[opinions?] My thoughts on Hetalia in a Philippine daily

[khursten.livejournal.com]

Hello Hetalia nakamas~

I recently wrote an article for the local newspaper, The Manila Bulletin, about my thoughts on Hidekaz Himaruya's Hetalia. A friend of mine needed an article for our organization's column, and I thought this was the perfect opportunity for me to explore my opinions, perhaps a thorough look into Himaruya's work.

This is my take on Hetalia -- why I love it, adore it, and why I sometimes feel sad about it. I thought I'd share this with you guys because I was hoping to have a healthy exchange of opinions with the series, why you started reading it and why you continue to read it still.

You may read the article here. It was actually published today. ^^;; Or yesterday, since it's past midnight my time now. I hope the community doesn't mind that I gave a link to the scanlation tag. My country doesn't exactly understand Japanese and I was hoping that this would trigger them to explore the comic and maybe history.

P.S. They also asked me to give examples for the column, so I used some scanlated ones (Germany training with Italy + Italy giving Japan a ride around Italy) for the benefit of the readers. I hope you guys don't mind. I did not profit anything from this article since our organization, Read Or Die, is a non-profit one. The article does link to both Himaruya and the community at the end.

P.P.S. Don't know how to really categorize this post. ;3; halp?

EDIT: The newspaper's website has reset to accomodate this day's section and the article's been taken off. I've placed a copy of it in my website. :)

[Fanart] Unicorns and Aliens

[callalady.livejournal.com]

Artist: CallaLady

Forgive my crappy excuse for a horse. Man they're hard to draw. But UKxUnicorn was just too fun to pass up.

( Raindrops on Roses )

CYPRUS *_*

[denize.livejournal.com]

Artist: Denize
Character(s) or Pairing(s): Cyprus, UK and Spain (and a tiny USA)
Rating: PG? I don't know. There's some almost-nudity from the nation that keeps appearing on the news for stupid sex acts D:

( Cyprus fanart + Spain and UK doodles )

Russia Fanart

[xxmarionette.livejournal.com]

Hiiii. I'm well...a new part of the fandom of APH. And since I was bored today, I decided to draw one of my favorite countries out of them: RUSSIA.

( Read more... )

[FANART] America is a hero!

[pompi.livejournal.com]

I just got into Hetalia today. 8D My sister kept bothering me on how awesome it was, but I only started reading it now. Now I know of it's awesomeness.

Author/Artist: pompi
Character: America

( America is my favorite. I don't know why. )

[FANART]HAI GUYS.

[xxrosenredxx.livejournal.com]

I'm relatively new to APH and the community. So I figure I'd start out with some fanart. :)

Characters: Canada. UK. US. Austria. France. Russia.
Rating: PG. For a teensy bit of blood.
Warnings: Blood. Bad coloring. Large image sizes, depending on who you ask. A badly drawn hamburger. A large post in general.
Summary: Some doodles. Mostly from a meme I filled out.

( Blood and roses suit you well. )

 

 

 

 

2 UK and 8 Russia

[ebolavirus.livejournal.com]

( Read more... )

[ Fanart] Bus uncle anyone..? lol

[miyukiko.livejournal.com]

Character(s) or Pairing(s): Italy, US+UK, Poland, Sweden+Finland, HK+China
Rating: G
Warnings: -
Summary: Scrap/junk fanart.. Bus uncle parody xDD


( You have pressure, I have pressure~! )

Some silly icons

[neko-jacqui.livejournal.com]

Yup, they are a bit silly. Twelve icons total, one each for: America, Belarus, England, Finland, France, Greece, Japan, Poland, Prussia, Seychelles, Spain, and Switzerland. If you want to use them, credit is nice, but not necessary.
Samples:

( Those and ten more this-a-way )

Fanart

[zephyr-design.livejournal.com]

So, I'm new here~ Hello, I'm Akari!

I recently fulfilled the art meme here and I, inspired by a request on the kink meme (not fulfilling it, though), I drew a France/Spain/UK pirate!pic =D

( OT3? )

Ohhh, and I have a question for you guys! Any good fanart sites? You appear to have lots, so... Hmn~~~ Willing to share? I'm a major Spain and Austria fan, and I feel they're so unloved. Anything with them in would make me really happy.

Fanart

[gileonnen.livejournal.com]

I come bearing Russia/China! It's not much, compared to the amazing art here--but perhaps someone will like it?

Artist: gileonnen
Rating: G (snuggling)
Characters: Russia/China

( Russia/China )

Fanart - Request doodles

[haruhara.livejournal.com]

Title: SKETCHES FOR PEOPLE
Author/Artist: haruhara
Character(s): Switzerland, Poland, Austria, USA
Rating: G-PGish
Warnings: Swiss does not like dresses>8o
Summary: I am just slowly finishing off my requests for rishi_san, luminousbeat and death_the_kid. :o They're a few sketches and one colored (I'm getting used to the new tablet whoa. What have I been missing all my life?). I swear I'll bring some better art one day. xD

( Lo and behold! )

[FANART] I Am America paro

[rainy-takako.livejournal.com]

Artist: rainy_takako
Characters: USA
Rating: G
Summary: Ever seen this book? Made an Alfred version.

( I AM AMERICA (and so can you!) )

Also, for those of you who were interested in a wallpaper version of my previous work, here's the links: 1024 x 768 and 1280 x 1024.
They are for personal use only, PLEASE do not redistribute these anywhere else!