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Celestia-Knight β€” Okami - Demon Lord Ninetails

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Published: 2017-05-11 15:05:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 1353; Favourites: 37; Downloads: 7
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Battle With Ninetails

"By the power of Yami, ruler of the Land of Darkness,
I, Ninetails, have been made lord of Ryoshima Coast! You needn't have come all this way just for me to kill you."

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Okami is a masterpiece. It is a work of art, and anyone who has not played it MUST try it out, whether it's the old PS2 version or the HD version on PS3. This game is an experience, you don't want it to end, and when it does end you just want more! That feeling is amazing, and actually very few games give this feeling to the player. You get sucked into the story, the characters pull you in, and when it's time to let go, your heart stays there.

It was this game, years ago on my PS2, that brought me into the Japanese mythology and culture, and I've learned so much about it since then and I am so grateful that this game showed it to me. This game only fuelled my wish to one day go to Japan, and one day I WILL go to Japan.

For this portrait I went with Ninetails, who possibly had the best arc in the game with Ryoshima Coast and Sei-An City and has my favourite boss battle theme, and I went with a sort of different style for this one. I wanted it to be reminiscent of the style of the game while also keeping it in my own style, and I quite like the result!

Hope you like it!

Check out my other portraitsΒ here!

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Comments: 18

Mallardee [2017-05-12 03:42:56 +0000 UTC]

I've never finished Okami. I should get the HD version and play it again.

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Celestia-Knight In reply to Mallardee [2017-05-12 15:12:16 +0000 UTC]

I highly recommend it, this game is a must-play! The HD version is the best one to get, by far.

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DreamPuppeteer [2017-05-11 23:27:02 +0000 UTC]

I wanted to play this game for years, and I found a cheap, re-sell copy at Gamestop and was able to play it and it's SUCH A GOOD AND FUN GAME. Ninetails was probably one of my favorite bosses besides the Twin Demons!

You did SUCH a great job!! The pose, lighting, coloring, everything!!

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Celestia-Knight In reply to DreamPuppeteer [2017-05-12 03:36:37 +0000 UTC]

Oh yeah the Twin Demons are another favourite of mine! They're so cool!

Thank you very much! I'm happy to say that I had a lot of fun working on this piece, and I'll happily draw more Okami stuff later on. x)

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DreamPuppeteer In reply to Celestia-Knight [2017-05-12 05:15:48 +0000 UTC]

You're very much welcome! Lookin forward to it!

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Hakuwolfen [2017-05-11 19:03:16 +0000 UTC]

Ninetails is on of my fav bosses on okami, he is a good villian tbh, I even thought he was the finnal boss XD

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Celestia-Knight In reply to Hakuwolfen [2017-05-11 20:32:49 +0000 UTC]

Lol, me too I thought the same! xD The first time I got there I was like "Well this is end-game material...", but then the game continued and I was like "Wait there's more??" xD

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Hakuwolfen In reply to Celestia-Knight [2017-05-11 21:23:37 +0000 UTC]

yee XD tbh I didn't like Yami that much for some reason, maybe because we didn't get that much interaction with him like other bosses XPΒ 

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Celestia-Knight In reply to Hakuwolfen [2017-05-12 03:37:59 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, Yami fell pretty short compared to the others, but when you do some research on him you actually discover that it's not really 'someone' per say, it's really just an incarnation of all the sins of the world (pretty deep actually).

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Hakuwolfen In reply to Celestia-Knight [2017-05-13 22:08:01 +0000 UTC]

oh I didn't knew that XP that's neat XD
it fits to the game, considering each character backstoryΒ 

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Pinkpony4 [2017-05-11 18:35:35 +0000 UTC]

I wish I could play Okami but I don't THINK it was available where I live. But, since I have that rom station thing, I guess I can play it there.Β 

I do love the way you did the fur at the bottom. And that music is boss!

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Celestia-Knight In reply to Pinkpony4 [2017-05-11 20:31:58 +0000 UTC]

Oh I am certain you can easily find a rom of it somewhere in high quality, no problem!

Thanks! I had fun painting the fur like that, it makes it different in a good way. x) And the whole soundtrack of Okami is amazing, I recommend you go listen to it!

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Dededeman7 [2017-05-11 16:16:27 +0000 UTC]

This looks pretty cool. I have this game and it's a blast, there's just so much about this game that makes it awesome. One thing I really love about this game is the music.

I'm fascinated with cultures from other parts of the world and I sometimes try to show that in my works. For example, 0 in K: BTS is a albino but he's not one just to be one. In easter Asian cultures, white is the traditional color of death and the reason why 0 has 4 tails is that in Japanese and Chinese cultures the number "4" is considered an unlucky number because it is pronounced as "Shi", which is also the word for "death". This is means that 0 is literally a walking monstrosity of death.

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Celestia-Knight In reply to Dededeman7 [2017-05-11 20:30:36 +0000 UTC]

The music is the best thing, I have the whole soundtrack as a playlist and it's my go-to playlist to get inspired. x)

Aaah, I love me some symbolism in designs, that's awesome!

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Dededeman7 In reply to Celestia-Knight [2017-05-12 04:43:29 +0000 UTC]

Cool. I like a lot of the music in the game and I think that the theme of Yami fits my incarnation of 0 as he likes referring to himself as the "Emperor of Darkness", as 0 is technically the Emperor of the Dark Matter species in K: BTS.

Me too and thanks.

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KittyHawk456 [2017-05-11 15:53:24 +0000 UTC]

I remember fighting Ninetails for the first time in Okami. It probably one of the only reasons i play the game. to fight one of my favorite enemy in the entire game. and to listen to that battle theme again.Β 

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Celestia-Knight In reply to KittyHawk456 [2017-05-11 20:29:47 +0000 UTC]

Ninetails is one of the best bosses/enemies in the game, so I totally agree!

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KittyHawk456 In reply to Celestia-Knight [2017-05-11 21:44:13 +0000 UTC]

Yas, girl, yas!!!!

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