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YGO: Darkest Hour

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After drawing Ryou and Yami Bakura several times, I really had to create an artwork for the Thief King as well.
It's the first picture I've completely drawn in Photoshop after a long time (so no SAI vector lineart)!

I've always felt sorry for Thief King Bakura.
When he was a child, he had to watch the cruel murder of all his friends and family members so that the Millennium items could be created. After that he was all alone. His grief, hatred and loneliness slowly made him go mad. Everything got even worse when Zorc took control of him.
Of course Bakura did some horrible things. Revenge is never a solution, but he didn't deserve this destiny. It would have been great if only the darkness in his heart was destroyed and he finally found peace. After all Bakura was a victim as well.

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Great pose reference by Null-Entity

Yu-Gi-Oh! belongs to Kazuki Takahashi

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:star: Other YGO Art by me :star:
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Since I also used to watch Yu-Gi-Oh!, I'm starting to wish that the series explored the relationship dynamic between both Bakura and Zorc. Sure, Bakura was tasked with unleashing Zorc, but we never knew HOW they both met in the first place after Bakura's village was slaughtered. Plus, most of the cast didn't even point out how they were in cahoots during the final battle. The final battle was epic, by the way. Seeing Zorc turn all three Egyptian Gods to stone in less than a minute was frightening yet awesome at the same time. Zorc performing a Mortal Kombat-style Fatality on poor petrified Obelisk was a cherry on top.


Kudos for making this in Photoshop.