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[Edit] Added the ancient symbols on the blade, and fixed the handle of the blade as well

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Doku, one of the Greater Fiends, he is a heavily armoured dark knight who stole the Dark Dragon Blade from the Hayabusa clan for the Holy Vigoorian Emperor. However he does not use this weapon as he has a weapon of his own, the Kitetsu.

"The evil Dark Dragon Blade... A legendary sword, said to haven been carved out of thee bones of a Black Dragon. It brought plague and death to the world during the age of ancient myth. It has been sealed by those of the Dragon Lineage since the dawn of history because of its incredible capacity for evil, made possible by the souls of the vanquished Black Dragon that dwell within it. It is said that if the Blade's seal were to be broken, it would gather the hatred and evil of mankind and confer it upon the one who wields it, transforming him into the Devil incarnate; however not even those of the Dragon Lineage who protect it know the true extent of its power..."

Well many of you might have seen the WIP for this piece which is now in my scrap pile. This was done as a practice in painting metallic surfaces and some fire.

Reference was used for the head because it was extremely hard to find a decent reference for this character, thus I drew most of it by memory.

15 hours in Photoshop CS
Referenced 35%

Doku, Ninja Gaiden (c) Team Ninja of Techmo

Enjoy!
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~Aikido456 Jan 9, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
WHOA! One of the best fan arts of Doku I have ever seen! This does him justice as he was such an amazing and pain in the ass villain to fight!

You should think about drawing what Ryu is turning into with this new Ninja Gaiden 3 game coming out. Given ur talents, you could make something amazing with those new looks of his!

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Flow Like The Gentle River

Strike Like The Raging Sea

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~Varriety Jan 3, 2012  Hobbyist Artist
Doku was the best villain in that game, since he actually had characterization. This definitely would've made for a much more awesome boss fight than Murai. This looks amazing.
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~Herdian-San Nov 20, 2011
Nice sword
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~DemonicCriminal May 1, 2011  Hobbyist Digital Artist
WHHHaaaaa....... FAV!

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...If you will excuse me, I have an appointment with World Domination.
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Mood: Nervous ~locadio899 Feb 9, 2011
This fiend is strong indeed, but finally manages to defeat Ryu in its normal form (with truss) and ectoplasmic form
Go to ryu is a son of a bitch, kill all
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~Bojaking Sep 15, 2010  Hobbyist Artist
Doku: Ah, the falled protector of the Drak Dragon. Shall I take your life yet again?

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"The Bird of the Hermes is my name. Eating my wings to make me tame."-Alucard
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~ChaosAurion Jun 21, 2010
Fking awesome game, nice pic of Doku!

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Live by the Sword.
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Mood: Scared ~Bojaking Dec 18, 2009  Hobbyist Artist
OMG! thats so scary im gana *wets pants* .... Never mind.

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"The Bird of the Hermes is my name. Eating my wings to make me tame."-Alucard
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*ArtMagix Dec 19, 2009  Professional Digital Artist
Lol thanks!

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I always bring my troll face when 8-pooling.
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~xavirfrost Dec 15, 2009
Look at you. Its like you're stuck in beast mode of something.
You do excellent pieces.
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