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small spoon Zuko till the end of time

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Long-overdue Zuko and Iroh sketch, upon request. I feel like they’d still go on adventures through old abandoned temples and stuff in their off-time :)

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Average Zuko-Aang interaction.

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katara for my friend 💧🩵

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old atla fanart from 2020 hihi

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🤭 guess who started working on part 19~~~ (working title: it wet)

well wait thats a lie, ive been working on outlining BUT took a break from outlining to start writing and let me tell yall. I'm torn. I love posting lil snippets bc i crave attention but also like. do I want to spoil yall to ltf: it wet... for now, here's a snippet 😜 maybe.. the last... we'll see

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Ignoring Katara’s complaints, Sokka turned his back to her and stared out at the cove again. He’d had his back turned for too long to talk to her anyways. What if the enemy had come into sight in his moments of distraction and-

Was that a boat in the distance?!

“Haha! Look, Katara, look! There’s something out there. I was right!”

“Uh… If you’re right, that really isn’t something you should be excited about…”

Oh, shit, right. Sokka grabbed his horn from his belt and blew it in three short bursts. “Everyone! To your battle stations. And stay there this time!”

Sokka wished they had the telescopes to spare so he could have had his own after Dad and the warriors left. He cupped his hands around his eyes and squinted to try and better see the speck in the distance. It wasn’t the stark black of Fire Nation cruisers, so it didn’t stand out so much against the landscape.

The scrape of someone climbing up the wall pulled Sokka away from his surveillance. He looked down and groaned at the sight of his sister clambering up next to him.

“Seriously, Katara? This is not your battle station.”

She completely ignored him and repeated his actions to try to get a better look at the approaching threat. With a hum, Katara lowered her hands to prop them on her hips as she said, “I don’t think that’s a Fire Nation ship. For one thing, it’s way too small.”

Sokka groaned and resisted the temptation to shove her off the wall. “Well, I don’t know! Maybe they’ve developed some sort of new technology to get our guard down and attack when we are least expecting it!”

Katara raised a single, judgemental eyebrow. “Sure, because they need to be sneaky against a bunch of elders and children.”

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Zuko tries to emulate what he's seen Katara do when Aang is in the avatar state. Its not as easy as it looks

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"You've changed"

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(ID: sequential art

image 1: a crowd of people in colors of the fire nation, water tribes, and earth kingdom in a large throne room in the fire kingdom.

image 2: a view of Sokka talking with some people in the crowd.

image 3: Sokka looking out of frame with surprise mid conversation.

image 4: Zuko holding a closed fan dressed in regal clothing and golden sun and fire jewelry with advisors in the back, looking into the crowd.

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He's never happy

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Can you draw Tyzula please!!!! 🥺🙏

Sorry for the wait😭 I hope you like it!💕

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Azutara nation are we alive??!

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found the time to dust off and colour some sokkas! at least some concept to make sure our boy is well-dressed and protected through the episodes in season one. (i am not entierly sold on all though... hm...

you may also like: zuko, sokka, ty lee, suki,

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Some "if Yue is alive and went travelling with the Gaang" designs

With a ton of text about cultural inspiration.

The main book 2 look

I wanted to show cultural differences between the tribes, so Yue's look is sort of Mongolian. There were Mongolian-styled hats in the Northern tribe, and Yue's dress under the coat looked like a Mongolian deel (thanks @atlaculture for all these posts about clothes and everything else!), so it's not much against the canon information.

So she's wearing a deel again with a second layer - there are chinese actors on photos as far as I know; I hope it's okay. One-shoulder silhouette refers to later Aang's clothes because Yue is still kind of a spiritual person (she wasn't a fighter, so I want her to have some other useful talent – not a bender or healer like Katara or a non-bender warrior like Suki). Violet, pink and white were originally her colors, no changes here. Three blue characters would be too much for a group of five, and total white is not practical at all. I like to think that violet color shows high rank in the Avatar universe; in the original series it was only worn by princess Yue, Kanna, the chief Hakoda's mother, and by king Bumi.

Yue's boots here are mongolian gutals/gutuls (the collage is already big, but I used them again for one of Book 3-looks).

Her hair become simpler – just two braids and a hairpiece, to match her previous decorated hairdo. I guess if she's travelling with the Gaang she's not that much of a Moon Spirit anymore (maybe she returned the part of the moon spirit that saved her and was healed other way?), so I decided to forego the moon-referring part. Also it will be easier to do by herself since she has no servants now... The headdress I took from modern Mongolian dancers; the front part is crescent-moon-shaped.

The Ba Sing Se dress

I fell in love with this Ao Dai dress, it's simple, long and elegant. But... it's mostly Vietnamese… and I'm afraid that it's modern and not historically accurate. Also it does not really go together with other Ba Sing Se dresses :( because I did not want to just copy-paste some background look. But there is at least one dress with a tail, thigh high slits and a standing collar on the dress underneath, so... I guess my choice is not that bad? The tail makes her look more royal. The fan is the same which Toph and Katara had. For the palette I chose Yue's white color with EK greens and warm yellow/ochre to match Katara and Toph. The hairdo is copied from the series; I chose one with the tassel on the right, to refer the NWT/Korean accessories.

The Fire Nation disguise

A confession – I don't like FN clothes. I wasn't sure if I would be able to do it properly, so I almost copied that attire (left one) – asymmetry, as a Thai touch, which again matches Aang's Invasion Buddhist-like clothes. The palette keeps Yue's signature white, with some pink of a warmer shade, as they wear it in the Fire Nation. And the "royal" long skirt, 'cause she's still not a fighter. The look is simplified so I could not keep zigzag ornament on her longyi skirt, therefore I moved it onto the top part.

