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Description Ruoy Lygden was a simple landlord of a small 4-unit apartment until one day when he was cleaning up after an evicted tenant and rolled a waste bin over something...

...it was a rat king 's tail!

The act of crushing the knot of tails caused the assembly of rats to come apart, and they went scurrying into the darkness. Later that night as Ruoy lay in bed stressing out over his mortgage payments, he was startled to find himself surrounded by a crowd of rats.

"All hail the Rat King!" they squeaked in thunderous tumult. Ruoy had been made into the new Rat King after having slain the previous one in a supposed challenge to the throne. His body now houses a legion of rats, ready to come out at the first sign of easy food. Fearrr!

In this picture he is going out to buy milk and is like "Guys, I can do this. Leave me alone," but they are like "No, my liege! We will accompany youuu I shall comb your hair"

Ruoy is often accompanied by his royal familiars: Wulfram and Lars Gran. They are huge weird rats that come and go at their discretion. Each familiar has a single eye that can transmit its vision to the Rat King, resulting in much headache and motion sickness for Ruoy.

Ruoy's Rat King powers are kind of like a gross Dracula's in that he can disintegrate into a thousand rats and run away and then come together again and then he opens his cape and shoots three fireballs at the player. Aside from that, he can communicate with rodents and detect the presence of food. His rats will form a mantle on his back when they think it will help. But it never does.


Man, this took like 2 weeks to finish, but I'm happy with it. In the sketches I was worried Ruoy was coming to look a bit too much like Soma Cruz (with the jeans, fur 'round the neck, long coat, and girly hair). But I also wanted to start drawing, so oh well. Oh yeah, Ruoy's jacket pulling is inspired by ~arnistotle 's APB Sketch. On a second look, I think I goofed on the motion here; Ruoy is more just clutching his side than actually pulling on a coat. Damn!

The background was the most exciting part for me, though! This picture sees a return of LINES IN THE BACKGROUND, something I haven't done since two years ago ! Why did I forget this? It has value.

That being said, I have mixed feelings on how the subject and the background come together in this piece. They kind of compete for attention, and it's looking busier than I would have liked. I admit I only had a vague sense of the lighting when I shaded the characters; I should probably work on the background/environment first next time to solidify the ambiance and lighting first.

Well, anyway, that was fun!

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Comments: 925

EdenAngel7 [2017-11-15 19:59:20 +0000 UTC]

It looks awesome! When I first saw it, I thought it was part of a zodiac manga/anime or something. He looks like a badass heading out to fight evil or come to someone's aid. Though finding out he's just heading out to get food stuff makes this funny-awesome.
BTW, is he enhanced? Like, stronger and faster, able to climb walls and other surfaces with his claws, can attack with his rat tails, anything like that? He looks so cool~.

Again, love the art,
EdenAngel7

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sekkenn [2017-10-11 03:45:51 +0000 UTC]

So cool

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Starflight5484 [2017-10-11 00:29:10 +0000 UTC]

i just imagine the rats grooming his hair as he sleeps or is about to go our and when he protests they say "but sir! you are SO DIRTY!"

or if he was unconsciously petting one of them that it starts bruxing happily (its like rat purrs, its super sweet)

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SzyszkaKultury [2017-10-10 00:31:32 +0000 UTC]

awsome!

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ShinigamiRyuku [2017-10-09 20:37:56 +0000 UTC]

Cool!

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fukahicam [2017-10-09 18:35:23 +0000 UTC]

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kage-niji [2017-10-09 11:40:00 +0000 UTC]

This is so awesome! It's such a creative idea, and I can't believe you made this in Flash!

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isack1234 [2017-10-09 00:14:11 +0000 UTC]

español esta copado ingles it's coped

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darkrealmwalker [2017-10-08 22:29:16 +0000 UTC]

i smell a new anime idea

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ShadowLucario83 [2017-10-08 21:29:36 +0000 UTC]

Dude, this is fucking awesome! Is this your own character?

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MyLovelyJacksonForev [2017-10-08 20:54:46 +0000 UTC]

Very nice description indeed 

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feeeriola [2017-10-08 16:33:30 +0000 UTC]

Flagged as Spam

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Angelinia In reply to feeeriola [2017-10-09 07:25:18 +0000 UTC]

Од Бихаца до Петровца села
До Петровца села
Српска Земља Нападнута Цела
Нападнута Цела

Карадзицу Води Србе Своје
Води Србе Своје
Нек Се Види Никог Се Не Боје
Никог Се Не Боје

Устале Хрватске Устасе
Хрватсе Устасе
Не Дирајте У Огњисте Насе
Дирајте Огњисте Насе

Карадзицу Води Србе Своје
Води Србе Своје
Нек Се Види Никог Се Не Боје
Никог Се Не Боје

Из Крајине Кренули Су Вуци
Кренули Су Вуци
Цувајте Се Устасе И Турци
Устасе И Турци

Карадзицу Води Србе Своје
Води Србе Своје
Нек Се Види Никог Се Не Боје
Никог Се Не Боје

У Одбрани Свога Српског Рода
Свога Српског Рода
Боримо Се Драга Нам Слобода
Драга Нам Слобода

Карадзицу Води Србе Своје
Води Србе Своје
Нек Се Види Никог Се Не Боје
Никог Се Не Боје
Нек Се Види Никог Се Не Боје
Никог Се Не Боје

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vchiha In reply to feeeriola [2017-10-09 02:33:12 +0000 UTC]

bruh lol

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ShadowLucario83 In reply to feeeriola [2017-10-08 21:29:12 +0000 UTC]

I can't believe this comment is here. 

