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These are my pieces for the upcoming Korra gallery show at Gallery Nucleus. My first time doing big prints of my stuff. The long one is 21” across!

I was going to not post the full ones until after the show, but then… I did. :D

And also, the top image will be available as an exhibition print, so if you saw that and thought “boy oh boy I wish I had a print of Korra, Asami and some sky bison” you can now make that happen

Badass women of Avatar

Some of the sketches for my Avatar gallery painting.

Happy 10th Anniversary Avatar/Korra universe!! In celebration of this great milestone, Nucleus Gallery is hosting an art exhibition from March 7th - 22nd! http://www.gallerynucleus.com/gallery/462/exhibition/  Here’s my submission to the show titled “After the end of all things”. To me personally, this piece allowed me to revisit the Korra world once again after the last BG I turned in back in July 2014. Especially towards the end of production, everyone had so much work to do with so little energy left, that the only thing that kept us going was the love we have for the show and support from each other (thanks fellow Krew!). As BG designers, our final assignments were challenging because of the scale of Republic city and all the buildings that interact with the characters in the epic finale. It was tough but somehow we made it though (way to go Christine!). So to me, this was indeed after the end of all things. 

The artwork is 11x14in and it’s done in Pen&Ink!

Well, since everybody is posting their pieces… ^_^ 

Here’s my new watercolor piece for the upcoming tribute show at Gallery Nucleus. Looking forward to seeing everybody this Saturday!  

The Legend of Korra / Avatar: the Last Airbender Tribute Exhibition

Runs March 7, 2015 - March 22, 2015

Turtle-duck Date Night

This is my piece for the upcoming The Legend of Korra / Avatar: The Last Airbender Tribute Exhibition at Gallery Nucleus, opening this Saturday, March 7th, 6:00pm to 10:00pm. Mike and I will be there doing a signing for the first half of the reception (there are a limited number of spots in the signing line, but I’m not sure how they are working that), and hanging out for the rest. I think there will be a raffle, and plenty of cool stuff to purchase. A bunch of the crew members from the production will be there too (hopefully including some ATLA folks), so it is going to be a fun family reunion for us. I can’t wait to see all of the incredible artwork.

As for this piece, I used and modified Emily Tetri's production painting of Harmony Tower (designed by Lee Jung-Su). Otherwise, I drew and painted the rest of it. I based the turtle-duck boats on the charming swan boats I saw while visiting Ueno Park in Tokyo. Gallery Nucleus will be selling the above artwork as an exclusive print, in a limited edition of 100, to be released on opening night (and I’m pretty sure I’ll be signing them). I will be donating 100% of my share of the proceeds to an LGBTQ suicide prevention hotline.

I hope to see you Saturday! Get there early, as the lines for these Gallery Nucleus openings wrap all the way around a city block. If you can’t make it to the opening, the show will be hanging for two weeks. There is an event being planned for the closing as well. More on that later.

Legend of Korra Key-Animation frames by Lee Dae-Woo (이대우) from Book 1: AIR (Pt 2) ! Episode 3 & 7: “The Revelation" & ”The Aftermath" ! The Historic/epic cut of Asami wearing Hiroshi’s electrified glove for the first time, before using it on her father (not persuaded to join the Equalists). Korra, Tenzin, Bolin and Mako bending vs Equalists.