"Gayer than a tree full of monkeys on nitrous oxide"
*snort* Well put.
Drawing characters based off details from books is pretty hard, ah think you did a LOVELY job.

Oh, thank god you did this. I was actually on the verge of ASKING for one because I wanted to see your interpretation of 'zira. He's a lot younger looking than I would have expected, but it's kind of hard to draw mid-thirties anime guys, huh? I also picture him in glasses quite a bit. I don't know why... it just seems to suit him.

As for name pronunciation: The authors originally planned for his name to be a combination of... uh... what was it? Some stupid name and Raphael. So they always thought to pronounce it "Aziraphael." But most people just say Azirafale. Obviously, I know just a bit too much about this book, huh?

...I actually like your pronunciation better. I think I'll adopt it.

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To become old and wise, one must first be young and stupid.

"Maybe he gots to go outside and goes to the... B-A-S-T-H-R-O-H-M-N-S-E."

Thanks! Man, if you think he looks young in this pic, you should have seen my earlier concept drawings of him. Ugh. Saucer eyes and revolting chibi-ness. He still looks a little young to me, too. I'm sure there's a way I could slap on a few more years to him...

Heh. You know, Aziraphale's name reminds me of "Azrael" and "Raphael", the former being some high-ranking official from Hell and the latter being, well, you know. Archangel and stuff. Wow. I never realised I was pronouncing Aziraphale's name more closely to the demon's. All you need to do is insert an F in there...

I spent all night looking for the passage where Aziraphale's name was hinted at being pronounced "Azerafel" (by Nostradamus). I didn't find it until, well... much later. I'd totally forgotten about that.

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I never read the book (I'd like to now ) but from all your gorgeous drawings, now I MUST go to Borders or Barnes and Noble!.......BTW, he's really cute! And very well drawn!

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"May-bay the dingo ate chor babie."

Gay and Brittish? You don't say so... hmm... The first way to pronounce his name that I thought of was something like "Ahzz-ee-rap-hael" That's quite a mouth-full. XD Don't know if I'd go around saying that all day.

This is quite a good depiction of a brittish angel character. Looks to be about 23, modestly dressed, very soft and delecate. Couldn't see him doing much other than reading, really. Perfect!

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He looks like Sai with a bang part. Very cool though. I also like the demon...Crawly I think. I shall have to look this book up. Sounds extremely interesting. But if you are looking for a good book (shamelessly peddles fave books ) the Noble Dead series by Barb and JC Hendee are awesome. The first one is called Dhampir. I would love to see your interpretation of Leesil. Anyways. Nifty art as usual!

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"It can't rain all the time."

I think I associated Aziraphale with Cye from the get-go, just with blond hair. That might also explain my fawning adoration for him.

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Azrael! That's it!! It completely slipped my mind this morning (Just gotten off work and I was tired hehe). I guess the whole Azrael thing hints at Aziraphale's tendency to be a not-so-holy angel.

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To become old and wise, one must first be young and stupid.

"Maybe he gots to go outside and goes to the... B-A-S-T-H-R-O-H-M-N-S-E."

lol. Indeed it might. I found some quote from the book earlier today and especially like the one about trees going "vrooooom." ^_^

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"It can't rain all the time."

I love that one! Just the thought of a tree revving up...

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