This a thing apparently

Plus make sure to take breaks regularly - and stop if anything starts to hurt!

Zutara Week 2022 Day 1: Tradition

Unfortunately this is the only prompt I was able to get done this year. I really wish I had been able to do them all (it’s tragic because I even have some roughs for mini animatics for almost every day ToT who knows maybe I’ll finish them one of these days), but alas I ran out of time and energy just getting off of a project and being in my 9th month of pregnancy. But hey wouldn’t it be fun if my baby was born during this year’s Zutara Week. lol Anywho, just a very short little mini-animatic for this prompt.

Dedicated to the ZDAS, you all are still very much in my thoughts. n.n

No wisdom from me this week, I don't know WHAT MY ISSUE IS

I'm sorry????

Zuko said, “When I saw the Dai Li attack you, I didn't think. I just helped.”

And I heard, “When I saw Azula attack you, I didn't think. I just jumped.”

Manifesting the Final Agni Kai in NATLA.

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Sketches + full view of the lightning burn under the cut!

A Comic About How Zuko Got His First Gray Hair (alternatively A Comic in which Aang Yeets a Baby)

This was spawned out of witnessing a humorous exchange between @cablesscutie and @gemgirl28 in which they discussed some steambaby headcanons and how Zuko would probably be over-protective and cautious with the first baby at least. Then Cablesscutie said, “Aang has never had one fear and gets that first steambaby for the first time and Uncle Aang just yeets that child so high and that is the story of how Zuko got his first gray hair” and I was like…. MUST. DRAW. So yes, I did shoehorn my own first Zutara child in there, but really this idea works with any zk baby if you ask me haha I didn’t draw the instance of the gray hair (that has to grow in) but this is certainly the precipitating incident. Were it not for this quote, I myself would probably not use the phrase “yeet” as I am far too elderly, but it was so perfect in this context, so it stayed. The power of Aang: what are his flings into the air but yeets. u.u 

You know that point at which you notice a mistake in your drawings, but it’s far too late to change anything… yeah. ANYWAY. I haven’t read any of the Avatar comics, but I’ve seen bits and pieces of Imbalance, and I really like the style, so I took a stab at emulating it. Unfortunately I suck at reverse engineering coloring/painting styles (and get impatient and give up), so alas… is what it is. Comics are hard, coloring is harder… I can’t tell you how long it took me to sort out Katara’s colors… I ultimately decided she doesn’t need to wear red to be a leader of the Fire Nation… I love the Water Tribe aesthetic too much to let it go (I’m sure as Fire Lady, or whatever title she’d be, she’d bring light furs and blues very much into vogue in the Fire Nation).

So Thank you again to cablesscutie and gemgirl28 for their galaxy brain headcanons and for letting me draw it. Also thanks to @neincraff and @kashicanhaz for some help with some of the dialog n.n (Check out all their stuff if you’re looking for great Zutara fanfiction!)

Zutara: I'm the perfect mix of saturday night and the rest of your life.

ZK Fanwork Appreciation Week Day 6: Fluff Friday

Based on For Your Eyes Only Chapter 2: These Arms Were Made For Holding You  By @hinaoyamas (lettersfromnowhere on AO3) Rated G - General Audiences

Give me a fluffy one shot full of cute banter and domesticity, and I’m a happy camper; and that is exactly what the progenitor of ZK Fanwork Appreciation Week, @hinaoyamas , did. I loved this ficlet from For Your Eyes Only. It’s just so sweet. I wanted to go for a really cozy vibe between Katara and Zuko in the Southern Water Tribe, and oh man, I cannot do painterly-without-lineart things, so excuse my attempt at a painterly Background. Kill me. lol Sorry too if it’s a little dark… you’re going to want to turn that brightness ALL the way up ToT Things always seem to look brighter on my tablet PHEW! I cannot believe I did two fanart weeks in one year. This was all so fun, and I am very grateful to the Zutara community for liking my stuff but also for all the creativity and ingenuity I get to see from you all on a daily basis. Thank you, Sarah, for putting this all together!