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Fabricolage [2017-10-08 15:41:37 +0000 UTC]

awesome

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Brandoch-Daha [2017-10-08 15:38:02 +0000 UTC]

Looks great!

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xXanemic333vampireXx [2017-10-08 14:56:46 +0000 UTC]

I love this so much!!!

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Buddy--Robinson [2017-10-08 14:52:06 +0000 UTC]

Cool.

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B1uue [2017-10-08 14:24:19 +0000 UTC]

This.. Is so gud. ;-;

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chainedknee [2017-10-08 13:18:48 +0000 UTC]

Amazing depiction!  Awesome!

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HoshmandFox [2017-10-08 09:44:21 +0000 UTC]

What's the anime name ????

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JoeOutside [2017-10-08 08:26:13 +0000 UTC]

Your description is as awesome as your artwork. Kudos!

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Zacharuuu [2017-10-08 03:46:17 +0000 UTC]

Is this an oc??... I need to know asap

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SLthethird [2017-10-08 02:40:18 +0000 UTC]

The story and artwork reminds me a bit of China Mieville's book King Rat. Really good book (though weird as all hell).

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CrystalWyvern123 [2017-10-08 02:07:23 +0000 UTC]

This is amazing  

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AnimatedForLife [2017-10-08 01:53:14 +0000 UTC]

Enjoyed this piece, and your self-critique of it.

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Arkham-Knightmare [2017-10-07 22:38:47 +0000 UTC]

Look Out Ninja Turtles, it's the son of the Rat King, man they are going to have a challenge tonight 

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Sylvina79 [2017-10-07 22:12:19 +0000 UTC]

It looks wonderful! Well done!

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BaraaChan [2017-10-07 20:06:40 +0000 UTC]

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xLeSpiderx [2017-10-07 16:58:01 +0000 UTC]

Cool backstory. I like how instead of fighting crime he's just using it to survive and buy milk and stuff.

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atram95 [2017-10-07 16:15:43 +0000 UTC]

Is Impressive!!

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deeeeraaad [2017-10-07 14:44:24 +0000 UTC]

Flagged as Spam

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PedroPascal1988 In reply to deeeeraaad [2017-10-07 16:01:01 +0000 UTC]

All Latest movies in Theatres at CinemaMEGA . net

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EndyCow [2017-10-07 10:45:37 +0000 UTC]

Awesome work!

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avengecc [2017-10-07 02:58:29 +0000 UTC]

He looks badass

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wog1piffting [2017-10-07 02:16:23 +0000 UTC]

If this was a Anime I would watch it

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PedroPascal1988 In reply to wog1piffting [2017-10-07 16:04:12 +0000 UTC]

Yes, Have you watch Yami Shibai ? You can watch this at CinemaMEGA . net

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wog1piffting In reply to PedroPascal1988 [2017-10-07 16:22:32 +0000 UTC]

This feels like a AD

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WolfyBits In reply to wog1piffting [2017-10-07 17:43:52 +0000 UTC]

It is, it's a spam account replying to random people

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wog1piffting In reply to WolfyBits [2017-10-07 17:52:39 +0000 UTC]

._.

Well shit.

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Drift89965 [2017-10-06 22:49:49 +0000 UTC]

Oh gosh, imagine what it will be like if they were actually gunna go to fight
But its just milk "No, my liege! We will accompany youuu I shall comb your hair"

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ExpansionCritic [2017-10-06 21:50:11 +0000 UTC]

Boo the Royal Rat Authority boo it!

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ukan01 [2017-10-06 19:17:33 +0000 UTC]

Reminds me of Ninja Turtles, it would be great if new anime looked liked this  

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Firefly1508 [2017-10-06 17:42:40 +0000 UTC]

Not gonna lie..this is a cool concept and the piece looks amazing!

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Amethyst-Phoenixx [2017-10-06 16:32:16 +0000 UTC]

Awesome!!

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Xuumo [2017-10-06 15:52:44 +0000 UTC]

Reminds me of something else.

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douira [2017-10-06 14:56:43 +0000 UTC]

also gets magic and glowing eyes in the process

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EricVonSchweetz [2017-10-06 14:36:01 +0000 UTC]

Stunning

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gdpr-39223989 [2017-10-06 10:33:39 +0000 UTC]

I would recognize your style among 1000 artworks !

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