Tribute to Sasori (doujin, manga spoilers)

[Mizura]

I'm drawing a mini-doujin in dedication to Sasori. I'm doing this in 3 parts, for a total of about 10 pages (geez and I thought that I'd be able to stuff everything into 3 pages or so at first. :notrust)

I'm updating each page as I go though, if anything because a page takes so Long to do. >_< (who'd have thought that the equivalent of several relatively time-consuming fanarts would be time-consuming as well? Don't answer that).

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(oh yes, read from left to right, not right to left like mangas)

18/09/2005: Part 1 - Forever: complete.

Page 1 (http://img451.imageshack.us/img451/3792/sasoritribute012zn.jpg)
Page 2 (http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/16/sasoritribute021qn.jpg)
Page 3 (http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/894/sasoritribute037uw.jpg)

Sasori is an artist, and he believes that beauty should be everlasting. And to the child that is Sasori, there was no image more dear to him than the one of him together with his parents. And he could only wish that they could remain like that forever, forever, enduring the ages like his grandmother's beautiful puppets.

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How was he to know how fragile that image was?

But in the end, he got his wish. While he couldn't be united with them in life and in flesh and blood, in the end, they got reunited, in death, as puppets.

Next week: 'That' jutsu! Oh wait, wrong manga.

[gaarasai]

Dude, thats some quality drawings! Awesome work, cant wait to see the rest of it.:)

[TenshiOni]

So beautiful. o.o

I can't wait to see the rest. :dance

[Yumi-Chan]

Okasan~!! :glomp It's looking great!! :tem
Nyyah~ Bet the countinue will be as great as the first ^__^

[Yami no Takeshi]

Damm woman! :omg
That is nice. :thumbs

[Pat]

Nice! :D Keep it up and give us more :D

[Shishou]

Mizura is a woman?! WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?!!!!

[The Captain]

Woah.
That is totally awesome.

[kapsi]

Innocence lost? Anyway, very nice Mizura.

[Dyroness]

Mizuraaa :crying I knew you'd do this!
Your art is so awesome, form the few I could see earlier, and now, this!
Sasori thanks you forever! XD

[chauronity]

Mizura is a woman?! WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?!!!!
Maybe since birth or something :amuse

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Good job with this doujin, can't wait the rest. The drawing is particularly good and resembles the original a lot. Nice!

[organizedcrime]

:clap :clap :clap

Cool, keep it up.

[Dark_wolf247]

So cuuuuteee! =3

[Oskar von Reuental]

Nothing short of awesome. :thumbs

[Mizura]

Mizura is a woman?! WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?!!!!
How about: since before hef was a guy? (yes, hef's a guy for those of you who still didn't get it :oh )

Dyro, this is a slow start, but things will build up from here. :amuse I'm already working on page 2. As said, this will be in 3 parts:
- forever: describing Sasori as a child with his parents
- Father, Mother: where he loses his parents
- Outcast: when he leaves the village.

I hope you'll all enjoy it. In the meantime... this is going to take a while. ._.;; Drawing doujins take a long time. At least there are Some advantages to cleaning Sasoris for oh... the past two months or so. >_<

[kapsi]

Sex changes are becoming some trend?

[Nono]

Mizu:crying you're so good to Sasori......
Great pictures too :thumbs *cries some more*

[Mineko-Iwasa]

This looks great Mizura :thumbs

[Jef88]

looks sooo great mizura :)
keep them comming

[M00se]

wonderfull absolutely wonderfull :)

[Wave]

wowzors, looks great there :D

[Eikichi]

Awesome Miz-Chan :)

[Tronetti]

Keep up the good work :)

[superman_1]

that was awesome mizura....reps....cant wait for the rest .........

[Sariachan]

How about: since before hef was a guy? (yes, hef's a guy for those of you who still didn't get it :oh )

Dyro, this is a slow start, but things will build up from here. :amuse I'm already working on page 2. As said, this will be in 3 parts:
- forever: describing Sasori as a child with his parents
- Father, Mother: where he loses his parents
- Outcast: when he leaves the village.

