This is Omori Hiroji, lovingly nicknamed 'Mori' by his friends. This picture is a concept sketch of him as a vampire, a few centuries into the future. He is a character in a manga that I am working on with a friend. The first story Mori appears in has him as a retired drummer from a famous JRock band (fictional story, of course). However, due to (secret!) certain circumstances, he is unable to find the match to his soul, the one he would love unconditionally. Thus starts Mori's real story, in which he has become a vampire in order to wait out the centuries until he can find true love.

Sappy, I know, but, hey, everybody has to have a happy ending, right? I mean, my Demekun found his Yuki-chan, so why not Mori?

In any case, as I said, this is concept art for Mori in the second story. Please note that he has his right eye covered by his bangs. In the first story, it's revealed that he is blind in that eye due to an incident when he was in high school. He looked really hot with an eyepatch, but my working-partner said "No! I'll hate you if you give him an eyepatch!" So, no eyepatch. But he does have two new piercings. Just so you know, he has five piercings total: eyebrow, lip, ear, nipple, and belly button.

Anyways...yea, so what do ya'll think of the luffable Mori-kun? ^^

Oh, and I'm completely serious about him being in a manga created by me and a friend. At the moment, we don't have any of the necessary supplies, and I still have difficulty with backgrounds, but it is our goal to sell the finished chapters at cons, and hopefully on our own website, in the near future. So...wish me luck with that, neh?

Mori concept art (c) me

((PS: Should I put up concept art of other characters, or maybe I should put up some more concept art of Mori as a human? I actually only put this up because my working-partner requested a scan to show off in forums on anime conventions.))