Notes/Babbling: All right, where's my KakaIru fic wherein they go out and destroy stuff, huh? Or any Naruto fic where the characters go out and destroy stuff, huh? 'Cause they're NINJAS. They like killing shit. Honest! And if you wrote KakaIru where they killed shit and beat things up, I'd probably love you for a very long time. In the meantime, here's some schmoopy fanart that I liked. XD (Like my Naruto pages weren't biased towards KakaIru enough already? I mean, I have three pages of the art, yet apparently that's not enough.... ^_~)
Series:
Naruto - 5 Fanart
- Naruto - [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - I really like how... strong this artist is, her work is very solidly done, there's a lot of details, the proportions look right, the colors look right, the anatomy lines up right, and she does some great concepts and lines with the characters. There's one of Kakashi and Iruka getting drunk that I just LOVE and one of Kakashi sleeping in Iruka's lab that's just fantastic, and the most ADORABLE ONE OF YOUNGER LEE JUST ABOUT EVER. I squee over Gai and Lee, I really do. ♥ But there's also one of Kakakshi holding Iruka's hand in his own and... I just love that both their hands look so large and strong, there's no feminization of the characters in it. I want my KakaIru to look like ninjas, like men, and this artist gives me that. I want mooooooooore from this site. *__* (Kakashi/Iruka.)
- Naruto - Sakegami [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - The art on this site is very... the CG cutesy kind, you know? But I find myself liking the art anyway because the artist has a strong sense for color, because her poses are fantastic, and because when she captures the whole KakaIru vibe that I vibe on, she does it in that sort of "classic" (as in my own experiences, mind, what I remember from my early tour through the fandom, that is) way that I LOVE. And, yes, there are a few chick!Iruka illustrations, but... they're cute and just... the overall tone of the site is HAPPY and FUN and I adore that. There is one KakaIru illustration where they're both banged up and bloody and Iruka seems to be dead in Kakashi's arms that's just... WHOA. PRETTY. And then there are chibis that make me squeak with glee. And then there are those simpler illustrations where Kakashi and Iruka are simply smiling at each other (or Kakashi sleeping with his head in Iruka's lap... I LOVE that stuff so, so much)(Oh, and don't forget the chibi Kakashi groping the chibi Iruka with the O_O!!! expression on his face that's PRICELESS. XD) and it makes me just melt because the Naruto series hurts a lot sometimes and I NEED art like this that just makes me HAPPY. ♥ (Kakashi/Iruka.)
- Naruto - kumoji-no-sato [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - I admit, the art can be a little off at times on this site, but the more and more I went through the gallery, the more I found myself really being won over by the art because it's so much of what I vibe on--I LOVE the way the artist will take the time to draw Kakashi and Iruka's outfits in such wonderful detail, I LOVE the way the artist will put in these lovely colors that work together, but aren't monotone, I LOVE the way her Iruka looks his with his down occasionally, I LOVE the almost-kisses that happen occasionally, I LOVE them in the snow, with the huge scarf wrapped around both them, etc. There are also a couple of gorgeous kisses in the gift section. *__* The artist also does really good single-character illustrations (there's one of Kakashi standing over the stone with the names written on it with a ghost on top of it that's just... really, really well-done) and overall... occasionally her lines will be off, but by the time I was done with the site, I was in a happy, floaty KakaIru place, so. ♥ (Kakashi/Iruka.)
- Naruto - [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - I sort of sat on the fence about this site for awhile... but I eventually tipped over onto the side of wanting to rec it because there's this gorgeous set of four illustrations of Iruka finding and taking care of a kitten and Kakakshi... not being all that thrilled about it. It doesn't sound as neat as when I describe it, but the aritst did a lovely, lovely job with them and I couldn't help but fall in love. The artist's single-character illustrations are all right, but once you get into her KakaIru stuff, it's lovely again and there were some illustrations that I found myself really fluttering happily over. Her lines/poses/concepts/colors/expressions for the characters, all that, were done in that way that just makes me... happy, I guess. Very fun, 'cause it's always amusing to see Iruka surprised/irritated when Kakashi glomps onto him. XD Oh, and the snow picture. *wibbles* SO. PRETTY. (Kakashi/Iruka.)
- Naruto - [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - This artist was... nice, in the first set of illustrations I went through... but when I got her 4th Hokage stuff? OMG SO PRETTY. She just... it's hard to describe, but the level of detail of the lines and colors were amazingly done, but the illustrations were also wibble-inducing. There were some absolutely stunning ones of the 4th and baby!Naruto or with Kakashi (who also looked gorgeous), just... her style almost looks like watercolors, but the kind of skill with them that I could never have in a hundred years. There's almost... it's not quite a softness to the art, but the colors are a touch more subtle/soft, so the images all look really pretty and her basic underlying lineart is just fantastic. I was so, so impressed by the art here. (No really sure there are any pairings...?)
Series:
Naruto - 5 Fanart