Getting Away with It: An Artist's Blog about Art: The Land UNDER the Land Down Under

My next artist is someone probably not well known, not famous, and definitely not molded to the category of classical art. Known to those only by her screen name, Go-Devil-Dante has created some of the funniest (in my opinion) comics and drawings of anime (traditional Japanese cartooning) characters. While poking fun at many of the realistic animators, she draws her characters with sketch-like qualities but seemingly adds beautiful, vibrant colors to anything she creates.

Go-Devil-Dante is a classic “shipper.” A shipper is someone who takes characters from anime, manga, and cartoons and places them in a relationSHIP scene with another character from either the same or different cartoon. Shippers’ drawing themes can range from sexual and intimate to wild and funny. Go-Devil-Dante’s main focus is on the funny.

(Sketch Request for ToysAndChoco) An example of two shipped characters (Near and Mello from Deathnote)

While currently residing in New Zealand, Dante works as a commissions artist; drawing the requests of those who ask. Although she has been known to ship from many animes, the most common characters in her drawings appear as Light Yagami and L (Deathnote), Aang, Zuko, Katara, and Sokka (Avatar: The Last Airbender), and more recent fanart of the different countries from the hit Japanese show Hetalia Axis Powers. She also enjoys drawing men in drag.