Sokkla commission for @fanwright is finished! I added the end-tag sketch at the end because it just seemed so Sokka.
Countdown: 8 days to Gladiator’s Fifth Anniversary
When it comes to Gladiator’s very controversial second story arc, the Kyoshi’s Heir/Savage Hook arc, there’s one song that will always suit it perfectly. Many of you may already know it, I even made an AMV with it! But alas, the AMV died because Viacom kills all the things we love…
Not much needs to be said about the artwork above, other than that this time we do have a juxtaposition of several scenes of the story. It’s the first time I’m relatively satisfied with my rendition for their first kiss, and it’s certainly the first time I’ve drawn the heart-wrenching, earth-shattering argument between Sokka and Azula at the Palace. While I’m pleased with it… damn, I don’t really want to do that to myself again xD
No, I don’t know how to draw blood stains, but I tried anyways. The fight between Jet and Sokka is still one of the most intense showdowns in the story, and I’m rather proud of how it came out. I tried to recreate it, I made efforts to show a few wounds on both fighters but Sokka’s legs were out of sight… which meant I couldn’t show some of Sokka’s worst injuries. But I kind of hope that one suffices? :’D
Hope you’ll be looking forward to the next one tomorrow!
Countdown: 9 days to Gladiator’s Fifth Anniversary
Of all the things I’d always wanted to do but never felt confident enough to pull off, I finally decided to take the plunge with this one.
Finally, the insanely long project is revealed now! And the project was, in fact, an attempt at designing poster-like artworks for Gladiator’s main arcs. Not everything is directly based on scenes in the story, but most of them will be!
This artwork in particular is more of a basic concept for the 22 chapters that comprise the very first story arc, which goes by the very creative name of Introductory Arc. I’d hope the composition speaks for itself, but if not, the main idea was to show the way their relationship worked at those early stages. When faced with a thousand foes, they teamed up to fight them but while keeping an eye on each other because they couldn’t quite trust one another at the time. The people behind them are all either featured or referenced throughout the arc: Zuko and Toph may be the only ones you can see properly, but the full list of characters back there included Piandao, Xin Fu, Smellerbee and even the Dart Slayer.
The song I linked above is the one I associate with this arc the most. It embodies something essential to Sokka and Azula’s relationship in Gladiator, namely the idea that they started to truly live their lives once they met each other and, in time, joined forces. I’ve always loved that song, and I’ve always thought it’s a great fit, especially for how Sokka feels throughout the Introductory Arc.
So, alrighty… day one down, nine more to go!
I’ll Meet You At The Bottom (Part 22)
I’ll Meet You At The Bottom (Part 21)
Travel in the Night on the Back of the Dragon
She turned slowly to find Sokka’s face next to hers… he had fallen asleep. She pressed her forehead against his, holding his hand. Tears that burned in her eyes.
He couldn’t have her. They wanted each other, they both were aware of it… but nothing could be done about it. They couldn’t be together.
Xin Long sensed her sadness, completely confused by what it meant.
Awww! Another heartbreaking scene, you really are fond of those xD they’re so cute and sad and they hurt all my feels. And by they I include Xin Long. In his early days he was cuter and more innocent than he could ever be by now xD I love these three soooo much.
Thank you! A million times, thank you! 😀
Fanwright 