 - Naruto/One Piece/Full Metal Alchemist - DUO BRAND [ Japanese Fan Art Site ] - Eeeee! It's this artist! I've seen her doujinshi on Yahoo!Japan a lot and she can do one of the most drop-dead gorgeous Kakashi-senseis that I've ever seen, he's just stunning in her hands sometimes. (Occasionally, the proportions are off, but when she does it right, she does one of my FAVORITE Kakashi-senseis.) Her sense of color is just stunning, these beautiful, vivid shades that I just love, everything seems to just glow. Her Full Metal Alchemist art is just as strong with the colors and the sense of detail, very professional looking. And the One Piece art... ohhh, the One Piece art. *fawns* The site is very Shanks-centric, which is juuuuust fine by me because the artist does an incredible Shanks; the colors are stunning and the poses fabulous. Shanks is a very cool character and looking at him in these illustrations... that really comes through, his sense of adventure and how COOL he is. My gaze is always drawn to his eyes, which are this incredible shade of blue and... well... Shanks is hot. *___* And then there's this incredible one of Mihawk and one of a smiling Kuro. *wibbles* I am definitely in love with this site. (Some KakaIru, some random yaoi pairings with FMA and OP.)
 - One Piece - Love & Piece [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - Every once in awhile, I come across a site that just makes me *SQUEE* with wild abandon because it captures the feeling of the One Piece style/art so incredibly well AND gives me exactly what I want, that I just fangirl like mad crazy. This is one of those sites because the artist is incredibly talented but also because she draws some of my favorite pairings from the series AND does fantastic gen stuff. (There's the regular gallery, but also check out her Weekly Jump section, because she's got some fantastic sketches based off the chapters there. ♥) She's got that grin that Oda-sensei does down phenominally well, really helping along that sense of FUN that One Piece has. Her colors are also incredible, her lines fantastic, her poses perfect, her One Piece-tone amazing, and all of that. But, really, the thing that just made me twirl around the room in utter glee? That I believed these pairing illustrations. Sometimes, with some art sites, I have to squint a little to match the characters up with the ones in my head (This isn't an insult--this is something that happens with even the most STUNNING sites, many of which are among my absolute favorites.), but with this site... I dunno, I just SAW the characters (and pairings) that I adore so much. Because THIS is my Zoro/Nami, toally. And, really, I'm all about the squee-factor. If it makes ME fangirl, then I'm terrifically happy to have seen the site. ♥ (Some Zoro/Nami, some Sanji/Nami and some Luffy/Nami, and some gen.)
 - One Piece - Sunroom [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - You know how sometimes a site doesn't have the absolute best art, but it can win you over because the art is so fecking CUTE? Yeah, that's pretty much what this site did. The artist really does have great lines, they're just a bit rounder than what I'm used to--however, the absolute adorable and coo-worthy positions/situations she draws the characters in just completely and utterly WON ME OVER, despite the pairing not being my favorite. Just... I don't know how to explain it any better than that. I mean, yeah, it helped that there's a good content of Zoro/Nami on the site, too, but... geehhh, Sanji/Luffy SO FRICKIN CUTE. XD Plus? Best. Action. Figure. Poses. EVER. Seriously, that alone is worth visiting this site for. XD And, hey, it's good to expand my catagories sections once in awhile. ^_~ (Sanji/Luffy, some Zoro/Nami.)
 - Bleach/One Piece - Paradise View [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - I... am slowly developing a strong fondness for Sanji/Luffy and I'm not entirely sure why. I couldn't even come up with an armchair psychobabbly reason for why the pairing would work or anything, I just know that something about it appeals to me. And then I stumble on a site that has OMG ART THAT IS SO FREAKING CUTE (it's the kind where the artist is really good with her style--yeah, it's very chibi-esque, but her colors and lines absolutely rock, the inking looking very profession and her colors are really well done and the poses are ADORABLE and all that) and I just become further convinced that there might be something to the pairing. And, hey, if it fits with my ZoroxNami fondness, all the better. *coughs* >_> Plus, I love seeing the artist's cat!Sanji and cat!Luffy lounging all over each other. And then there's the Bleach art that's much the same--the artist draws a fantastic Kon that I just want to pick up and snuggle with. And when the artist does her little chibi Rukia or Ichigo with him? OMG SO ADORABLE AND PERFECT. XD (A little Sanji/Luffy, no Bleach pairings.)
