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seyaryminamoto:

Sokkla Week 2018 – Day One: Awkwardness

I confess, I didn’t initially work on this for Sokkla Week, but halfway through it I realized it suited this prompt fairly well :’D so here goes! Awkwardness indeed!

Now, I originally meant for this comic to be part of something else (and it still is), and while I could simply direct you to my Patreon and tell you to read all about it there, I’ll try to explain the basis of it anyways:

After I wrote this post, several responses inspired me to create a silly comic collection that I’ve decided to call the “Worst-kept Secret” collection. As the name suggests, it’s meant to be a collection of Gladiator scenes as seen through the eyes of characters who are witnesses to some rather suspicious behavior on Sokka and Azula’s part…

In this case? You’ve met these two witnesses before, but you haven’t read this chapter because it was written in advance, as most stuff I write these days :’D I would’ve kept the comic tucked away for a few months until the time was right for me to publish it, but as it suited Sokkla Week’s prompt, I figured why not go ahead and post it already?

I’m hoping to create these on a bi-monthly basis, and I’ll cross-post them on Tumblr for sure… but the main platform where I’ll be posting them will be Patreon. My patrons will have early releases for each comic, and they’ll also have the chance to suggest and help me choose scenes for me to satirize like this. You can, naturally, sit back and enjoy them as they come… but if you’d like to be involved with the creative process, just a $1 donation on my Patreon will be enough for you to join in on the fun 🙂

And I think that was enough shameless self-promotion. Hope you guys liked it, and I hope Sokkla Week keeps being as fun as it’s been so far!

seyaryminamoto:

Avatar World Week – Summer Love Event

Day One: Agape – Unconditional Love

There was no doubt in my mind about who I’d feature for this first prompt, as their bond in Gladiator is full-blown unconditional love by now (even the two of them are mindblown that things have reached that level xD).

Of course, I had no idea what to do at first. But then I answered that ask about the top reasons to ship Sokkla, and remembered some of my evil future Gladiator plans tied in with the Cave of Two Lovers… after that there was just no other option xD I had to do this!

Not gonna lie, I probably won’t top this on the rest of the days for this event xD but I’ll try anyways. Hope you all like it! And thanks to @avatarworldweek for organizing this event!

seyaryminamoto:

Azula Week 2018 – Day Four: Azula as the Avatar AU

… Yeah, I took a lot of artistic liberties with this prompt. What can I say? :’D Honestly I’m just happy I could get it done on time xD

Granted I went overboard with this, it was a lot of work and if I hadn’t made something this big I might have made it on time for the rest of the days… but what can ya’ do. Life gets unfairly busy.

At any rate, this doesn’t need much explanation, unless my handwriting is so bad that you can’t read the dialogues (wouldn’t be surprised if that was the case). This is just a humorous jab at these AUs, personally I’ve never imagined Azula as the Avatar and this was the best idea that came to my mind, so here we are! Azula, the pillowbending Avatar!

seyaryminamoto:

Avatar World Week – Summer Love Event

Day Two: Storge  – Family Love

There would have been so many options for this one, but I realized there’s one underrated, scarcely explored family bond out there. And I know why that’s the case, Sokka most likely had no children in canon and it makes sense that he’s usually portrayed in the role of a uncle instead, as he’s canonically one…

But alas, fandom is a space to explore the unexplored, isn’t it? :’D

So here we go, Sokka with one of his steambabies 🙂 Little Shun is very little still, but his dad is happy to teach him how to walk. I didn’t really plan for this piece to be in the South Pole, but I guess that’s what it became when I caught myself drawing some snowy grounds around them xD

Thanks, as ever, to @avatarworldweek for this event!

kigozula:

I think I may be a few hours late… if so, I’m so sorry! If not, I’m very lucky 🙂

Anyways, I hope you had a great birthday! Here’s a little gift for you, hope you like it! yes this is a glimpse of the future too but shhh don’t tell anyone! xD

@seyaryminamoto THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL*_* Hey, thank you sooo muchhh for remembering and making such a beautiful gift, it made me really haply. I really really love this. Sorry for seeing this late.