I hope you'll all enjoy it. In the meantime... this is going to take a while. ._.;; Drawing doujins take a long time. At least there are Some advantages to cleaning Sasoris for oh... the past two months or so. >_<
It sounds interesting. :)
Are you going to ink the pages, too? You should imho, and I bet you can do a good work after all your experience in the cleaning dept.!

[Mizura]

^ I could, yes, and I did consider it...

But a page takes already sooo long as it is. :crying :crying :crying

Ah well, I'll see.

[crono220]

very nice. Cannot wait for the 2nd one...

[Dabura]

O_O WOW, so smooth, I already like the start of it :) Now you got me curious, I wonder what will happen

p.s. lol I also made kind of a tribute to saso-chan ^^ I'm gonna post it in the art section

[Mizura]

Page 2 is up! I've also done a semi-tracing of page 1. Thanks for the comments everyone! :amuse

I've changed image hosts, since the last one kept resizing my images. :notrust And I can't use photobucket or imageshack and a bunch of others because China has them blocked off. Ah geez. Dabura, I'd comment on your tribute, if it weren't for the fact that China has apparently also blocked off the site you're using, so I can't see a thing. =\ This happens a lot. In the fanclubs section, people would be posting all sorts of fanarts, and I'd never be able to see anything. Ah well.

Enjoy page 2! One more page and part 1 would be done!

[Kakashi-Sharingan1]

Wow, nice art Mizura! *waits for pg 3* :whoo

[Tayuya (the banned one)]

awesome!!!! *jumps on the mizura train*


*waits for page 3*

[Zenko Hazumi]

Wowie!!! That's fantastic stuff!! Great job, Mizura! :D Can't wait for page 3!! :amuse

[Elric]

awesome job!! and yes i cant wait for pg 3 too!

[Gaia]

Sasori looks so innocent ;__;
Great job Miz :clap

[Dyroness]

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I love you Mizuraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!! :glomp
Just page 2 is making me mushier than Densha Otoko! XD

[Dabura]

this is SOOOOO goood,,, I f*king saw Sandaime !!!!, damn that is great.

[Ruri]

It's beautiful, Mizura! I can't wait until page 3! :smile-big

[Sariachan]

Good work with the inking, Mizura!
I can't wait to see page 2 inked too, it's better that way. By the way, you could try to ink with a different colour than black, for example brown. It would give a unique feel to the story, like something ancient.

[VietSnake3]

Wow... another tribute to Sasori. Awesome stuff, Mizura! But don't you have to do stuff with Shannaro! too? Man... it must take forever to retrace/ink all those lines in both your sketches and the scanned RAWs. Well... anyways, I hope your doujin comes out the way you want it to be. Keep up the good work! =).

[Mizura]

^ Well yes. Except I work with Shannaro normally from Monday to Thursday, then I'd more or less have my part done. So I'm taking the free days right now to finish the drawings. :oh As for inking, I only did a semi-inking here, so while it does take a few hours, it's nowhere near as long as drawing (since the lines are already there I don't have to think about them anymore) for example, one good evening or so and it's done for a page.

Oh by the way, in case you haven't noticed, I started doing a Sasori tribute First. So it's not "another" tribute. If anything, the other one is "another" tribute. :notrust

Thanks for the suggestion Sariachan! I'll go try it out. :amuse

[M00se]

This is absolutly wonderfull (the part 2) it made me shed a tear :)

[Cre@t!ve]

w00t, that is hawt! exellent work keep it up! *reps*

[Shikamaru-sama]

Damn its so good to see a SERIOUS capter like this.

I can even find the right superlatvies to describe the drawing, its simply amazing.

One thing i would say is....you could of said it wasnt right to left! took me a while to figure that one out :P

[Mizura]

One thing i would say is....you could of said it wasnt right to left! took me a while to figure that one out :P
Oops, sorry. ^^;

Minna-san, part 1 is complete.

All pages have been traced. I've also followed Sariachan's suggestion to give it a brownish feel (thanks Sariachan! :glomp). I have also added a comment for part 1. Now to submit it to Shannaro! :whoo

I'll be taking a break before starting to plan Part 2. Mushy time's over, from now it's downhill all the way.

