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Which One?
The image uploaded by Genocyber showing Law's face with a frontal look would be preferable here. Otherwise the two anime images uploaded from YazzyDream would be great alternatives. After all, Law hasn't changed significantly after the time skip so it's okay to use them. MasterDeva (talk) 00:05, December 11, 2012 (UTC)

The colored image is more attractive. It doesn't obscure or change his facial features, nor does it change who it is. The only real difference between the two is that one is colored and the other is frontal. However, the frontal's angle has such little difference that it hardly matters, so you might as well go with the colored. Besides, the anime isn't far from introducing Law, so there's little point for this war. 00:46, December 11, 2012 (UTC)


 * I only stated my opinion for reference, since I haven't noticed any flaw in particular either image is fine by me. MasterDeva (talk) 01:06, December 11, 2012 (UTC)


 * The other image doesn't have a flaw, but the colored is better simply because it is colored, in my opinion. 01:09, December 11, 2012 (UTC)

Manga vs. Anime
Weird how I didn't realize this before.

We need to use the manga, since Law's hair in the anime is black, while his hair in the manga is blue. 08:43, July 27, 2013 (UTC)

I do prefer the manga image but his hair color is a minor detail. 08:51, July 27, 2013 (UTC)

I'd say it's important enough, and the manga has good detail and quality to allow it. 08:53, July 27, 2013 (UTC)

Just to clarify something, I like this image. I hate this one. 08:58, July 27, 2013 (UTC)

Meh, they're both the same quality and detail wise. I do prefer the other one though, but am fine with the current one. 08:59, July 27, 2013 (UTC)

The one Hime uploaded is really bad. 09:11, July 27, 2013 (UTC)

Not really. It's from the cover of Chapter 693. 09:12, July 27, 2013 (UTC)

Staw, if you look at the March 9, 2012 edit, you'll noticed that I was the 1 who originally uploaded the image you like. I only cropped the 1 you hate (December 18 2012).

Anyway, I'm fine with either 1 as well, but we usually go for frontal unless we have a good reason not to use it.
 * 海賊☠姫 (talk) 09:30, July 27, 2013 (UTC)

Yeah I know that >_> 09:34, July 27, 2013 (UTC)

Even though the blue hair is a detail I would ideally like to see kept, the anime version looks better as an overall portrait since the viewing angle shows Law looking directly at the screen and it's not viewed from a top down angle like the one from the New Age poster and not off to the side in the latest one. M4ND0N (talk) 16:04, July 27, 2013 (UTC)

Since he canonically has the blue hair, it's best to have the blue hair portrait. The anime image is non-canon. And the 693 image has a great angle and great quality. 16:05, July 27, 2013 (UTC)

The New Age version shows him with black hair too, but Oda drew and colored that as well so does the color make it non-canon? Besides I don't really think Law's hair is blue in the manga shot, it just has a lighter shade than the anime version but it's still black. Minor detail in my opinion, I don't think a lighter shade of black is worth changing the portrait.. And I disagree, the ideal portrait should have Law looking at the screen imo. We changed Akainu's portrait because everyone thought him looking down slightly wasn't as good a viewing angle for the port, and changed it to one with his eyes looking directly at the screen. M4ND0N (talk) 16:15, July 27, 2013 (UTC)

It's blue. Zoom in on the new age image and you can see blue hair. He is looking at the screen in the New Age image. You were all about canon on the ace dies image, so why not here? 16:16, July 27, 2013 (UTC)

That's because Ace's necklace appeared on his tombstone so for plot reasons I felt like it was important to show on the photo where he dies. With that being said, we do use a manga photo for Robin's portrait for the color of her eyes so I guess since we've done it this way before, it only makes sense to use the manga photo less we have a double standard. M4ND0N (talk) 17:29, July 27, 2013 (UTC)

well the main idea is that we can see law's face, thats the main idea of the image. hair is minor detial. quite frankly i never noticed the blue hair until the new age chapter cover with law and kinemon with the crew. i just hope this isn't because galaxy is having another fot about the manga vs the anime, he's had his fits about it lately. but what ever works, as long as it's good quality and we see his face, because quit frankly i assume we aren't all hair stylists here and that we all just want to see laws face. if galaxy is raising an argument of where the hair is "canon" or not i find that hilarious. AsuraDrago (talk) 19:19, July 28, 2013 (UTC)

Everybody here wants to use the "canon" image. Oda's drawing is better anyways. It's sad that you can't appreciate the source material, and resort to calling people that actually love the manga's superior art style "hilarious" 19:22, July 28, 2013 (UTC)

^What Galaxy said. 05:48, July 29, 2013 (UTC)

Well of course canon material is important, but his hair? really? its such a minor detail. besides it looks black in the manga and the only time we see his hair dark blue is on the color cover "new age" and the new supernova time-skip manga cover. the onl way you'll see his hair color is if you look super close at it. the point being is that the current image being used is not of good quality. the anime image is perfect, its clear and HQ. thats all that matters. it's what is best for the wiki we have to take into consideration. AsuraDrago 04:26, August 2, 2013 (UTC)

His mouth line isn't even fully drawn in that anime version. 04:26, August 2, 2013 (UTC)

I just remembered; his hair's black on volume 69 cover.


