If protests have achieved one thing, it’s giving me more time to work on stuff I hadn’t been able to work on in months. So making art became a tad bit easier xD
A gift for @firelxrdazula since it’s her b-day, a scene from a promising Avatar AU: another Sokkla capture fic! Only… it’s Azula who gets captured by Team Avatar, in the outcome of the Chase (as in, instead of tossing dust at her, Toph actually used her element properly and seized Azula).
And thus, Azula is stuck with Team Avatar for the rest of the season, which results in lots of chaotic shenanigans such as this. Cactus Juice!high Sokka is a little bit more honest about his interest in the Princess than his sober counterpart xD of course, Katara is not amused and Toph is very confused
I couldn’t quite help myself, so sue me (?) okay please don’t, I can’t afford a lawsuit
The universe demanded that I made the connection between ATLA and the Olympics, but it brought me to it in a very unexpected way. I’m already used to Google’s knack for sending weird news to my phone, but I discovered it can still impress me when it sent me this particular article.
… Naturally I was utterly confused over why my phone would expect that to interest me, but out of morbid curiosity, I guess, I clicked it and had a good laugh over the whole thing. Soon enough I was thinking “It’s not like they’re my hornball OTP, no way every single athlete would possibly need so many…”
And that’s when I did a double take. My OTP… in the Olympics?!
And of course my brain blew up. The result of that mental explosion will be the 7-parter story that I’ll be publishing for the next challenge of the Sokkla Saturdays, a story I couldn’t be more excited about even if I tried. I guess I should have held back the cover for Saturday too xD but I couldn’t help myself. So you get it a few days early so that you know what to expect and, hopefully, get as hyped as I am!
As you can see, this is my take on the Avatar: the Last Airbender’s version of the Olympics, organized by the White Lotus. Hence, the black circle is for the White Lotus, the others speak for themselves xD each competitor has a headband that distinguishes whether they’re benders (white headband) or non-benders (black headband), and at the center of the headband they have different colors as to identify which nation they hail from. There’s teams for each nation, even for the Air Nomads despite Aang is the only actual representative of their team (but as he’s the Avatar he gets to participate in more events than anyone else, so don’t feel too sorry for him xD). Zuko doesn’t get to join in because he’s a Head of State, same as Hakoda, Arnook and Kuei. And as can be understood, I hope, Kuei is very much hellbent on the success of the Earth Kingdom in this major event xD
Also, Mai doesn’t like the Fire Nation’s uniform, especially the headband, so she refuses to wear it, period xD Everyone’s a bit older here, though I’m to sure if it’s apparent, but they are supposed to be.
Well, I hope you all like the fanart and that you enjoy the story in a couple of days, once I post it! And if you’re interested in them, enjoy the Olympics too xD
(curse Tumblr’s crappy resolution, click the image to see it properly, I guess .___.)
And alas, two days later and without Starbucks, here’s the art piece I’ve been slaving over during the last week. No less than twenty of our biggest characters of the story! :’DDDD
It was a lot of work and I obviously had a few mishaps here and there, but I reckon the work is done and I can just throw this out there. I do hope you’ll be forgiving of the mishaps….
I hadn’t really known what I’d make for the Anniversary, so when I realized I hadn’t made a group picture like this I thought “What the hell” and went for it. My hand hates me for it now, but I’d like to think it was worth it… :’D
If you’re wondering who’s who, the pics have captions to explain. Though I hope it won’t be so hard to identify the characters, if you’re a Gladiator reader
xD
I am really grateful for these three years working with these awesome folks up here, and I’m looking forward to many more!
ahhhhh finallyyyyyyyy after ages ; u; I’ve finally finished drawing the longest illustration I have made this year *insert victory tune here* my back hurts ;__;
curse you Piandao you’re ruining everything D: I haven’t drawn my pleasures for quite a while now, so I really am happy for finally drawing tons of Sokkla ; u;
this is my fanart for @seyaryminamoto‘s Gladiator >u< it’s pretty lengthy (102 chapters as of now) but it’s realllyyyyyyyyyy worth the read ^u^ especially for fellow Sokkla fans like me *u*
still waiting for the day when Azula will openly say “I love you” to Sokka :DDD and sorry I haven’t drawn Rui Shi and Kino forgive meeee
oh, and as usual, since the file’s too big I suppose dashboard quality sucks, therefore please view in its original size ; u;
This is a little unconventional, and I’m guessing I’m going to lose a couple, because what is below the break is shocking (HA) and strange, but I also consider it to be the best thing I’ve ever written.
It’s avatar, oddly enough, and first person Sokka POV, and nsfw, and Azula is there, and it’s modern au and…
And I’m really, bizarrely proud of it, and want it to be read, even though I don’t think the full story this is supposed to be a snippet of will ever really come to cohesion.
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