This character is Tato, a human/snake ninja. This is another that came from the rp with :devUnstableIceDragon: that is influenced by Final Fantasy, Samurai Warriors and now Warriors Orochi.

Tato was once a slave during the turmoil of his homeland, but he had fallen for his old mistress since she was kind to him and helped train him.
Tato would later escape from his enslavement, but he didn't want to leave her, so he came back under a new identity and with proper ninja training.
However, during a conflict in allied territory, Tato was killed while trying to help defend innocent lives. He was suppose to be taken to the afterlife, but something happened, he was intercepted by the serpent demon Orochi. His soul was distorted and he was transformed into one of Orochi's snakemen, forced to serve in Orochi's army.
Even though his appearance was changed, Tato's soul was still kind, so when he found his old friends and allies fighting against Orochi, he was able to break free and join them.

Tato's design is based off one of the new characters from Warriors Orochi 2: Return of the Demon King: http://koeiwarriors.co.uk/artworks/...../a-mninja.jpg. His color scheme is based on the character's design as well the original male ninjas from Final Fantasy Tactics.
I really like how this turned out, the colors are different but it was fun to work with, and I was able to play around with some textures for the character, so overall I'm very nice with the final outcome.

Photoshop 7 and CS3.


Original ninja design is © Koei.
Tato and artwork are mine.