Fic-to-Art #44: Zuko and Katara meet Hotaru
This time around, my Patrons chose these two scenes from the prompt I offered them... and that prompt was "Hotaru", our tiny firefly herself <3 drawing her continues to be a challenge pertaining how to ever make babies look cute, but I hope she looks alright this time!
These two moments take place not too far from the other, but it's worth noting that Katara and Zuko don't get to see Hotaru at the exact same time. Thus, I figured I'd take advantage of the opportunity... and draw Sokka and Azula introducing their little one to their respective siblings. This will be an emotional chapter (lots of those coming up), but I do hope that these moments of happiness will be a good way to soothe the pains caused by our very intense angst from the current chapters... to be specific, this is chapter 378, so we're not that far away!! Just gotta wait a bit longer!
A part of me took joy in this specific prompt... the fandom has an abundance of "uncle Sokka" and "aunt Azula" content, be it with them together or not, while Zuko and Katara (also while together or not) happen to be the ones who become parents first. This often relegates their siblings to a secondary role, and too often there's either implications or outright accusations that these two just aren't fit for parenting. I don't really remember seeing much, if any, content where Zuko and Katara are the uncle and aunt instead... thus, I figured this would be a fun switch-up that, ultimately, doesn't mean any of these four aren't fit for parenting (Zuko's already a dad, Katara will be a mother someday in the future!)! It just means that Zuko and Katara get to bond with little Hotaru and be supportive siblings! And everyone's happy and wholesome in the process!
At any rate! I hope you guys like it, and as ever, if you'd like to be part of the creative process behind these pieces, a $1 pledge makes you eligible for suggesting art prompts and voting for the winner, as well as reading Gladiator snippets 6 days before the next chapter releases!
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do you have any advice/tips for posting art on tumblr for the first time?
I’m not new from twitter, I just don’t wanna fuck up somehow
really the two keys to posting art is 1. knowing how to use tags, and 2. having a dedicated art blog
tumblr only tracks the first 20 tags on a post, everything after that is Just For Funsies. tracked tags will show up in search, both for the whole website and on your blog.
if you're not sure what tags to use, see what other popular posters are using! i think i mentioned this in my tumblr guide post, but generally you want to tag fandom, characters, ships (if applicable), and any AUs or similar things. oh, and content warnings if those apply, too. then if you want you can try stuff like mediums and other general tags, that'd be your #art, #illustration, #fanart, #fanfic, #digital art, #(program you used), etc etc. you don't really have to use those, but if you want to keep your blog Super Extra Organized or if you're posting original content with no fandom tags to lean on then they are good options. (you can use things like #ocs, #original characters, #character design, #concept art, and genre tags for those!)
really tagging comes down to: if i wanted to find content like this post, what tags would I look in?
You want to have a dedicated art blog so you can keep your art front and center, if people have to dig to see your art or you post a lot of content they aren't familiar with aside from your art, they are less likely to stick around or follow you! this goes for all social medias really, not just tumblr. it's okay to make the occasional non-art related post, you don't have to completely separate art and artist here, but if you have an art blog you want it to be 95% things pertaining to your work. I have a main blog where I post everything that isn't my art, but occasionally I will reblog important things here or share other artists work because it's good that artists support each other :D
TL;DR - Get familiar with tumblr's tagging system and what the popular tags are for the types of artwork you want to post, and have a dedicated art blog! 💖
Bonus tip: Not everyone is online at the same time, and many people don't scroll to the bottom of their dashboards to catch up on every post they missed. You can schedule your posts so you post consistently at the same times, and you can schedule a reblog of your post later in the day. I for example will make all relevant art posts at 12PM CST, and I set the post to reblog at 8PM CST. The tumblr userbase is more active in the evenings, so if you don't post around that time it's definitely good to reblog things then!
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the flip side of it is, since I lost a bunch of weight last year and I was coming out of my covid-times-induced depression (and honestly probably peri-menopause induced depression), I bought a bunch of clothes that make me look more feminine than I have in like maybe 8 years or so (i.e. I don't really wear my husband's cast-offs anymore). But also my breasts are way smaller, I've taken to mostly wearing sports tops that squish em up even more, and I generally have more muscle so I dunno. I probably mostly come off as a fit woman but what I would really love is to be perceived as an unknowable creature that is inexplicably hot. I don't want breasts but I still want long hair? I want hips and a butt but also fuckn cut abs and forearms? I want to wear tons of accessories, but not in a "feminine" way?
anyways whatever, just saying that pic of mike has brought on a small spurt of gender dysphoria here on this wednesday morning i dunno.
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With the resurgence of ihnmaims stuff it got me to think of AM and when I think of AM I think of Sarah Henderson cus I think their kinda similar (only one is way more fucked up), with them in mind it got me to realize something funny and now I'm here to share my findings.
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Howdy! I am Mars!
I am a 16 year old and from the Netherlands!
Links n stuf.
Art tag: #mars-art
My commision info
this is a place where I share my art and things i like :)
About my art:
I draw a lot of things mostly traditional. For my digital art I use a Huawei Canvas tablet and the sketchbook software.
I love getting drawing requests! So if you have ANY idea I would really like the challenge.
I mostly draw anthro or human characters but I do a lot of graffiti as well.
About me:
I love making pizza's 🍕
I really like music and play electric guitar.🎸
I have ADHD and my interests change a LOT
I love to draw! Mostly traditional but I draw digital as well sometimes.
I like mcu, star wars and all of the good classic movies.
Comics are amazing as well!
My favorite games are: fire watch, night in the woods and a lot of Wii games
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