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... Or the Mugiwara Pirates, if you want to get all Wapanese about it xDSo! Here's the One Piece fanart, as promised. The idea was to draw all the main characters (of Luffy's pirate clan) in straw hats, because they're always being referred to as "Straw hats" or "Straw hat pirates" even though Luffy's the only one who actually wears one. (I always thought it was kinda weird that no one except Luffy wore a straw hat in the entire series, if you don't count the people from whom he inherited his hat. I mean, tons of characters wear cowboy hats and hats in general, so why should they not wear straw hats as well? xD) That was how I got the idea to do this, and I thought it was a great opportunity to properly pay tribute to One Piece. I know this idea (with the straw hats) probably has been done many times before, but I've never actually seen it and better yet, this idea has never been done by me before, so I don't mind it XD And as you can see this is them pre-timeskip.This series is so much awesome, I don't even. Wow. Sure, it has its flaws such as predictability (at least the outcomes of the fights are predictable!!), but I also have to give Oda creds for some major exciting turning points in the story that I definitely didn't see coming!! And however, everything else about the series is so great that it makes up for the predictability for meAnyway, One Piece has been a big part of my life during my first year of high school (which ends officially Tuesday), so I'm happy to do some more fanart for it 8D I think I got this idea when I was reading Water 7 arc or Enies Lobby arc, and now I'm at Amazon Lily arc (don't spoil anything that happens after please!!) so when I got this idea Franky and Brook hadn't even joined the crew!Though I knew they would because of Internet spoilers.The manga color scheme was used oh yeah!! >8D (I've never actually watched the anime). I used watercolor pencils for the coloring. I decided to color the bands of their hats with the characters' personal colors (as told by Oda), which is why Nami's band is orange, Usopp's is yellow etc. I decided to color Brook's band in a chessboard pattern because his colors are both black and white (and because I thought it would look nice), and I made Chopper's band pink with a white cross to make it resemble his normal hat.The intention was never to replicate Oda's style, I tried to draw them in my own style, though influenced by his. I've always thought Oda's style is kind of similar to mine anyway ;D At least the way he draws eyes, on for example Luffy, Zoro and Sanji.And now: Comments on each character (from left to right)! >:3I was bound to love him, haha. The moment I saw him I thought "he looks awesome!!". For some reason, I have a weakness for tall, thin male cartoon characters who are weird and wear awesome clothes and who pose in awesome ways. Some other examples are Fujimoto from Ponyo, Facilier from The Princess and the Frog and Lumière from The Beauty and the BeastAlso I actually used a book about human anatomy for reference so that I could draw a nice-looking skeleton. And I think it came out OK though some things turned out weird when I inked it!!I want her clothes O_O At least the pants. I own a similar-looking pair myself, though not purple xD Oh, and I made the clothes all up myself!! Though they were inspired by things she has worn in the manga.The reason he looks pissed is because he's uncomfortable with wearing a straw hat. For some reason, I got the feeling that out of these pirates, Zoro would be the one who would dislike wearing a straw hat the most. Not sure exactly why xD And also, his swords look like they're in a weird position, I know. I messed it up. Next time I'll draw it better xD At least I like how his neck looks xPI drew him in a classic Luffy pose!! C: [link] but a lot better quality-wise and not including my OCs, right?So, I'm really satisfied with this picture myself. It is my pride and joy x3 Well I hope you like it too and thanks for looking! Do not steal or use this without permission, and even if you do you have to credit me! Thank you. ^^Characters © Eiichiro OdaArt © ~ HikariMichi