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My design/concept/gijinka/whatever you wanna call it of Tsukuyomi, Amaterasu's brother. He way majorly inspired by Okami, which is, after all, the entire reason I like Japanese mythology. Such elements include the moon at his neck and his clothing color, based on the sword Tsukuyomi from the game, which was blue and had a similar design near its hilt. He also has a wolf tail and the lower legs of a wolf. This is because Ammy in the game is a wolf, and I like to think that, if she were a human, she'd keep some of those qualities (i.e. ears and tail). His ink and markings are green (Ammy's ink is black and her markings are red), and some of them are different from Amaterasu's. For example, he lacks the lines around his eyes; the mark on his forehead forms a crescent rather than a full circle, and his shoulder/side marks are backwards.

Another part of Tsukuyomi is his eyes and hair. The idea that Tsukuyomi had brown hair and green eyes has stuck with me since this one tiny excerpt from an Okami fanfic read long ago, describing him with eyes and hair this color... the impression stuck with me ever since.

Of course, I have no idea how he actually was described to look in the legends; everything I've ever seen about him never described his appearance. They merely tell that he is the moon god and that, in older legends, he killed Uke Mochi. One Japanese mythology book I read didn't even give his name!

Tsukuyomi design (C) me
Okami (C) Clover
Shinto mythology is from Japan...
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Patch444's avatar
Not bad. :D
Wait a minute....is he wearing fur boots? 0.o...