"You and I are two sides of the same coin…"

I decided it was probably time to work on one of my darker characters: Tumahab.

Tumahab is Bahamut’s doppelganger or 'Mirror Universe' version if you like, the "evil" Bahamut from another universe.

I don’t know why but I’ve always found the idea of the “Mirror Universe” interesting, thinking of how creepy some of my characters would be if they were evil, so a while ago I sat down and gave some thought to how Tumahab would be and to be honest, Tumahab kinda of frightens me.

Tumahab is meant to be crafty and brutal, unforgiving, manipulative, treacherous and downright nasty. However, it is that he can be unrelenting and powerful that he has such a great number of followers, and it is incredible that he has a lot of trust in those closest and most loyal to him.
What makes him an even greater threat is that he has the ability to plan and predict his enemies, making him a bit of a genius when it comes to fighting people; something that is even scarier since he can outmatch Bahamut in that regard since he can predict how his 'better half' will react.

I worked on the sketch back in May, and I felt like that it was time to give him some color and some life, even if he does creep me out a little.
Many of the scars and markings on him are symbolic; some things that formed over the years. The marking on his arm though, I’m not too sure what that means quite yet; the last time I drew him that was always covered, so I thought it would be something interesting.

Paint Tool SAI.

Tumahab and art are mine.