... Yeah. Criticism rejeted in this case; I can already see all of the horrendous mistakes I must have likely made with the anatomy, reference pic or not.

But the story of how this drawing originated... ask ~silvervampiress . kidding, kidding. But I did draw this while I was at her house last night. All because she pulled out one of her piano/vocal books, one in particular having the songs from the 1980's musical version of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables (though I foolishly confused it at first with one of Dumas's works. Seriously, how on Earth did I confuse Hugo with Dumas?! sorry, still kinda beating myself up over that a bit. Continuing with the story...). On the very last page of the prologue-thing where they storyline is explained, there was a pic of Cosette and Marius (is that his name? I keep forgetting) in a pose much like the one Lyserg and Jeanne are in this pic, with Dejean, Fantine, and Eponine standing behind them.

I don't know why, but upon seeing that pic, I had the urge to draw a similar composition. Why LysergxJeanne? I don't know, ask my brain. And while you're at it, ask it why the heck these two came to mind as I was reading the later half of the story summary mentioned previously as Cosette and Marius.

Shaman King (c) Hiroyuki Takei
Les Miserables (c) Victor Hugo
the photo I used as the ref (c) I have no idea, but it certainly ain't mine!
this particular artistic rendition (c) moi

drawn traditionally, colored mostly with Prismacolor pencils (best brand in the world, by the way), background and Lyserg's suit colored in Photoshop Elements 5.