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"I trust you. I like you." — a potential fic based on this (x) Detailed notes on Sabo's design below!
For him, I initially thought of him as a shark of all things. I say that despite not knowing how to draw sharks uh. Here it is below.
I wanted him to be a big boy and have this immense size difference with Law. He's the tallest among the ASL trio and that meant he should be the biggest merman out of the three. He's not necessarily buffer but he just has a larger frame and a longer, more muscular tail.
I also wanted him to look like a freak, a huge figure with obscenely sharp teeth. I found images on Pinterest with sharks with scars that seemed to slice through their skin and I wanted to incorporate that throughout the design. A homage to Sabo's scarred eye, if you will.
He had horns too, for some reason. I just thought it looked cool.
However, what I didn't like about this design was that it didn't read like Sabo, or at least the version of Sabo I envisioned in my head. Hence, I gave up on it. It was sort of devastating because I wanted to try something new, but we move on!
Without a clear idea for what I wanted, I spent a lot of time struggling with not just Sabo's design but with what I wanted the illustration to be overall. Later that evening, I scrolled through Pinterest (again) and found images of eels and that just clicked.
They're just the right combination of cute and just downright weird. They have that snake-like look to them, which echoed my initial shark design. On top of that, they don't look as derpy from the front as compared to sharks.
I did try again to make Sabo freaky, as shown by this sketch below. It's based on a scene from that potential fan fic, where Sabo saves Law from drowning and his inner freak shines through. I imagined a dark lighting situation where Sabo's scars are the light source. It'll be quite creepy and I'd like to manifest this vision someday!
Anyways, from here, I focused on making Sabo look cool and pretty for the illustration. I retained his human face (I am not good enough for furry art) and focused on making his tail look SUPER cool.
It's interesting to me that with this revision, I found inspiration in my initial 'failed' design. I still kept the star-shaped scars and placed them on his tail and body.
They're blue because (1) I wanted to respect Sabo's colour palette and (2) I was inspired by those ocean creatures who glow underwater. I feel that would be a good plot point like Sabo would be insecure about that because it's admittedly kinda scary but Law would think it's reassuring.
That's all I have to say about the designs. I have ideas for Ace and Luffy, but I haven't sketched them out concretely yet. I'm thinking lion fish for Ace and a cute black fish species called the Pinnate Spadefish for Luffy.
The Pinnate Spadefish has one bold red/yellow stripe and I like to think that Luffy as a merman just painted it on to look like Ace. He shifts between red and blue to imitate his Cool™ older brothers.
But yeah, that's all. I needed to yap about this, so if you read this far, thank you for reading!
for the reqs,, maybe law actually falling for sabos flirting??? bonus if its one of sabos poorest attempts
(bro into that surprisingly.)
Also love the hc sabo lowkey be as goofy as corazon yo, makes this ship even more sadder and angsty. Love it
YESSS. GIMME MORE LOSER SABO SOMEHOW RIZZING LOSER LAW!! <33 they are both insane and they are insane together <33
Love your art! Thank you for reading!
A week later
But aye, It worked this time bro
i think. they'd be fun together. by which i mean the 3rd brother might be the final nail in the coffin to send law to an early grave <3
Deranged sabo+sabolaw is my everything 🫶✨
It's the eyes y'all. the eyes 😔.
Yet another day I keep thinking about Sabo crushing skulls with his mere hands. Like, he has absolutely no business doing that with such ease. His level of unhinged is unreal, but that's what I love about him so much. And not just me. Law would probably be fascinated af by that display. The need to study not only the damage dealt by those delicate looking appendages would surely spread to the man himself.
How is he able to do that? Did he purposefully crush it exactly like he did? What else is he able to snap like a twig? Does it have repercussions on him or is he just built like that?
The list of questions is endless, Law's medical brain going haywire on getting the answers. While I think Sabo would be nice enough to just answer them, he's also a little shit that would make a game out of it. And Law is too invested in this to refuse, albeit he's absolutely voicing his disdain about it.
Yet another day I keep thinking about Sabo crushing skulls with his mere hands. Like, he has absolutely no business doing that with such ease. His level of unhinged is unreal, but that's what I love about him so much. And not just me. Law would probably be fascinated af by that display. The need to study not only the damage dealt by those delicate looking appendages would surely spread to the man himself.
How is he able to do that? Did he purposefully crush it exactly like he did? What else is he able to snap like a twig? Does it have repercussions on him or is he just built like that?
The list of questions is endless, Law's medical brain going haywire on getting the answers. While I think Sabo would be nice enough to just answer them, he's also a little shit that would make a game out of it. And Law is too invested in this to refuse, albeit he's absolutely voicing his disdain about it.
sabo would give law his heart without a second thought both because it'd be the ultimate sign of trust, and also because sabo thinks it's the most intimate, rawest form of love there could be. he'd let law keep his heart in a glass box on his nightstand knowing he will protect it and find comfort in its rhythm. the most important piece of sabo, always near law, in his hands, in his custody, in a solemn vow.
law would give sabo his heart, too. he would look at it beating in his hands, a little faster than normal, and find solace in the display. to feel his heart be caressed instead of squeezed, to let it be used not as a threat or as blackmail, but as a promise... it's a new, devastating, intense feeling that burns him up from the inside. it's scary but oh, so freeing.
two hearts distant from their original bodies but never misplaced, beating in sync.
this is my offering to sabolaw nation, drew them as toonix because I like toonix and I love sabolaw they're my entire world
i made more drawings of this rarepair (ง ื▿ ื)ว i think ill post it
two revolutionary puppies and the sad wet cat they found in the middle of the ocean
revolutionaries without the steam (and a smidge of sabolaw because i can't stop thinking about them)
click for better quality </3
first post of the year is sabolaw because they're genuinely the only thing on my mind at all times this is mental illness
heart holding is a great bonding activity
wanted to draw a quick sketch of them for valentines and went a little overboard. been super busy w exams season thus the inactivity
happy birthday Sabo!!!
this is super rushed because I'm still busy but I wanted to have something for one of my fav characters birthday
click for better quality </3
little array of sabolaw sketches to announce I am not dead. just stressed
love at first case study
it's the thought that counts (he's permanently banned from the kitchen)
this is loosely based off of my fanfic Good Good Things on ao3!! it's basically all fluff and these two being cute together, so feel free to check it out if that sounds good to you :3
happy (almost late) pride month!!! these freaks are still rattling around in my mind 24/7
