I started this picture with a lot of energy and finished it quickly in one sitting. I like to do unusual poses and gestures, but after coming back to this picture some time after it was finished, I thought Zato looked like Quidam [from the Cirque du Soleil production].
Illustration done for The PlayStation 2 weekly magazine, February 16, 2001. Art and caption from Artworks of Guilty Gear X 2000-2007 by Daisuke Ishiwatari.