Well, he's here...

[luco]

And let me rant for a minute about Sanji. He's a pain in the ass to draw! I mean, I adore drawing him and everything, but to get what I put down on paper to match what I see in my mind is really difficult ;__; I was going through a lot of the japanese sites to see how others drew him and while they have very beautiful art, it wasn't quite what I was after.

I wanted him to look like a 'guy', I wanted to be able to keep him as expressive as he is in the original series! And I want people to always remember that he's a fighter as well. >__<

And I don't know how well I suceeded...

Hopefully it's alright.

Oh and the weed in his mouth will be explained by Chopperfish later >_>;

Comments

[maldoror-gw.livejournal.com]

*happy sigh* It was worth the wait ^___^

What a great page! Like everybody else, I adored Chopper, especially in that last panel (ooh, pretty tail!) but the way he tail-wraps growly Sanji owns me seriously ^_^

And Sanji is super well done! You scored on that 'expressiveness'. That look on his face in the first panel...I can almost hear the sarcastic drawl in which he talks to Chopper, and the annoyed growl in the second (yay for Sanji-growly face! That's the sort of face he's going to be making a lot once he actually meets Zoro, I think). And Sanji in the last panel....hmmmmmmmmmm *happy sigh again* I'm so glad you went for muscles, m'lady. Sanji can drop-kick a 10-ton bananadile to the ceiling. He's not going to be the small, feminine weed many DJ fanartists seem to think he is. Damn that uke-syndrome...

[luco-millian.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad that so many people seem to share my views on Sanji ^____^ I adore the fact that he's a fighter, and a dork, and young and somewhat innocent, and yet he still can come across as so smooth....

It's a pain in the ass to try and combine them, so I have great respect for the animators who have to try and capture that again and again. I'm just glad that I seem to be doing a decent job. And I'm happy that everyone is enjoying the relationship between Chopper and Sanji ^___^

((growly-face Sanji will be around quite often yes))