If you want to join, read ALL of this journal before requesting admission!

Updated on: Sunday, December 23, 2007
Updated by: Mika
Happy birthday Chopper!

As you may or may not know, Chopper's birthday is on the 24th of this month, Christmas Eve ^_^ So I'd like to take this opportunity to wish our favorite blue-nosed reindeer many happy returns! I'd also like to wish a merry Christmas to all my nakama who celebrate the holiday. Only a little less than two days left to wait!

Finally, in actual club news, I've added a good number of new nakama to our ranks. Welcome everyone! If you tried to join the club, but you aren't listed in the nakama journal, that probably means you didn't follow the rules. Please read the rules listed in this journal very carefully and try again! I simply don't have to free time to correct everyone who makes a mistake when trying to join (because there are so many who do, unfortunately!). As long as you follow the rules you will be allowed in!

The next contest will be started sometime after the new year turns, once things calm down and I have time to organize it =3 Just keep in mind that it will be a club ID designing contest!

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: Current Contest: none :
Coming soon!

RULES/REQUIREMENTS
1. Entry must be made specifically for this contest (no submitting old deviations).
2. Only one entry per person.
3. Entry must be some form of 2-dimensional visual art.
3. Only characters from the series are allowed (no fan characters or crossovers). You can add random characters in the background if you need to make your scene more populated.
5. By entering, artist agrees to allow the club to post their entry as a deviation in the event that the artist wins.

HOW TO SUBMIT
Once you've uploaded your final entry to dA, send the club a link to it using a NOTE and we'll add it to the main page for viewing by other club members

WINNER SELECTION
After the submission date has passed, a club-wide note will be sent out announcing that voting time has started. All members will have a week after the voting note has been sent to cast their vote (one vote per member). Only club members can vote! If there's a tie, the winner will be decided from the tied entries by Mika.

START DATE
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CONTEST LENGTH
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SUBMISSION DEADLINE
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ENTRIES
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: Introduction :
Welcome to the One Piece fan club. The club was founded by:

Afuji

And is currently maintained by:

Mika & Muura

This is a club where fans of the anime/manga One Piece can gather and get to know each other here on dA! Not only do you get to meet awesome people, but you can submit your fan art to be added to the gallery, join in on our contests, and move up the ship's ranks!

: How to Join :
To join the club, simply put one of these two into your journal BEFORE anything else:

: icon1piecefans : (without the spaces) which will look like this
or
: dev1piecefans : (without the spaces) which will look like this ~1piecefans

After you've posted that, SEND US A NOTE to join! You must have the icon or dev listed by the time we receive your note. If it's not up, we will ignore your request!

Finally, it is HIGHLY recommended that you add the club to your devWATCH. If you don't you will not receive any of the updates that make the club worth participating in!

: ONE PIECE Art Gallery :
Once you're a member you can post and share One Piece fan related stuff with us all! Fanart, fanfic, cosplay - you get the idea! ^^ Send us a note with links to your fan art and we'll add your One Piece stuff right away.

January 2008 [link]

December 2007 [link]
November 2007 [link]
October 2007 [link]
September 2007 [link]

October 2006: [link]
September 2006: [link]
August 2006: [link]
May - July 2006: [link]
February 2006: [link]
January 2006: [link]

December 2005: [link]
November 2005: [link]
October 2005: [link]
September 2005: [link]
May - August 2005: [link]
April 2005: [link]
March 2005: [link]
February 2005: [link]
January 2005: [link]

December 2004: [link]
November 2004: [link]

: Club Ranks :
When you're accepted into the club, you'll start out as a Cabin Boy (or girl, as the case may be). In order to move up the ship ranks, you have to create a certain amount of One Piece fan art (complete art, no sketches). Five (5) complete pieces of OP related fan art will move you up to Deckhand, five more for a total of ten (10) pieces will boost you into Sailhand, and finally another five for a total of fifteen (15) will get you into the great rank of Quartermaster. (By the way, you don't have to create fifteen new fan arts for each new rank you wish to attain; you can simply re-list any relevant fan arts you have already created along with your new ones.)

Once you have your fan art, send the club a note listing your current rank, the rank you wish to move into, and a list of links pointing to each of your relevant fan arts. If you qualify, you'll be moved up immediately, and if not, we'll tell you what needs to be fixed.

After you achieve the highest basic rank, you can choose your final path from several specialty positions (Musician, Swordsman, Navigator, Marksman, Cook, Doctor, Archaeologist, Shipwright) and from there you can work your way into even higher specialty positions!

You have the option, once you're in a specialty rank, of changing into another position (from Navigator to Marksman, for instance). However, you can't be in more than one rank category at a time.

For more specific information about the specialty positions and how to attain them, visit their individual pages listed below.

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Nakama (Members & How to Join) We currently have over 400 members!

Musicians (Luffy) Head Musician
Swordsmen (Zoro)
Navigators (Nami)
Marksmen (Usopp)
Cooks (Sanji)
Doctors (Chopper)
Archaeologists (Robin)
Shipwrights (Franky)

Fuzoku (Affiliates & How to Affiliate)