped in my head whose story is set in the future.
also, the colours are different in this one than they are in the real .psd file, because i thought they needed a little bit more contrast. the original is much more greeny.

and i wasn't sure whether to put this in political or macabre, but i went for macabre because of all the blood.