My last picture before my scanner crapped out. I had to tweak the contrast and brightness for fifteen minutes before I could get the lines to show up and the bright GRAY STREAKS not to.

Bikou is a peculiar sort of demon. He's half shadow demon and half tentacle monster, but with the nice shape-shifty ability, he keeps himself in a pretty form, and the tendrils creep along his back as a tattoo, crawling along his skin like slow, living flames. The things are softer and warm, not slimy and cold like one might imagine tentacles made of solid shadows would be. He's quite polite, for his nature, too, preferring to "play"' instead of just random catch-and-molest types of interaction.

He's also quite gay. Sorry ladies. The closest thing to a girl he ever touches is a cute teenage guy in girl's clothing.

He usually wears a black kimono over this, but for now, to show off the tattoo, I drew him in just a fundoshi, which is a traditional piece of Japanese undergarment.

...Yes I know his makeup looks a little like Orochimaru's. Sue me. I came up with the idea before I ever saw him, and only later noticed the similarities.