Zato is the most beautiful character in my opinion. He’s simple, but he is the only one who I don’t feel the need to tweak any further. He is by no means a redeemable human being, but there is a very human drama found in themes of grief. In that sense, he is more beautiful as a dark hero than Sol. I depict him in such a way that you can feel his beauty and his destiny to be ruled by “something.”
Illustration for Arcadia Extra’s Guilty Gear X Slash Encyclopedia. Art and caption from Artworks of Guilty Gear X 2000-2007 by Daisuke Ishiwatari.