25 Aug 2006 at 03:04 - 12
Thank you much for the comments everyone ^.^
Indeed the drawing has quite alot of Naruto Influence in it, mainly because of the head protector, the hairstyles, and the Haku mask. The clan elder's outfit however was an influence on the Shinigami Captains from the anime "Bleach".
Not all of the character's design is entirely Naruto though.... The Kunai sheathed on his arms are my homage to Hotsuma from the PS2 game "Shinobi". The Kunai sheathed on his thighs are taken from Ryu Hayabusa's outfit, in the Xbox game "Ninja Gaiden".
In regards to the choice of weaponry, I picked Kamas over anything else because there were no Kunai daggers available (IMO Anet could've put them there since they were already using the "Naruto" motif anyway), and besides the Shinobi Blade/Katana, these Kamas/Kusarigamas made him more assosicated with ninja than any other dagger set available in GW....