Luffy Fan Art

Happy Sunday! No weekly dose of One Piece episode this week since release date is delayed :'). Anyways, there may be no episode for me, but the fire of amazement from last week's episode is still burning inside me. So, I made this fan art which was created and finished yesterday :>.(So proud of myself lol)

Illustration Process

Sketch

Luffy is a free character, so the pose that comes to mind when I imagine him is him in the sky in a falling, laid-down position, feeling the freedom.

Line art

Unlike the sketch part, where I only draw the general idea of my illustration, I had a bit of a hard time doing the line art since I can't find any references for the pose that I had in mind. It was challenging but fun since I get to draw what I want.

Coloring

For the base coloring, I had to hide the paper layer so I can see if I colored the white parts correctly. I was filled with excitement putting colors into my illustration because I really wanted to draw Luffy when his Gear 5 was first aired.

Then I put some shading next. I also added his hat (which was actually added after I almost finished the art). I did not add lightings since I have other plans for it later.

Background

For the background, the settings was the Egghead island. I used a dark green color and formed the bouncy ground. I also used yellow for the linings. Then some blue and orange/yellow shades for the sky and using blur tool to blend it.

Then I selected a bluish green color to overlay the character for blending into the background. After that I just used eraser to erase part of the lighting.

Effects

To finish the illustration, I mostly used soft air brush for the glow parts. I also used the sparkle pen tool to represent his beat in which the layer is set to Add(Glow). For the haki, I used a lightning pen with a maroon color. I duplicated the haki layer, changed its color to a lighter red, and applied Gaussian Blur.

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References

Luffy (Screenshot from episode 1100)

It was really fun creating this fan art. It's a dream come true for me since I've been wanting to draw Luffy for a long time now. His character is just really comforting and kudos to the animators. I've been getting butterflies every fight animations because the way they animate is just so cool. Also the Gear 5 transformation is just (chef's kiss) and I can't get enough of it. I also might start posting in this community since I've been into watching a lot of anime during my free time and I love making a fan art of what I watch.