I've Had This Idea In My Head For Quite A Long Time And With How Many Artists I've Seen This Similar

this devotion of mine runs deeper than the ocean

the pirate king's wings

HERE COMES ZOLU GOD AU WITH A STEELCHAIR!!!!! Lore below!

(In which everything is the same except Luffy was 'born' as a god-like entity and grew copying the people of his island.

He basically copied and pasted human (and some non human) behaviors, especially kids (i'm looking at the ASL brothers.) until whatever blob of energy he was, turned into something resembling human. (See how luffy is kind of a physical mix between sabo and ace? yeah. he took inspiration)

He's the manifestation of freedom, but he also made up the personality we know and love, as kids do. He's 18 when some weird three sworded demon gets deployed by some mercenaries of the island who want to get rid of the really weird devil fruit user that keeps breaking havoc and getting in their way. Zoro just came for a simple job and got a handful of Sun god. Good for him. Also, because this au is basically a What If scenario in which everything but Luffy is the same, you can assume that finding the one piece is ON the table. Being a pirate and finding the crew is ON the table. It just takes a couple extra years, give or take. I'm thinking that there's a reason why Luffy hasn't left the island already, but Zoro is, ironically enough, the one to push him to go and go crazy at sea. Also, because Zoro never got to meet Luffy early on, he's a little extra grumpier. He has no friends basically and his life's purpose is kinda a bit stranded at the moment. He's been picking up odd jobs for some time now and it's gotten old. He's losing his edge and he hates it. And then he meets ITS FREE REAL STATE himself. Huzzah. Ps: Yeah the world government knows about Luffy. Kinda. They've been ignoring him and praying/hoping/begging to whatever god is out there that he DOESNT GET OUT. Too bad.)

Hair's still a bit messy, but shadows and highlights are almost done save for the ponytail and a little blending.

I may try to wrap this one up tonight, but I'm already exhausted. Past couple days have been rough. I've had a borderline migraine for almost five days straight, and it's finally starting to go away, but it's siphoning my energy with it. Wanted to accomplish at least something today, so I'm glad I got this much done.

Once more, this is from an au born via asks, where Cora is perfectly safe and alive and somehow ended up in Cross Guild (pretty sure Croc brought him in for the sole sake of spiting Doflamingo) and he and Buggy trade hair and make-up tips everyone lived happily ever after.

body swap zolu

that funny joy guy

Happy aromantic visibility day!! Love this aroace king

noticed this watching the first few episodes of Wano..

the only reasonable explanation?

(Koala lent him the boots.)