God: Tachigami
Animal: Rat
Brush power: 'Power slash'
Element: Metal
Zodiac rank: First

Mmm, Okami, good game. You see it a lot on many Okami Japanese websites, how they give human forms to the brush gods, and it's a fun thing to do I admit, (so obviously they'll be 13 of these drawings). I'm not, however, planning to do it in the order they appear, but the actual Chinese Zodiac 'rank'. (the rat was the first to appear, and the cat will be the last to appear, poor kitty.)

I've always seen Tachigami as a younger boy, but not a child. As for the color schemes, yes I know he is supposed to be all white, but it gets kinda boring to draw a character in pure white so when deciding the color "schemes", I went by the element each god represented. For Tachigami, I chose the colors of various metals, Steel, iron, and while I may of forgotten colors such as bronze, copper and such, steel blue adds nice closure to the outfit. Before you get on my case of "so and so god should be this gender", I'm choosing the gender based on the 'voice' you hear when you meet the gods. Obviously they'll be more males then females, but I'd rather keep it that way. (and as for armor since Tachigami's move is offensive... ummm, armor is not my best strength.... ._.')

First:Tachigami
Second: Itegami
Third: Gekigami
Fourth: Yomigami

Fifth: Yamigami
Sixth: Nuregami

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