I used Thai dancers jewelry and... flip flops? idk how they are called in Southeast Asia (don't like Sokka and Katara's FN shoes at all, why the design is so complicated?).

For covering her hair I used a turban, inspired by Myanmar turbans; a white one, so if some hair will show, it won't be too noticeable. Also Yue could still be easily recognised on screen/page by her white head. The long end of the fabric on her right resembles burmese hairstyle silhouette.

The Invasion-and-till-finale look

For her dress I used a deel (again); the sleeveless jacket is an hommage to her original design and has some Korean vibes, like Toph's Ba Sing Se dress (at least I hope so). Katara and Sokka's season 1 looks have Korean influence, so I guess it's okay. Gutals are from her Book 2 main look. I have a soft spot for them.

My favorite thing is her hair :)))) It's a mix of Inuit/Mongolian braids and a hairpiece, also from the Book 2 look. This time there will be more braids. Two on the front – I wanted to keep them from her original hairdo, but now they are braided together (I saw this on the Alaskan Inuit/Eskimo women photos). On the back there are five, inspired by a Mongolian hairdo for young unmarried girls, who wore multiple braids. I decided to make five, because Alaskian Inuit language uses this amount for counting and with two front braids it'll make seven, which is a lucky Mongolian number. And in theory a limited number should be easier to animate.

The post-canon noble look

After the final battle I thought Yue will come back to Agna Qel'a and become a more active political figure. I chose a white kuspuk (blue color is still for Katara and Sokka), showing that she is ready to lead her tribe after this journey, not the passive perfect princess she was before. "She is associated in canon with the masculine yang of the yin and yang and the moon which, in most Inuit and Eskimo cultures, is considered masculine as well. While white kuspuks are associated with men and specifically family patriarchs, a feminine kuspuk in white makes plenty of sense for Yue's character" – @mostly-mundane-atla helped me a lot with the cultural meaning of the clothes (I am so grateful!). Also it's an hommage to her total-white Moon Spirit look. And I changed her hair again to Greenland updo with two tied braids on the front – more complicated than the simple braids she wore during the journey. It looks formal.

NWT is less Inuit-inspired and has a strong Mongolian touch (to make them look more "modern"? dunno) but I guess the formal wear for the spiritual princess could refer to older traditions. Which should be the same with SWT, 'cause SWT was originally a part of NWT – or so I heard. For example, Kuruk, the NWT Avatar who lived about 400 years ago, has nothing Mongolian in his look.

All the looks are simplified to match the style of the original cartoon. I know there should be more details and embroidery, but my goal here was to draw something (at least theoretically) applicable for animation. And no Hahn's betrothal necklace of course.

Also I want to mention here other great Yue designs, since they are the inspiration behind the overall idea of the post – the moon looks and "Yue joins the Gaang" outfits by amazingly talented @chiptrillino.

P.S.: an important note

This is my first attempt ever to design outfits that could fit the world of A:tLA. I am not Asian or ingenious, not an expert in their cultures or costume history at all, not a professional character designer. I am just a fan who tried to create designs with respect to real cultures and people. Nothing here was supposed to be offensive in any way. If something still is – please inform me so I could fix it as soon as possible.

I hope, as a fan, I have the right to draw fanarts looking for an inspiration in the cultures that inspired the original cartoon.

If you see mistakes in my post, be it in drawings or a text, also feel free to tell me. I will deeply appreciate it.

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Learning to Fly: Ripples Make Waves Chapter Six

“What would you do if you learned your family was Fire Nation?” Smellerbee damn near fell out of the tree in her surprise. She squawked and scrambled to wrap an arm around the tree branch they were perched on. Even if she hadn’t managed the quick save, Longshot had a strong grip on her other arm. Together, she easily returned to her spot beside him, heart hammering in her ears. Whether it was from her almost fall or his question, Smellerbee honestly couldn’t say. “It wouldn’t fucking matter. This is my family now.”

Zuko accepts the Freedom Fighters' invitation to visit their hideout with offers of aid, but his masked persona and tactless questions are causing tension among the Fighters...

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How'd Zuko get involved with the FF? Catch up with Ripples Make Waves from chapter 1! If you don't know what Zuko's been up to since the start of his banishment, start LTF from the beginning~

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Firelord Ursa au -- Ursa and Azula argue at a family get together while the newly coronated Fire Lord Zuko listens miserably from the steps, and his soon-to-be wife sits in the shadows.

Ty Lee, Azula's closest companion, tries very ineffectually to get Azula to simmer down.

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I just think they're neat. :3

ko-fi | comms | inprnt | bsky | cara

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Learning to Fly: Ripples Make Waves Chapter Six

“What would you do if you learned your family was Fire Nation?” Smellerbee damn near fell out of the tree in her surprise. She squawked and scrambled to wrap an arm around the tree branch they were perched on. Even if she hadn’t managed the quick save, Longshot had a strong grip on her other arm. Together, she easily returned to her spot beside him, heart hammering in her ears. Whether it was from her almost fall or his question, Smellerbee honestly couldn’t say. “It wouldn’t fucking matter. This is my family now.”

Zuko accepts the Freedom Fighters' invitation to visit their hideout with offers of aid, but his masked persona and tactless questions are causing tension among the Fighters...

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How'd Zuko get involved with the FF? Catch up with Ripples Make Waves from chapter 1! If you don't know what Zuko's been up to since the start of his banishment, start LTF from the beginning~

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Ahakfkahahf was so caught up in working on outlining this evening I totally forgot it was an update day. Chapter going up soon 🫡