A nice sight for the morning?

[ghostfire]

My latest fanart. Nothing spoiling storywise, except for the title of the piece itself, and then only if you haven't been keeping up with the manga since about... February?

8pm, June 26: Edited to add these icons:

Plus two more under the cut with the main image. Feel free to alter the bases (kazekage-base1.jpg, -base2.jpg, base3.jpg), or take as is. Please credit ghostfire if you use any of these.




Pencils: http://www.ghostfire.net/fanart/kazekage-centerfoldbw-full.jpg and http://www.ghostfire.net/fanart/kazekage-centerfoldbw-crop.jpg

Aditional Icon Bases:

I did have another Naruto fanart before this, but since it was a bit more mature, I didn't post it here directly. You can see it over at the sasusaku livejournal community, but only if you're over 18!

Comments

[mokona-modoki.livejournal.com]

That's so beautiful!! *_______* *drools*

if only that sash wasn't in the way...

[ghostfire]

But with the sash there, you get to imagine unwrapping him like a very naked present. XD

[ghostfire]

Your icon makes me giggle like a madwoman and I'm sure I don't even understand it. :P I think there's a veritable flood of blood and drool in this post.

[ghostfire]

Looking at your icon makes me wish I'd done him a little paler, but I had to save the true pale for my next project - Itachi! :P Thank you!

[abscido.livejournal.com]

Beautiful. The anatomy and folds are lovely, but what really caught my attention were his eyes. The coloring is fantastic!

[ghostfire]

Thank you! The eyes were definitely my favorite part to work on in this piece, then maybe his belly.

[kylara.livejournal.com]

Oh...! Oh wow! That..! Hold on, I have to stop a nosebleed.

That's gorgeous. I love the eyes. They're beautiful even as you captured the insomnia. And, just... oh wow. No words need to describe the body, I'm sure the amount of fanblood on the page will be testimony. You did the SasuSaku piece that I loved so much -- I recognized your amazing style immediately. Incredible, just incredible.

It's certainly a lovely sight in the morning, and although it's 4am, I'm off to bed with happy dreams now, thank you. XD

[ghostfire]

*lol* I think I can hear your icon squeal across the length and breadth of the internet. ;) Glad I could give so many happy, happy dreams, even if poor Gaara will probably apathetically kill me for exposing him so. :P

Funny thing is, I've liked that last sasusaku piece and this so much more than the rest of my recent work... I think I've gotten better at skin tones. Yay for leveling up!

[randomsome1.livejournal.com]

Holyshityoucoloredit O__O

Can I link to this over @ lethal_empathy?

[ghostfire]

^^ Of course I colored it. Feel free to link this entry, if you like.

[ghostfire]

Sure, you can icon it with credit to my livejournal, ghostfire or website ghostfire.net.

[thomasvye.livejournal.com]

Wow. Not only is this incredibly beautiful, but it must have taken such a lot of work; you have such patience and talent!

Deidar says it *is* art. :P It's one of the most beautiful pieces of art I seen in ages, ^^

(I looked at the other linked piece to; equally beautiful).

I just can't wait to get home and look at them on a decent monitor that isn't the size of a shoe box. ^^

[ghostfire]

I always fret over how my work appears on other monitors. For the most part I've seen that it tends to be pale and washed out. I keep my monitor fairly dark (because I have very light sensitive eyes) and the saturation cranked way up. (Vibrant, damn you monitor!)

But enough of my monitor rant - thank you for your compliments, and Deidara's. ;) I'm still going to strangle his chocobo until it horks up Gaara so he can be revived. :P

[sxylilwitch.livejournal.com]

*nosebleeds*

I'm in love with Kasekage Gaara XD

[ghostfire]

*lol* I think you... and a hoarde of others. ;)

[allherglory.livejournal.com]

I LOVE YOU. *__*

[ghostfire]

Awww... thank you!

[cephiedvariable.livejournal.com]

I will now "Holy Crap" into complete incoherence.

[ghostfire]

Yay, more incoherence! XD

[hidden-gems.livejournal.com]

Wow, wow, WOW!!

I think my favourite detail is the way you've coloured his eyes. But the entire shading is amazing.

**drools**

[ghostfire]

Thank you. ^^ I'm glad I Gaara was so cooperative, even though I think he would have preferred something more dignified. :P

[historyblitz.livejournal.com]

whoa! holy crap!

[ghostfire]

Holy Gaara! My friend says the full pencil drawing looks like Jesus. o_O I'm off the subject, though.

[badfeeling.livejournal.com]

AGH! So beautiful!~ *Incoherant* :O GUH.....

[ghostfire]

Thank you anyway. XD Incoherence is a compliment!

...

[(Anonymous)]

i think i died from massive bloodloss, hallucination, and a heart attack all at once X_X


*worships*

T_T;;;;; eyes=best.

sash is everything XD

Re: ...

[ghostfire]

Impressive. ;) At least if you're hallucinating during the blood loss and heart attack, you can go pleasantly.

[rejectedstalker.livejournal.com]

Excuse me while I fuck my monitor.

[ghostfire]

*points at your icon* Akio would fuck anything vaguely resembling a pleasing human form. Maybe he's not even that picky. :P This thread is getting to be so gross what with the drool and the blood and the... um, yeah. *lol*

[the-loud-monk.livejournal.com]

OMFG

I died. I DIED.

Excuse me while I join lordkefka ...

The eyes, and the hair... oh WOW...
*FANGIRL ORGASM*

[ghostfire]

But... but... if you're dead, and you're... uh... is that necrophilia? Is it double necrophilia if he's really dead too? XP

*lol* Nevermind. Thank you. ^^

[ttrin.livejournal.com]

0_o Holy shit... *tries to repress the urge to grab the cloth and just yank*

[ghostfire]

You wouldn't be the first. ;) Try to remember that it's more fun to pull slowly at first.

[charlottevstein.livejournal.com]

This is absolutely beautiful. I saw the sketch some days ago, and also wondered when you'd finish it. I love his eyes and expression. When I see one of your works I am always reminded of the rest of them. They all seem to carry the same ghostly (funny?) appearance.

[ghostfire]

Sometimes my pencil drawings go months without colors, but since this one will be making an appearance at the Otakon artist alley, it was bound for a quick completion. Thank you for your compliments. ^^ I'm glad I finally have my website back up and working so everybody can see all the rest.

[ghostfire]

Thank you. :) *squeegees away the blood and drool into the bodily fluids pool this thread has produced* :P

[suzu.livejournal.com]

That is *gorgeous*. Great job around his eyes especially. You really managed to convey his exhaution and personality with them.

[ghostfire]

Thank you. If there's one way I am good at making my characters look, it's exhausted. :P A lot of people seem to make their Gaara fanart look positively feral (if they're not going for the opposite - soft and fluffy), but I wanted to give him a look that spoke of strain that's endured but ever-present. As Kazekage, he really seemed to take the responsibility to heart, but he still has his own demons, literally and figuratively, to deal with.

[kookie315.livejournal.com]

Damn, that's kinda hot. HAHAHA! Kinda, riiight. Thats F**king hot!! Nice job.

[ghostfire]

*points at your icon*
Itachi's next.

*rubs hands, plotting*

[kitsu-hime.livejournal.com]

Squeee!

That is so beautiful. *______*

[fiendishnothing.livejournal.com]

good lord that's hot. *stares*

wow. Great work!!!

[firemasterskye.livejournal.com]

*belated*
Absolutely gorgeous.
So much so that I can even forget to be jealous that I will never in a billion years be that talented XD;
I think this is the best piece of Naruto fanart I've ever seen *ogles*