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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:

In my life I decide and it turns me on
How I am, how I live, who I love
In my way, I feel strong, and it turns me on
In my life, I decide, I decide

Countdown: 3 days to Gladiator’s Fifth Anniversary

When it came to the Slate, I actually had no song in mind. I confess… I mostly wrote it listening to Two Steps From Hell, and of course, they don’t usually do songs with lyrics so I had to go browse my music library. After a few rounds here and there, I figure this is the best fit.

While I could have split the Slate with the Festivals/Ball, I couldn’t bring myself to do it when it really came down to it. Making a full one for the Slate was only right and fair, as it’s one of Sokka’s biggest challenges and achievements to date.

Of course, I did not feel confident enough to pull off the platform properly, so I settled for… the bars, really. Sorry to disappoint. But hey, you guys get to see the Millennium Dragon now! His body looks weird-ish but I kinda like how his face turned out. As for Sokka… I’m really enjoying all these angry action Sokkas. Can’t lie, they make me a happy fangirl. It’s so much fun to draw him like that. And this time he gets to wield Wolf’s Bane, another must because this is the fight where its skills with firebending were discovered.  

Ceremony Azula was a lot of fun too. Finally I’ve drawn her bending her gold fire, though admittedly making her bend blue and gold simultaneously is just an artistic liberty, as she can’t really do both at the same time. But you guys know that, just as you also know I just had to make her look as graceful as I could :’D I’m pleased enough with how she turned out.

Zuko and Suki’s intense heart-to-heart was nice to draw too, I particularly like how Suki turned out in this one. After all these years I finally feel like I’m doing the girl some justice! But I also… am really proud of Mai and Ty Lee here. I feel like I’ve made them look enough like themselves, while giving them what was needed so they’d look more aged up… and heh, Ty Lee’s hands. I… had never drawn someone in that position before. I am patting myself in the back for it, sorry not sorry.

There’s still three more artworks to go, so wait for ‘em!

seyaryminamoto:

Still feels like the first time
To stand here by your side
Together regardless
We’ll walk through the darkness

Still feels like the first day of my life

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!

seyaryminamoto:

And here we are! Another March 26th, another of Gladiator’s anniversaries has come. What a Fourth Anniversary it has been, eh? Thanks to every last one of you for your support through these years, and through this week too as I posted the collection of fanarts seen above!

Under the cut, one of my long-winded ramblings, this time about the story that has changed my life beyond belief.

Keep reading

seyaryminamoto:

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 .___.)

seyaryminamoto:

Gladiator’s Third Anniversary

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!

Kuai ball game

focusas:

Zuko was walking palace corridors when he hears strange sounds escaping from his sister’s apartments.

There is deep breathing and panting sounds. Both male and female. Zuko can recognize them to belong to Azula and Sokka. After minute he can hear Ty lee and some other girl he couldn’t identify to do the same.
“Did they host an orgy there?” Zuko thinks. He knew that after Sokka and Azula got together they would

spent some time in bed doing things they shouldn’t be doing. Zuko tried to ignore them because it’s not

his business what his sister do or with whom she do it, but he never imagined that they would also invite other people to their dirty games.
“AAAAAAAA” was this Suki’s voice? Now Zuko really needed to know what was happen there. He knew that

Sokka could be gigant in some delicate matters, but … Suki? Did she …? Why…? Didn’t he, Zuko,

please her enough that she had to look for more.
Now Zuko was really confused and red faced. He thought that he should let his pass and ignore it, but

then came came Ty lee voice.
“Mai look where you put your arms. It was my turn.”
Now Zuko really needed to see what kind of orgy Azula and Sokka were having there.
Zuko’s face was red as tomato. He with trembling arms checked the doors if they weren’t locked and

became fearful of what he would find there, since the doors weren’t locked.
Zuko collected all his courage and opened the doors expecting to see his sister and bunch of other

females naked and doing dirty deeds with Sokka who would be naked too. How that watertribe beast could

pleasure all those woman at same time, was beyond Zuko’s comprehension.
The doors opened and Zuko stepped forward.
“What do you thing you all are doing here.” Zuko automatically asked. The last time something like

that happened was when he caught Sokka and Azula naked and in compromising position doing things that

shouldn’t be done on his throne and soon after that he had to replace it. Now he was expecting to see

something that, but with bunch more females.
His gut was right because Sokka and females were not wearing clothes.
“Well hello Zuzu, its obvious that we are playing Kuai Ball. Do you want to join?” Azula replied and

you could see smirk on her face.
“I don’t want to do anything with your sex games.” Zuko screamed and then noticed that no one was

completely naked and instead were wearing beach clothes. Then his vision noticed that there was

something else. Net. Sand. “What was happening here?”
“Its not like we were fucking here.” Azula smirked. Zuko found himself blushing even more when he

noticed his mistake.
“Thanks for great game Azula. It was awesome.” Ty lee cheered. Then all girls expect  Azula exited her apartment. By that time Zuko was long gone. He run asap from there when he noticed what kind of shame

he experienced.
Sokka and Azula were laughing at his sudden departure and after they were left alone Sokka asked Azula:

“maybe we should make his assumptions true?”
“Lets do it” Azula answered and they both stated to kiss and fall on sand that covered floor.