Chivalry

Deidara was never the chivalrous type, but things were always different around Eri, but he couldn't quite pinpoint why. . .

I finally finished my entry for 's contest! I'm so sorry for taking so long, but I hope you like the finished result.

I drew the sketch a loooong time ago, around the time that the contest was announced. So, there are some things that I wished I could've fixed, but I didn't have the time or energy to redo the drawing. I'm really satisfied with the coloring and the background, though.

Just as an update, I haven't been active or drawing for a while now because I'm currently trying to reorganize my life, in a sense. A lot has happened rather recently, and it's really hard to get my self esteem and self worth back to where it was earlier. I'm not going to be on dA so much for the time being (not that I've been on lately, anyway), but I promise that the next OIAI page will be the first thing I work on when I get my life back on track.

Voting is on Oct. 1 (Wednesday), so be sure to check out the entries and vote for your favorite. And yes, I did cut it quite close.

EDIT: Added the pinstripes.

Deidara (c) Kishimoto Masashi
Eri (c) Akatoki