My first real anime was Naruto, and my favorite character has been and likely will always be Hatake Kakashi. His philosophy of putting his friends first always has impacted my life immensely, and I owe a lot to him.

No spoilers on the manga please, I only follow the anime. And the anime just unveiled the true identity of Tobi. The shot of Kakashi in front of the grave as Tobi took him on the biggest guilt-trip of his life really struck me. So many emotions...I actually could not get my mind off of it until I drew this. Call it therapy if you will. Kakashi...

So this is my second time drawing something completely with my tablet (usually I draw on paper, then just use the tablet to trace over it), and my first time using my tablet in conjunction with Photoshop tricks to. And by tricks, I mean zooming in and out to make things easier to see, and nudging and transforming things when I realize they aren't quite the right size/angle/etc. Simple and obvious, but it sped up the process considerably.

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I'm on DA! Follow me at kchuang.deviantart.com

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Tools: Wacom tablet, Photoshop CS5
Time: ~10 hours. A lot of it was spent derping with photoshop.