 - One Piece - KKD [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - I admit, the characters' hips can be a little off with this artist, but the rest of the illustrations--right down to the clothes and the poses--are so fantastically done, so keeping with the FEEL of One Piece that I just fell in love. Mostly the artist does Robin--who looks FANATASTIC, she's got some of the most fantastically drawn costumes the artist puts her in--but occasionally does the main cast and some of the other characters, too. There was a really great Smoker illustration, there was a fantastic illustration of Kuragara and Norland that just made me wibble all over the place, and all in all... it was one of those sites that drew the characters in such a way that it reminded me of the One Piece series (the artist has really good coloring, too, very well shaded and detailed)... and I keep harping on that because... I mean, it's not a perfect replication, it's a bit more CG-ish in style, but... it felt like each piece of the background detail was thought out, I guess? Plus, dude, Robin fanart that's REALLY PRETTY. How could I not love? XD (Some Robin/Crocodile, some gen.)
 - One Piece - Evil Bunny [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - Okay, I sort of had to rec this site, because how often do you run across Mihawk fanart that's actually really pretty hot? I don't usually look for art based on the character, but I happened to stumble across this site and... the artist is really talented. There's this one Halloween!Mihawk that even I would have to say was hot and, ooh, there was this one oekaki of Shanks (apparently wearing some sort of black fur?) that was beautiful. And, uhm, holy crap, there's this one Shank/Mihawk illustration that's gorgeous and... yeah. One of those sites that I wound up liking despite myself. (Err, a little Shanks/Mihawk, maybe a little Mihawk/Zoro, Mihawk/Eneru, a little other stuff implied.)
 - One Piece - [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - This is my new favorite site. ♥ Because, do you know what this site has? It has a comic of Luffy feeling up Sanji and Nami at the same time. Brilliant! And then! Then it had smutty Luffy/Sanji/Robin threesome comics and I was in love. The site isn't necessarily going to be for everyone, it tends to follow a lot of the traditional yaoi stereotypes (and Sanji can look a little skinny sometimes), but it absolutely hit my Luffy/Sanji kink perfectly and I found myself enamored with the art, because the artist is really good at drawing her basic lineart, the lines are really clean and the characters are very recognizable, and she's got a lot of discipline in the way she lays out her comic pages. Her artwork is genuinely attractive and hot, I love this site. ♥ (Luffy/Sanji, a little Luffy/Sanji/Nami and Luffy/Sanji/Robin, not work safe.)
 - One Piece - [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - I was initially attracted here because of the banner that had an interesting-looking illustration of Iceberg and Frankie on it, which actually turned out to be pretty cool. But then I stayed for the really neat Skypiea minor characters-based fanart, because how often do you see really cool Norland fanart? And, dude. There's genuinely good Frankie fanart! Of all the Water 7 characters, really--there's this absolutely fantastic one of Paulie and there are about three or four really amazing Ace illustrations and... yeah, there's not a lot of the Straw Hat crew themselves, but sometimes it's nice to have a site about the background characters. Especially when the artist draws them really well and she uses these bright colors that somehow really work for the images and the poses are all so COOL. Oh, and make sure to check out the comics, where you can see that the artist isn't just using pretty colors, she can actually draw. <3 (A little shounen ai, mostly Norland/Karugara and Iceberg/Frankie.)
 - One Piece - [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - This site probably isn't going to hit everyone the way it hit me, but there's something about the art style that really sort of charmed me. I think a lot of it is the pairing, since Luffy/Sanji works better with the cuter, almost chibi-esque style that the artist uses here, both characters do well with the style. Not that I'm complaining about the occasional group illustration that pops up because they're SO CUTE, but I think I really liked this site because it hit my Luffy/Sanji button or because Chopper was SO ABSOLUTELY CUTE OMG. Really, though, once you stare at the art for a little while, you start to see that her lines are actually really good, very clean and detailed and she does some really nice shading and coloring and... yeah, I just like it. XD;; (Luffy/Sanji, maybe a little other shounen ai.)
