#my atla art

[jubilantmedusa]

I’m on the second to last page of my sketchbook. Katara in “The Desert” was one of the first things I drew in it, which turned out very questionable (Katara’s face is my nemesis). These turned out much better, though the mouths and ears were rough. Such a good episode for her.

[krowcraft]

So I was bored and looking at some horse photos( as one does) and- had this au (kinda?) idea that if Appa was a horse- he's a shire horse here- a big big boy! and i'm trying out a different style here, it was actually pretty fun doing this.

Bonus!! some rough sketches I colored in

[captainlordauditor]

for @dreamonlittlelady

[sj2d3d]

#inktober day 3. It's October 3rd. Korra Korra Korra Korra. Also the bottom part is supposed to be water

[jubilantmedusa]

Meanwhile, over in the amatuer art corner...

I decided I wanted to do another Dragon Zuko, but a different one. I remembered that the lovely @sulkybender had a dragon zuko - story sometimes you can’t stay on your own mainland - which I actually had not read. Like all (well, lots!) of their work, it is highly emotional with poetic prose and a life affirming ending, and definately worth the read!

The description of the dragon though -

Zuko’s scales are like mirrors: they reflect the warm blue of the skies, the whiteness of clouds, the flash of the sun. When he flies, he vanishes completely

I read that and thought - well never mind. How do you draw a dragon you can’t see?

But later I thought… how can you draw a dragon you can’t see?

So here you go, some super hide-y trying to blend in zuko!dragons. Try to spot them if you can.

This probably verges more into "art inspired by fanfiction" than fan art per say, but whatever. Art is just for fun.

Water based markers.

Water

A dragon flying over ocean waves. These are marker drawings, but the outline technique is from this lovely water color butterfly tutorial. Andrea is a treasure. Technically the dragon should probably be reflecting clouds rather than water? But then he wouldn’t be a hide-y dragon.

Earth

A dragon flying by rocky cliffs. I was trying to evoke “inhospitable mountains” but I probably should have gone less tan/brown, more gray.

Fire Lightning

Lighting beats fire today because lightning is in the sky. This one is not as hidden as the others, but the colors are fun. This is my five year old’s favorite but he did tell me that lightning is supposed to be yellow. Point taken.

Air

Dragon in the clouds. They are supposed to be sunset clouds but they came out a bit cartoony. Which is fine because it’s fun. Link to a helpful cloud tutorial, though I did skip the gel pen step.

And bonus, my first attempt. I like it enough to throw it in this post, but it loses points for uneven wings, two angry accident clouds, and some awkward cloud-to-sky cutoffs.

If you have made it this far you should probably go ahead and read the story.

[jubilantmedusa]

I got new markers, so it was time to make very amateur Dragon Zuko fan art for @notpotable’s lovely and incredibly well researched fic Where Clouds Roll By again. Behold -

I’ve drawn this guy once before, but this time I actually tried to be accurate:

…Zuko is mostly a glossy black… all serpentine, and scaled. He has kind of laughably short, scrawny little legs ending in clawed feet, in front and back pairs spaced improbably far from each other on his long body…. Katara can see that each dark scale is edged with a narrow crescent of gold. He also has two wings…

A close up -

And just for fun…

…when light touches him, the shining edges of each scale, little fingernails of gold, gleam like an expanse of stars in a moonless night sky..

…tilting a paper a little to make it ~shiny~

Made with water based ink markers, inkings pens, and gel pens.

Anyway, I’m actually behind and need to read the most recent chapter of the actual story, so off I go I guess 😆

[jubilantmedusa]

watercolor dragon zuko, from Where Clouds Roll By

[captainlordauditor]

Quicky hour doll done a couple days ago. Baseless.

Smellerbee fashion choices include wearing skirts over jeans for flowyness AND pockets.

Experimented with a limited color pallete, shading with just black and white to give it more scribbly style. 8 colors. I like how it came out.

[captainlordauditor]

more kissing practice.

[captainlordauditor]

j-j-jetko

fiiiinally done. after like 3 weeks.

bwah.

baseless.

[captainlordauditor]

So uh

I forgot to finish and upload this? From like.3 months ago.

Anyway! Trying to get back into pixeling, rather than just tooling! I'm getting better, I think. I have more patience now, so that helps.

Base.

[captainlordauditor]

i doodled this ages ago and never posted it due to not being terribly happy with it but right now i am trying to pull megan onto this damn ship that's being sailed by me and like 3 others so

[captainlordauditor]

queer-suki IS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED

ATLA's four trans girls showing off their four different styles of make up

[captainlordauditor]

The first time Jet shies from his touch is when they're returning to Zuko's apartment from work, and he reaches to kiss Jet on the cheek. "Not here," Jet hisses, pulling away. "What?" Jet glances around nervously. It's dark, but there are still a few people out. "Don't kiss me out here in public. Unless you want to get beaten and left in an alley?" Zuko shakes his head, and Jet pulls him into an alleyway, full of shadows and darkness and kisses him like it's the last time they'll touch.

Artwork to go with the askfic I wrote for my girlfriend today.

[captainlordauditor]

favourite videogame character and favourite atla character clothes-swap

I don't have any super strong feelings about any vid game characters atm, so Sissel I guess.

I don't think Bee understands the tie.

[captainlordauditor]

Miss Kiss Kiss Bang by BisexualZuko From the stream tonight. So thrilled with the lighting on this. Jet and Azula, probably slightly drunk, swing dancing. Because something my sister said made me think of it.