#study. nami.

[weatherw1tch]

HEADCANON. / NAMI.

FIGHTING STYLE.

Nami knows how to fight dirty.

Much of it was picking up things by way of experience, in that a scrappy human kid has to learn how to survive among fishmen pirates, but occasionally Arlong’s crew would take pity on her and teach her a move (if only so that she wouldn’t screw up getting berri or supplies by getting herself caught.) She learned how to pull hair (it’s why she kept hers short for so long), gouge eyes, punch windpipes, break bones in the most painful ways, etc.

Before she learned how to fight on a grander scale with her climatact, and even before she learned how to fight with a bo staff in general (which was first a hollow pole she found behind a building), she made use of a pocket knife. She likes to think she never used it unless she had to, but there were some days — many days — she had to cut and run. And it was going to be them.

These days, Nami focuses on use of her melee combat and weather skills, but she’s still not above making use of whatever upperhand she can get. She may have a sense of honor, but she’s still a pirate (and a thief, at heart.)

[weatherwltcharchive]

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐄𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧?

𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒: being unable to stop smiling. laughter. bear hugs. happy tears. waving arms around. dancing. contently sighing. eyes twinkling. laughter lines. childlike playfulness. skipping. talking more. affection. cracking more jokes than usual. gesturing more when talking. higher pitched voice. squealing. jumping around. clapping.

𝐒𝐀𝐃𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒: tearing up. self-hugging. one-arm cross. an aching chest. scratchy throat. a runny nose. turning away. deep breaths. quivery smiles. crying. infantile sobbing. hands gripping each other or an object. covering mouth. puffy eyes. eyes appear red. voice breaking. a distant or empty stare. monotone voice. asking for comfort. faking a smile. crumbling. shaking. whimpering. depression. abusing an unhealthy habit. withdrawing from others. big teary eyes. doing something even if it could hurt them.

𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑: furrowed brows. baring teeth. passive-aggressive comments. avoiding eye contact. sarcasm. headache. sore muscles. hiding clenched fists. irritability. jumping to conclusions. raising voice. going silent. demanding immediate action. keeping it all in until exploding. body tensing. making risky decisions. middle finger.

𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐑: wanting to flee or hide. what-ifs. images of what-could-be flashing in mind. uncontrollable trembling. rapid breathing. screaming. a skewed sense of time. irritability. keeping silent. denying fear. turning away from the cause. pretending to be brave. nail-biting. lip-biting. scratching skin. a joking tone but a voice that cracks. fainting. insomnia. panic attacks. exhaustion. substance abuse. tics. rushing adrenaline. face draining of color. hair lifting on the back of the neck. feeling rooted to the spot. making body as small as possible. staring but not seeing. crying. a shrill voice. whispering. gripping something or someone. stuttering. flinching at noises. pleading.

𝐄𝐗𝐇𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍: constantly yawning. blurring words together. dark circles or lines under eyes. mood swings. hallucinations. calling people by the wrong name. dizziness. denying they’re tired. slow blinking. trouble concentrating. stumbling. leaning on a doorframe for support. sluggish movements. falling asleep someplace that isn’t a bed. becoming irritated by the smallest things. “i’m awake, i’m fine.” shaking so bad they spill their drink. falling asleep in their clothes. laying their head on the table because they’re so tired. passing out.

tagged by: @pareidolah <3

[where-does-the-heart-lie]

Op Characters Body Study

Id definately do more of these but please dont suggest anymore to do cuz then my brain will shut the idea off entirely <3

Reference Image:

design comments:

Sanji: I wanted him to mainly be in the legs, while the shoulders and arms were closer together. Compact up top, Watermelon Crushers on the bottom. i vaguely designed him with the Marathon runner from the reference image in mind. I differ from the reference in that i give him upper body muscles cuz he loves his break dancing moves and you need hella muscles for that.

Zoro: Big tits & Tank Body. Cant knock this cat over.