 - One Piece - cafe*Ruanky [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - What makes this site doubly special, aside from that I rather like the art of it, is that finally there's a Sanji/Robin art site! ♥ I've really become fond of the pairing in the recent chapters, so I've been hoping that more fic and art would come about because of it. It's not always perfect, but the artist shows tremendous growth already, her current art is very pretty and she does some adorable (and some very hot/sexy) illustrations of the two of them. I'm also just really quite fond of the color themes, the almost-pastels work surprisingly well with the characters and she backs it up with more and more detail as she goes along--some of the group illustrations are fantastic. The one of Robin and Nami on one end of the couch with Sanji and an extra pair of Robin's arms on the other is just beautiful and the bathtub one with Robin, Sanji, and Zoro is one of my all-time favorite OP fanart illustrations ever. *__* It's just... the artist has this way of making so much of her illustrations to be slinky and sexy, the vibe I really wanted with Sanji and Robin, there's usually just enough skin showing to be alluring without being graphic. ♥ (Sanji/Robin, occasional not-safe-for-work content.)
 - Naruto/One Piece - [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - Yondaime, Jiraiya, and kid!Kakashi comics? Okay, I'm listening. Comics that are actually really well drawn, with really clean, solid lines, good proportions, and adorable concepts? Sold! I tend to skip over comic sections on sites most of the time, it's just not the kind of art that usually gets me going, but there's something about this site (and my love for Yondaime and Jiraiya, who don't get nearly enough art for them) that drew me in here. I love that the artist... it's not that the style is exactly like the original manga, but that I somehow get the same sense from it, something about the arrangement of panels or the crisp shading/lines that are very solid that appeal to me like with Kishimoto's art. But, yeah, it's also totally about Yondaime, Jiraiya, and Kakashi who are some of my favorite characters and I have a weakness for any art with them. It's much the same with the OP art--and that's how I know I actually think it's good, solid art, because the artist is more of a Zoro/Luffy fan, but I still think the art is really shiny and neat. (Maybe some Jiraiya/Yondaime, but I'm determinedly going to think it's gen. Some Zoro/Luffy.)
 - One Piece - [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - One of the first things that caught my attention about this site? "Oh, hey, neat, a ZoSan site that has art of Nami, too! I LOVE that everyone loves Nami!" Then I got a little further into the site. My reaction then? "OMG, YAY. ZoSan site that is also LuNa! This artist totally loves me! ♥" And, no, the art's not perfect, but it's light-hearted and fun, as well as containing my two OTPs. My love shimmered and sparkled the entire time I was here. You can tell the artist's favorite character is Sanji, you'll see a lot of him on the site and he probably looks the best, but... I found I actually enjoyed the Luffy/Nami stuff most of all. Maybe it's the rarity, but I think it was more that there was that certain spark between them that I love. It's mostly oekaki-style art on the site, but I find I like that here, it adds to the light-hearted quality. ....also, Luffy and Nami in a grassy field with him lying in her lap and grinning like hell up at her? Yeah, I was sold. Oh, and be sure to scout all over the site, there's a lot of art tucked into different galleries. (Zoro/Sanji, Luffy/Nami, maybe a little other.)
 - One Piece/Katekyou Hitman REBORN! - CHITTYCHITTY [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - This is one of those times that I wish I could like the Zoro/Luffy pairing more, because the artist here draws them so incredibly like canon, it's sort of amazing. The wonderful thing (both for me and for all One Piece fans) is that she doesn't just draw that pairing, she draws all the characters, you can find art of pretty much every main character and they all look fantastic. Plus, the illustrations are fun and happy, so much like the style of Oda's color illustrations, too. In comparison, there's not nearly as much Reborn! fanart (compared to the solid section of One Piece), but what's here is adorable Gokudera/Tsuna art. The lines are so clean and so much like their canon selves, I love it! A fantastic site. ♥ (Zoro/Luffy, and a lot of gen for OP. Gokudera/Tsuna for Reborn!.)
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