PS: I’ll make sure to not tell anyone;))

purpleplatypusbear21:

seyaryminamoto:

Dilemma: Answered

I don’t draw nearly enough happy Sokkla families for my heart’s content, so when this chance came up I figured I’d make the most of it.

@purpleplatypusbear21, I hear it’s your birthday 🙂 this is based on the epilogue of Prisoner’s Dilemma, with Sokka’s tear and their gold-eyed son and all. The happiness these two can find together is unparalleled, so having the opportunity to show it always makes me happy. 

Happy birthday!

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH, THANK YOU SO MUCH @seyaryminamoto!!!!  This is absolutely GORGEOUS and so unbelievably kind of you!!

❤ I’m about to cry some big fat happy tears of my own.  I always love your artwork, and this piece in particular truly warms my heart.  Thank you so much my friend!!!!!  You are so talented and an absolute gift to this fandom.

seyaryminamoto:

I want to change the world
I won’t hesitate again.
If I can shape a future with you,
then I can fly anywhere. 

Gladiator’s Fifth Anniversary

And so, we reach the final artwork. God, all this was so much work…

I really wanted these to be some of the best weeks of the year for me, regrettably I bumped into a few problems that didn’t thrill me so much. Granted that the work itself was its own reward in many ways but I still had hoped these would become some of my most popular artworks, considering how much I’ve improved. But alas, I know how much better I’ve gotten and I know several of you appreciate that, too, so that knowledge will have to please me for now. 

I’m very grateful to everyone who supported me through the anniversary, both with moral support and with likes or reblogs. I had several low points here, but I’m hoping things will start to look less bleak in the near future.

The song chosen this time is one of my childhood openings, one I hadn’t revisited in forever. Going by the direction the story takes once Part 1 wraps up, it felt like a great song to embody the feeling of heading into Part 2 with these two in the best place they had ever been in. The relationship between them was complicated and turbulent, but once they found their way there was just no stopping them.

This artwork features what I’d consider the core cast of Gladiator, though of course, Azula and Sokka are the central characters through and through. For the first time I’ve featured Aang, Katara and Kino in the Fifth Anniversary artworks (I kinda felt I owed it to them, poor kids were left on the sidelines xD), the rest of the group should be apparent (from the top, clockwise: Katara, Kino, Zuko, Suki, Ty Lee, Mai, Haru, Rui Shi, Song, Aang and Toph). It should be great to one day bring as many of these characters together as I can (I’m not going to promise anything… some characters may need to evolve in different directions than others, sadly), but for now, we have an artwork to fulfill that wish. So yep, this is just a Part 1 closure artwork, giving Azula and Sokka a nice send off into their happy, bright future together.

If I find it in me to bring out the willpower I’m not sure I have, I may just rehash this event, with Part 2 arcs, on the Sixth Anniversary. I do need a good recovery period, though: three art softwares later and a few too many hand pains, I’m not exactly feeling like working this much again xD but at least this was what a Fifth Anniversary deserved, as far as I can tell.

A lot of crazy things are coming our way in this story, as anyone who’s kept up would know. There’s plenty of strife and struggle, but for now… there are a lot more good times to come than bad. I am hoping that by this time next year we’ll at least be wrapping up Part 2… naturally, I can’t promise as much, but I certainly do hope so, seeing as I’ve increased the update and writing rate.

I do hope you enjoyed the art onslaught. Despite the bad times I’ve had to endure once in a while, I really have enjoyed these five years as best as I could. I’ve learned a lot, I’ve changed a lot, and while there’s much more for me to learn, I’m hoping I’ll continue to do so in however many more years Gladiator has left ahead of itself. 