Sabo: This man in my eyes is a Barbie Doll. Long Legs Tiny Torso. Winx Club Sailor Moon lookin mf. In part inspired by this panel of him:

Nami: My headcanon for Nami is that when we first meet her she is very skinny and malnourished, then overtime living with the strawhats she gains weight and progressively gets chubby. I just think that Sanji always cooking her such nutritious meals and tasty sweets, and not needing to fight for herself all the time, would lead to her lovely new body type. Something, something, 'to be loved is to be changed'.

Plus, her new fighting styles isnt like "im wacking you with this stick" anymore, its more "I'm moving this stick in this direction and striking you with the lighting coming from it". That still needs muscles though so i gave her some good muscles up top :3

Artist note: i spent way to long lovingly drawing her boobs.

Ace: He's the dorito man of the universe. Broad shoulders, itty bitty waist. I modeled him after the basketball player in the reference image Alton Huston. i think that he would focus his athleticism in Jumping and Throwing (literally) punches, so it leads me to think he would build the same muscles a basketball player would.

man is 60% legs. freak. anyway,

I just like the idea of a perfect body that has been twisted by its scars.

Luffy: Brick Shithouse. Healthy mix between muscle and fat. i just wanted to make him look Really Healthy.

The majority of this design is just giving these characters body fat. i dont like the way gangly abs and tits look i love a chub. PWEEESEEE ODA GIVE ME A CHUBBY WOMAN CHARACTER PWEEEEEEEEEESE IM BEGGING YOU PWEESE PWEEESESESESESESESESSSESESES

*ahem*

anyway

i had a lot of fun drawing these, i love love love drawing anatomy and this was a good learning experience on top of that. One of the ways i drag myself out of art block is i just do art studies so this is kinda that.

thank you for coming to my ted talk <3

[atomikats]

hey what’s that! *redraws your post-ts skypiea crew into the skypiea art style while you’re not looking*

[garbagechuteeee]

veggietales :D

[o0kawaii0o]

Nami on the brain!

[bumbleboa]

collection of colored sketches from last week

[kinstein-art]

sanji's weird

[kamikozen]

take only what you need

[ribs02]

i drew chubby nami in my sketchbook the other day and she looked so pretty so i think im gonna draw her like this from now on

[weatherw1tch]

thinking about how nami probably didn't celebrate holidays for a decade or so, at least not in a way that mattered. her birthday she fought to keep for herself, one of the things that was still hers, still gave her a sense of identity, but the rest, no, unless she snuck out or lingered while on a job. i imagine she did that frequently, lingered like she does with the straw hats pre-arlong park and pretended for a moment whatever situation she was in was her life. that she was free and didn’t have a noose hanging over her head should she not come back. she could stay for the celebrations and the warm gatherings and for a brief second, they meant something, meant she was a part of a transaction that was more than just transactional, until reality came down again

when she’s with the straw hats as a fully fledged member, it takes time for her to feel like she’s not a surveyor

[weatherwltcharchive]

character question: how does nami deal with potential failure? is she afraid of failure (feel free to elaborate or specify in what sense you want to speak on this)?

@a11sunday

Nami reads to me as the One Piece equivalent of a TAG kid burdened by perfectionism. I see that part of myself in her. She was told from an early age that she had a gift, coupled with the heavy burden on her shoulders/Arlong putting the idea in her head that she was only good for that gift: anything less than being immediately fantastic at something was not something she could handle.

So she does what she knows she's good at, and doesn't try at what she doesn't know -- until she does. Because Nami isn't someone that sits back and lets things happen to her, not anymore. She trained hard with her climatact, trained hard during the two year time skip, because she wasn't going to let Luffy down.

Going off her thoughts during Fishman Island, about how she's made peace with her trauma because it led her to her present with all of her friends, she's afraid of failure in that same sense. Everything being for nothing. Having an unreachable dream. I think there's something very innate about fearing you'll never accomplish your dreams, no matter how hard you try, because you want to keep a touch of realism in your hope.

[repugnantbeast]

I adore these two so much.

[zhuletta]

I started this fake color spread for the 1000 episodes of the anime, but you know, better late than never

[stargirl230]

quick sketch + paintover while i try to remember how to art again...also I think nami deserves more fight scenes

(no reposts; reblogs appreciated)

[nastiiuu]

Sun and Thunder