I Gotta Remember To Post Things HereNew Ref New Character Time :Dworking On Art Fight Refs And This Is

i gotta remember to post things here New ref New character time :D working on art fight refs and this is a new oc ive been practicing now

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|| part 1 || part 2 || part 3 || part 4 coming soon... ||

the update!! is finally!! done!!! holy shit i'm so glad i can finally post this aubdskjg. it was so fun seeing everyone guess what ace was gonna do after the last part! turns out, he can be silly AND pissed! who knew he was so multitalented~ i do wonder though- with the abilities they had when they were 17, who would win in a fight... >:3c

if you're wondering why this update took so much longer to come out than the last one, well... i got halfway through making it and then scrapped everything and started over completely... ah eto... bleh >v<

if you're curious what the initial version looked like, or want to see the pages without speech bubbles, they're both below the cut ^-^

so! first off! the scrapped pages:

the reason that i scrapped it is because... well. it doesn't flow well at all. i tried too hard to cram it to 4 pages which resulted in both the layout and the story flow feeling cramped. for the most part both versions cover the exact same beats but with the dialogue and timing/spacing tweaked. compare page 1 here to the first 2 pages in the final- it's the same exact scene but the final has way more impact because the larger panels give a 'pause' at emotional beats (such as ace's realization) that lets them sink in

my only regret is that i had to scrap sabo's expression in the first panel of page 2 aubsdkjfgb.

here's all the pages textless now ^-^

Adoption progress part 1

Started watching the Marineford arc.

BROTHERS!!!!🔥🎩👒

My favorite one piece dynamic is how Ace went from being the annoying older brother making fun of his baby brother for being a crybaby to basically this:

mouths to the other straw hats when luffy isn’t looking: i won’t hesitate to sacrifice any of you for my brother

the straw hats, knowing they would sacrifice themselves for luffy either way: yeah fair

(Link to where i found the base drawing)