naruto sketchdump
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i just cycled back into my naruto phase (i.e. rewatching naruto, remembering what happened in shippuden, and trying to figure out wtf is going on in boruto). i also went through all my old sketchbooks from 2009, 2010, 2012, and 2016, took that psychic damage, and redrew some of them here!
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[Image Description: Digitally cleaned up sketches and doodles of Naruto characters. Alt text is provided and copied under the cut. End ID]
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Image one: Sasuke and Naruto as children lie together linking pinkies, saying, "Best friends?"
"Forever!"
"Promise?"
"Promise."
Image two: Shikamaru and Temari posed together in their different outfits across Naruto and Naruto Shippuden.
Image three: Clockwise from top left:
Sat in a row, Shippuden Choji ties back Ino's hair as she ties back Shikamaru's.
Rock Lee, Tenten, and Neji in sparring clothes from Shippuden Ending 15.
Shippuden Ino teases Shikamaru, saying, "You finally realized you like Temari? Ha!" He hides his blush, saying, "Mind keeping your voice down, Ino?"
A stoic yet teary Neji says, "Hinata-sama, I..." Hinata clasps his hand in hers and says, "It's alright, Neji-nii-san."
Shippuden Kiba, Hinata, and Shino pose with interlocking arms around each other and clasped hands.
Image four: Captioned, "throwback to when I kept joking Gaara loved Naruto and it stopped being a joke." Counterclockwise from top left:
Redraw of Naruto headbutting Gaara during their fight.
Shippuden Naruto presses his forehead against Gaara's with a gentle smile.
A sleeping Gaara rests on Naruto's shoulder.
As Gaara reads, Naruto wraps himself around him and peers over Gaara's shoulder.
Ryogi was the closest Shikadai ever came to having a romantic partner.
I simply love how these two have such good romantic chemistry, even if it only lasted 5 episodes.
They spoke for, at most, a week, probably only 5 days, and yet it was incredible how compatible they were. They understood each other, had similar opinions and common tastes.
There were even scenes and lines that are normally used in romantic scenes, such as Shikamaru asking "Why was Shikadai smiling so much?" And then Shikadai changes the subject, but it was obvious he was thinking about Ryogi. Shikadai isn't someone who gets very attached or even interested, but with Ryogi he seemed really determined. Even though Ryogi hadn't actually said he was going to show up, Shikadai waited for him for two days, until he actually showed up so they could play together.
Later, when Ryogi accidentally drops the Shogi, a gift Shikadai gave him, and Gekko picks it up, there's a scene that's often used to subtly allude to romance; Gekko says that he "understands what's going on between Ryogi and Shikadai," and Ryogi replies defensively, "He means nothing to me."
Furthermore, Shikadai is one of the only characters so far who hasn't shown any romantic interest in anyone, and there isn't any potential character to be his future romantic partner either. Other characters even have options, but Shikadai doesn't, and the closest we've come to that was the Byakuya Gang arc, Shikadai seems somewhat melancholic and mysterious at the end, saying he'll wait for Ryogi to get out of prison. It's a real shame that he never reappeared, and we probably won't hear from him again.
Omg this thing took me forever bc I changed art styles in it like 3 times. But finally, a ShikaTema mini-comic thingie. There are more to come, I have so many ideas and headcanons to draw out ^u^
I decided to make a collage of all the beautiful art that was inspired by my little story along with some of the comments as well ☺️
This is only a fraction of the love I have received for this story so I wanted to come up with some way to thank all of you for supporting and encouraging me to finish this fic even though it took nearly a year???? to finish 🤯
Artists and commenters listed below (minus those who did not wish to be named!)
@aaaaiss
@backgroundcharacterno5
@shiren4427
@nicolekaiwo
And there were so many more too 😭 I wish I could include everyone but I swear I just picked comments at random based on what sizes would fit into the picture