Thanks to everyone who has stuck around for that long, so sorry for the disappointment to everyone who has jumped off this ride for whatever reasons they did, and thanks again to those who are new but eager to enjoy it. I hope Gladiator has meant something to you guys, for it has meant so much to me. Knowing it matters to anyone is enough to put a smile on my face, guaranteed. And… I guess all that is left for me to say is happy birthday to my fickle, beloved child-fic. My life would certainly be a lot lousier if it weren’t for Gladiator.

seyaryminamoto:

So don’t try to run, honey
Love can be fun
There’s no need to be alone
When you’ve found that someone

Countdown: 1 day to Gladiator’s Fifth Anniversary

Who’s shocked? No one, I assume…?

The song this time is entirely @focusas‘s fault. I admit I had a lot of songs that worked to inspire me while I worked on this, but he just HAD to suggest the song that propelled me into yet another insane obsession of mine :’D I admit I’m grateful, though, very much so.

What even needs to be said? 96 chapters of build up had to lead to an explosive resolution. If I hadn’t been working with these two maybe it wouldn’t have been that explosive, but alas, they’re just too passionate and wild, and thus, 97 is a major highlight in the story for obvious reasons. (also, I know you all feel that way too, okay? The view count doesn’t lie, you’re all as hopeless as I am, rereading that one so many times… xD)

Naturally, the lead-up, meaning, Sokka vs. Toph again, had to be in this artwork. I am growing increasingly fascinated by drawing Sokka from behind in action art too, I don’t know why he looks so badass but he just does. Very pleased with how he turned out. By now, Iroh is openly antagonistic again, and Ozai’s ironically more smug than ever. The irony being right above him, of course: his perfect daughter is betraying his trust in the worst way he can possibly imagine… and while I love Ozai because of all the reasons I’ve explained in the past, I find some sort of devious pleasure in keeping him in the dark about Azula’s secret. It’s just… so much fun to make fun of him for it?

Anyhow, I’m pleased with it. I hope it’s not too over the top, it is the first time I’ve pulled off something from chapter 97, so at least I can take pride on that. I’ll just hope it isn’t too NSFW for your tastes…

seyaryminamoto:

This is the way it should be for lovers

They shouldn’t go it alone

It’s not so good when you’re on your own…

Countdown: 2 days to Gladiator’s Fifth Anniversary

As I mentioned, there had to be two different artworks for these two arcs even if they’re well tied together. But there was just so much to add that… yep. It only made sense this way.

The song I linked this time basically inspired the dance scene… which, if you watched the Lake House, should be easy to understand. Of course, Sokka and Azula can’t behave themselves as I write them, so what should have been a solemn kind of dance became a completely ridiculous one instead where neither one could stop laughing :’D still, the scene is as they’re gazing at each other, in their ship-typical almost-kiss (seriously, I’ve never seen a ship with more almost-kisses than this one and that’s saying something!).

This is also another thematic kind of artwork, rather than an overlap of scenes. Toph’s got her back towards the making-out Zuki because she’s got to look ominous, considering she caused Zuko to talk to his father (and we all know how that turned out). Ozai’s first appearance in these artworks isn’t exactly mindblowing… but welp, I hadn’t found another arc where he worked, so here we go. With a smug smile because all is going according to keikaku.

Iroh at the corner seems to be a little bothered by something, I guess? It’s meant to be more of a portrayal of his reaction to Azula’s ceremony (yes, it’s from the other artwork, but what can I tell ya…), which is where he started to feel uneasy about his niece all over again. And of course, Zhao had to be here… with his psycho smirk. If you’re confused about what’s going on with Zhao in the story, don’t worry, so am I! For a bland and cardboard villain, this guy can certainly be more complex than that if you try a little harder. I know he’s currently being glared at because of how observant he’s being… I suppose he deserves that, huh?

At any rate… you all know what’s coming tomorrow, don’t you? :’D