 * 海賊☠姫 (talk) 04:35, August 2, 2013 (UTC)

Interesting, and weird. I still find the manga image to be better drawn. 04:37, August 2, 2013 (UTC)

Settle this goddamn forum before we have our umpteenth argument about a "canon" portrait. ''The forum must be resolved, and if this goes to a poll before that does, then we've shown how inept we are at making lasting decisions. 13:44, August 3, 2013 (UTC)

That's a useless forum. 08:05, August 9, 2013 (UTC)

Slight difference in hair color doesn't matter. The far better image for use as a portrait comes from the anime. It's completely frontal, and has significantly better art quality/image quality. 16:51, August 24, 2013 (UTC)

More people have voiced their opinion of wanting the manga here, so I'd say it has to stay on that until we go to a poll or more people post.

As for you points, no, Color Scheme matters. The anime image's art quality leaves much to be desired, since Law looks "bored", his mouth is not completely drawn, along with his nose. All this, while the manga image is of perfect quality, a perfect facial expression, drawn by the author, canon, better detailed, and not drawn by some random animator. If you want completely frontal, there's the cover of Chapter 693, which is the same detail as the other manga image, and better then the anime image (the new cover uploaded by XScar is without smudges and is of very high quality.) Here it is. 17:00, August 24, 2013 (UTC)

Now here's the thing here: we see on vol 69 law's hair is BLACK galaxy. BLACK. then on the new age cover his hair is a very dark blue. its just barely noticible unless you edit the lighting of the image. or in the recent manga cover the dark blue becomes a little bit brighter. so in the end: it truly is not an issue, its not that big of a deal. when we see him in the manga it looks pitch black. who ever expected that after awhile the hair color would change a second time, turning into a very dark blue. you can't really tell a difference quite frankly.

as for the portrait, lets just use the current anime image. for starters its higher quality compared to any manga image out there. the detail is perfect and since oda intented at first for it to be black and changes it on and off, hair color is of little concern. the image needs to be clear and HQ, the anime image does that, all of the previous manga images are not even devent quality.

AsuraDrago 03:26, August 25, 2013 (UTC)

I agree, the anime image has better quality. 06:45, August 25, 2013 (UTC)

The anime image is not higher quality. Look at his mouth, it's not fully drawn, and neither is his nose. As I explained above, the manga image from Chapter 693 is of better detail, quality, and drawn by the author. 10:05, August 25, 2013 (UTC)

Even in the image from 693 where his sideburns are blue, Law's beard is definitely black. This is inconsistent with every other coloration we've seen, furthering the point that color doesn't matter. And because the beard is black, you can hardly tell where Law's coat begins and his beard ends, making it bad for a portrait. Also, while in the anime Law's mouth may be 80% drawn, the 693 image has one simple line drawn for his nose. So I would argue that the anime image is more fully drawn. Drawn by the author =/= "Perfect". 12:03, August 25, 2013 (UTC)

Color matters, always. Don't disregard the author's work.

I can see where his coat begins, so that's not an issue. His coat covers his beard in the anime version by the way. Actually no, the nose is fully drawn in the manga version, while in the anime, it leaves me questioning what his nose looks like at all. It just looks like a bone, with a hole (the nostrils look awful). There's also the fact that the anime image is not how Law looks (he looks bored). His mouth also being a half drawn line is an issue, and should not be overlooked. This is due to the art style of that animator (it's Nakatani). Either find a anime image that's closer to Oda's style, or the manga is better. Drawn by the author = Perfect :) 13:34, August 25, 2013 (UTC)

Obviously Oda's art is perfect, but you can't deny the anime's detail. thats just the current art style. toei goes through different stages of animation and the current one is great. there may be a few animation goofs once and a while, but the current anime one suits good for now until we can make another one. of course oda makes mistakes as well, but rarely. once in awhile you can see a drawing goof, but nothing major. if his nose is drawn with only one line, its no big deal, as if his mouth may be not drawn fully but thats not a problem either, its the animation style for anime for mouths to be like that at times.

the main idea is that we have an HQ anime image, which we have at the moment. the past manga images haven't been the best. if we want a better one, we can compile a gallery of different law portraits from the anime and make a selection from there. i've already made several that i still have saved and some recent ones.

AsuraDrago 00:41, August 26, 2013 (UTC)

Get a better anime image, or I support the manga. You won't change my mind with the current image. 00:48, August 26, 2013 (UTC)