[Oskar von Reuental]

I can't wait for "that" jutsu. XD :spaz

Nice as always. :thumbs

[Ruri]

Part 1 is beautiful, Mizura. The artwork is great, and you're depicting Sasori's tragic past perfectly. ^_^

[Maleficent]

Excellent work... it's just so *sweet*! :spaz

[Miss CCV]

Awwww! That was beautiful, Mizura! I give you reps! :dance

[FFLN]

As I said in the other thread, I'm amazed at your skill with artwork.:amuse And here I thought your name was just on the Shannaro credits just for the heck of it.:P

[kapsi]

Wait...why Sasori's parents don't change when they go to sleep? Or are they walking around in pajamas all day?

[M00se]

part 1 finnished and this is what i call beuty :)

[shinda]

Awesome job Meh! :spaz

The artwork is beautiful (Sasori is adorable :love)! You did a really nice job with the village, and the brown does add a nice effect. Randomness: The marionette strings look cool. >,>;


I especially like the father's description of the village, and how Sasori, having an interest in puppets at such a young age, connects it to Chiyo's puppets.
Love how you included the scene where he is asleep between his parents as well.
Good luck with the next page! Can't wait! :dance

[The Captain]

I'm anxiously waiting for the next part to come out.
Good job!

[Mizura]

Wait...why Sasori's parents don't change when they go to sleep? Or are they walking around in pajamas all day?
Because I'm too lazy to think up of another costume design? :huh;;

Oh, and...

And here I thought your name was just on the Shannaro credits just for the heck of it.
Why geez, thanks for the vote of confidence. I'm glad to hear that the nearly ten hours I spend every week for Shannaro is appreciated, when I can think of at least 4 other ways I'd rather spend that time. :oh

[Cyborg Superman]

really awesome job mizura!

[Gaia]

I like the last panel in part 3.Sasori was so inoccent

[Cholisose]

Wow, that's really impressive, Mizura! I can't wait to see the next two parts, for more of your take on Sasori's character. Nice job on the drawings - you're a really impressive artist. :leepose

[Zenko Hazumi]

Wow, Page 3 was great! And I really liked the brief commentary you gave on Part 1. Now to wait for Part 2! :spaz

[FFLN]

Oh, and...
Why geez, thanks for the vote of confidence. I'm glad to hear that the nearly ten hours I spend every week for Shannaro is appreciated, when I can think of at least 4 other ways I'd rather spend that time. :oh

Lol.:laugh I was hoping that you wouldn't take it the wrong way.:P I was just joking with you.:amuse I do realize that you put in alot of work just to please some of us "unappreciative" fans.:D Yes, everytime I start reading the Shannaro scanlations I'll just look at your name and think, "Aww... Mizura did this just for us." :love *huggles*:glomp

Hehe, really though, I do read the credits page and I really do appreciate and understand the work that you and the rest of the Shannaro scanlation group put into it.:amuse That's no joke.:tem

[Temari103]

nice work~ :dance

[ReikaiDemon]

Wow...Looks like it came from the actual manga o.o You must've gotten the brain Kishimoto got when they where giving out brains <.<

[Sariachan]

Oops, sorry. ^^;

Minna-san, part 1 is complete.

All pages have been traced. I've also followed Sariachan's suggestion to give it a brownish feel (thanks Sariachan! :glomp). I have also added a comment for part 1. Now to submit it to Shannaro! :whoo

I'll be taking a break before starting to plan Part 2. Mushy time's over, from now it's downhill all the way.
You're welcome Mizura-chan! :tem
But I as talking about something different when I suggested it to you...what I meant was that you could ink the comic not using black at all, but a brown, warmer tone.
Nausicaa by Hayao Miyazaki [the great ;)] is inked that way.

I really liked the first part of your doujinshi though, expecially the last page. It was perfect! :thumbs

[HAKU_lover]

Oh shit Great work! Cant wait to see the next one. I really hope the anime handles the weight of Sasoris life/death well. Im still sad about his demise

[jkingler]

*crying for Sasori*

Part 1 of your doujin has great art, masterful economy of means (both artistic and literary), a highly plot driven script, and, in addition to all that, it is a beautiful set-up for everything you will write and everything that has been written thus far by Kishi himself. This could easily be made into an official Sasori Gaiden, IMO. Fabulous work, Miz--kudos! :hi5

[tntrag-sniffs]

nicely drawn, looks great

keep up the good work.

