#dnsecretsanta24

outfits are inspired by the musical! i love l's jacket okay? plus i needed something to slap the darker blue color on light is still a suit person.

no idea what haircuts were popular in japan in the early 2000s

the plan was to give l freckles but at this point they have been working on the kira case for some time... in a dark room... no wildly unrealistic things in my supernatural thriller!

first concept sketches:

i'm trying out this manga starter case gift. it seemed appropriate to use it for this ^^

how it started.. i wanted to do something symbolic, somethin abt the tragedy of lights character while also being very aware how terrible he is. i reeeeaally wanted mikami's writing to look like wings from light's back, but it didnt really translate as well as i wanted it to -_-

everyone is giving something to light while the shinigami observe. Misa, her eyes and her book. Naomi her identity, (this may seem like an inconsequential moment in lights story but i think its soo important for showing how thin the line is for him getting caught, and how conniving he is. and also i like her) L is giving... himself. i cannot go into detail for this it'll get too long. Mikami giving his worship, the names he writes forming the wings of his god.

the bottom corner has a burning photograph of Light's family, accompanied with a blood stained hand print on their faces.