One Piece Art (shock, surprise): Of CP9, Kitties and Very Bad Days
Title: Of CP9, Kitties and Very Bad Days
Author: Me, oddly enough.
Rating: So G your mom would find this cute
I'm not very good at drawing, I'm definitely more at ease with the written word. These pics took me a ridiculous amount of time (thank god for Gimp, because wa-hay easier to correct the more horrible mistakes with that than with an eraser). I shouldn't even have tried to do this at all, but I had these images in my head and they wouldn't go away. I was aided and abetted by Oda-sama, who drew some wonderful characters that aren't all that hard to imitate - or rather, my amateurishness doesn’t glare as badly as with other series. Something else that helped is that CP9 wear black. That makes things so much easier ^^; I left some details and extremities voluntarily fuzzy for effect, which works a lot better than putting them in and getting it wrong IMO...I actually rather like the way it turned out, but then, when it comes to any pics with these characters, I am not difficult to please. There are not enough of them out there.
Disclaimer: Characters belong to Oda-sama and all the distributors, publishers and scary lawyers who make money off of them.
There's a story to go with these pics. Of course there's a story; I'm a story-teller, I have to use words or I get unhappy. Though the story should be obvious: Lucci and Kaku ran into one of those numerous DF users crawling about the Grand Line who have the power to transform people into children, and who are constantly plaguing the Straw Hats by zapping them back to childhood in numerous fics. After all, why should Luffy and co have all the fun, huh?
Since this is CP9 we're talking about, it started with a fight. A nasty one. But one of the soon-to-be-deceased opponents had an unusual power, and Lucci caught a lucky shot in the chest as he jumped the guy. Instinct sent Lucci all the way to full leopard form for that extra dose of speed and viciousness, but by the time he crashed into the DF user, the end effect was like being assaulted by a small pillow. Once the DF user got over his panic and realized he'd managed to nail his attacker, he picked up the unconscious cub by the scruff of the neck and started to gloat (because that is what one does in these circumstances): "Bwahahaha, look at this! Harmless as a pussy cat! What shall I do with you? I'm thinking slippers, or maybe-" and that's when Kaku showed up, having polished off his share of attackers and wondering what was taking Lucci so long to finish his.
Everybody involved had a Very Bad Day from that point onwards.
Once things calmed down, Kaku took some time to assess the damage.
The damage, Kaku decided, was terrible, especially to his sanity.
He ended up bringing his leader home in a basket, mewing piteously. Which was better than bringing him home without a basket; Kaku tried that briefly and got pretty scratched up despite Tekkai and a quick grab by the scruff of the neck. Lucci was abnormally strong for his size, no surprise there.
The leopard form reversed as soon as Lucci calmed down enough to fall asleep. At which point, CP9 discovered that the only thing more terrible than their team leader was their team leader as a toddler.
It was decided unanimously that that month was going to be Forgotten (once Jyabura got his full pound of guffaws out of it, or until Lucci came back, murderously mad, whichever came first).
The End.
[I say it won't become a habit and then I write a sequel. I have the willpower of melted cheese.]
This won't become a habit.
[Kaku icon by gr1 ^__^]
Author: Me, oddly enough.
Rating: So G your mom would find this cute
I'm not very good at drawing, I'm definitely more at ease with the written word. These pics took me a ridiculous amount of time (thank god for Gimp, because wa-hay easier to correct the more horrible mistakes with that than with an eraser). I shouldn't even have tried to do this at all, but I had these images in my head and they wouldn't go away. I was aided and abetted by Oda-sama, who drew some wonderful characters that aren't all that hard to imitate - or rather, my amateurishness doesn’t glare as badly as with other series. Something else that helped is that CP9 wear black. That makes things so much easier ^^; I left some details and extremities voluntarily fuzzy for effect, which works a lot better than putting them in and getting it wrong IMO...I actually rather like the way it turned out, but then, when it comes to any pics with these characters, I am not difficult to please. There are not enough of them out there.
Disclaimer: Characters belong to Oda-sama and all the distributors, publishers and scary lawyers who make money off of them.
There's a story to go with these pics. Of course there's a story; I'm a story-teller, I have to use words or I get unhappy. Though the story should be obvious: Lucci and Kaku ran into one of those numerous DF users crawling about the Grand Line who have the power to transform people into children, and who are constantly plaguing the Straw Hats by zapping them back to childhood in numerous fics. After all, why should Luffy and co have all the fun, huh?
Since this is CP9 we're talking about, it started with a fight. A nasty one. But one of the soon-to-be-deceased opponents had an unusual power, and Lucci caught a lucky shot in the chest as he jumped the guy. Instinct sent Lucci all the way to full leopard form for that extra dose of speed and viciousness, but by the time he crashed into the DF user, the end effect was like being assaulted by a small pillow. Once the DF user got over his panic and realized he'd managed to nail his attacker, he picked up the unconscious cub by the scruff of the neck and started to gloat (because that is what one does in these circumstances): "Bwahahaha, look at this! Harmless as a pussy cat! What shall I do with you? I'm thinking slippers, or maybe-" and that's when Kaku showed up, having polished off his share of attackers and wondering what was taking Lucci so long to finish his.
Everybody involved had a Very Bad Day from that point onwards.
Once things calmed down, Kaku took some time to assess the damage.
The damage, Kaku decided, was terrible, especially to his sanity.
He ended up bringing his leader home in a basket, mewing piteously. Which was better than bringing him home without a basket; Kaku tried that briefly and got pretty scratched up despite Tekkai and a quick grab by the scruff of the neck. Lucci was abnormally strong for his size, no surprise there.
The leopard form reversed as soon as Lucci calmed down enough to fall asleep. At which point, CP9 discovered that the only thing more terrible than their team leader was their team leader as a toddler.
It was decided unanimously that that month was going to be Forgotten (once Jyabura got his full pound of guffaws out of it, or until Lucci came back, murderously mad, whichever came first).
The End.
[I say it won't become a habit and then I write a sequel. I have the willpower of melted cheese.]
This won't become a habit.
[Kaku icon by gr1 ^__^]