[Shisui]

Haha. "I'd like to meet him one day." That was awesome. I dig it. You do a great job of emulating Kishimoto's style too.

[superman_1]

cool...completed part 1 looks good and nice.......awesome job Mizura.......

[Ninja Genius]

Nice, I love were you're heading with this and how you're setting up things that occured in the manga. Great work! Do you have an artthread hear or other work up somewhere?

[Haruka]

OMG CHOCOBO is BACK! Yay!

Well, awesome Mizura. Love it.

[spirit3d]

A very simple but effective storyline to get the message across, with character art that is consistent through out the three pages.
What I like best is that the faces of all the characters, (Sasori's father in particular) are very symmetrical.

However, may I be so bold as to offer C.C?

In page 2, I look at the landscape drawn and think..."Liekwoah. She managed to draw landscape and even made the effort to draw and ink in a variety of buildings"

... then I notice the sun, which is not round...and that makes me go "eh?" because its small details like that which makes an otherwise professional-looking inked art look like it was very quickly done.

Neverthelss, Kudos. Doujins are shit difficult to think up, especially from scratch and it's something I have yet the guts to do. Looking forward to the second part. :)

[Sariachan]

Really... Mizura, have you already planned part 2?

[Mizura]

... oops. Sorry, got distracted by work on my sig. Will get to it soon. Has part 2 planned already. :oh;

In page 2, I look at the landscape drawn and think..."Liekwoah. She managed to draw landscape and even made the effort to draw and ink in a variety of buildings"
Like thanks! ^^ It was a pain to do. @__@

... then I notice the sun, which is not round...and that makes me go "eh?"
Like um... It's in the desert! So air makes things blurry! Like... yeah! :yell

Will be more careful in the future. XP

[FFLN]

I didn't even notice that the sun in that scene looked misshapen... now that you mention it though... I can see it very clearly.:amuse Hehe, yes, the heat from the desert sands make all sunsets look like that...;)

[TenshiOni]

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/9999/bumpbattle2er6ck.gif (http://imageshack.us)

[Mizura]

I think someone's trying to tell me something. O_o;;

[TenshiOni]

I'm trying to spread the word of your awesomeness, foo'! :yell

[Mizura]

I'm working on part 2, I really am. o_O;; But there's a frame in page 1 that I really am incapable of drawing right now. I think I'll need a reference, or something. =_=;;

[StoneWalker]

I'm working on part 2, I really am. o_O;; But there's a frame in page 1 that I really am incapable of drawing right now. I think I'll need a reference, or something. =_=;;

I thought we would have never seen a part 2 :wtf the story was so sweet

[Avenger]

wow, that was just super great, i mean really, super

[Deidara]

hey! that´s just awesome!

[ZetsuFan]

thats incredible!

[Excalibur]

how did I miss this the first time it was up in the art threads....that is so sweet Meh...and beautifully drawn. Of course, being a sasoritard, it's awesome to me.

Whenever you get to chance to finish Part 2, I, and everyone else, would love to see it.

[Ryoko]

Meh, this is awesome! I can't wait for Part 2!

[K']

I love it. [:

[ReikaiDemon]

This so needs to be bumped o.o I can't believe I forgot about this cool doujin.

[Sasori]

Bump.

Someone needs to bring Mizura back and complete this :pek

[Denji]

Those are excellent! However, I don't know if Mizura plans on continuing this or not. It's been so long.:(

[maximilyan]

:wtf thats really sweet.. i await more :amuse

[i-luv-itachi]

thats really beautiful work
i cant help but say awwwwww when i look at child hood sasori
cute work,im glad your drawing this since i would like to see more eps in detail about sasori's child hood and deidara's too if your ever draw a deidara tribute
awesome i love it ^^

[nefer_sbedjieb]

you're drawings are pretty! nice work