[question] help identify a pic

[saa-chan.livejournal.com]

Hello~ I need some help identifying a pic I have in my dgm folder. If somebody can tell me if this is offical art or fanart and where it came from, I'd be really really happy and grateful m(_ _)m

=== Edit ===
Found thanks to haya5h1

x-posted to dgray_man

Comments

[haya5h1.livejournal.com]

real art. it was a postcard that was in an issue of Akamaru Jump last year.

[saa-chan.livejournal.com]

Oh thanks! Is there a bigger scan floating around?

[haya5h1.livejournal.com]

That I'm not sure about. I only know this because I have that issue...and in fact that image that you posted is bigger than the actual postcard.XD (and that is the whole image, in case you were wondering.)

[saa-chan.livejournal.com]

lol
Thanks again~ :D Scans can be much better than the actual card ^_- I often scan at 600 dpi if something is tiny >:D print dots show up though :/

[blueshimmer.livejournal.com]

wtf is that across Allen's throat? A string? Given Timcanpy's size, I don't think it's Tim's tail... though it's the same color as Tim (but that's a really muted-color image -- does Hoshino usually do her colored manga in such drab, muted colors? That last couple of times I've seen her do Lavi, he's had really bland red hair and olive-green eyes, rather than the anime's bright red and kelly-green)

[kagnomi.livejournal.com]

Well, she's always colored her pictures like that. In fact, this one's one fo the better ones.

[ex-duelist.livejournal.com]

It looks like a strap, which I'm guessing is connected to the Timcampy-shaped mask he's got on in back there. Akamaru Jump is published in the summer so the theme here is Japanese traditional summer festivals -- they're all dressed in yukata and holding things you'd find at festivals, i.e. the cotton candy, the mask, and Rabi's candy apple. (mmmm, I want one of those...)