#older zuko

[3cosmicfrogs]

I wanted to go a bit more in-depth with this piece that I did for zukka week 2023 because i got inspired to do more insane clothing details. ID in ALT.

Ramble about the influences/inspirations below:

Design inspirations for Sokka's clothing are mainly Inuvialuit and Yup'ik, with Nenets, Tlingit, and Chukchi inspiration for the tassels, patterns, belt and beadwork. I mixed these with the ornaments canon shows us used by the Northern Water Tribe, and also in Legend of Korra. I got particularly excited about drawing from Inuvialuit sources since the tassels we see in canon look like they could be inspired by this. Going beyond canon's animation-friendly colour scheme, I drew from Nenets patterns/embroidery/sashes and Yup'ik beadwork for accent colours. I think in the future I'd like to find ways to incorporate more Tlingit-style patterns since I rarely see them in fanart (which is a shame - they're stunning), but since they tend to be very big I ultimately decided to only include them as a nod in order to keep the regalia recognisable as 'Water Tribe'. I wonder if I could start using Polynesian influences as well?

Zuko's headdress and particularly the shoulder garment and beaded embroidery draw heavily from women's clothing styles of Lê Dynasty Vietnam. The other main influence is men's royal clothing in Tang Dynasty China, and patterns worn by Mongolian Khatun. Since we have a bit more to go on in canon as to what fire nation regalia looks like, I blended that in as well. I got particularly excited about the embellishments on Lê Dynasty clothes because I could give a little nod to Zuko's dragon-fire by adding more colours to the embroidery. In the future I think I'd want to make the Mongolian influence a bit more obvious... perhaps even push the envelope by incorporating some Bashkir designs, though I'm not sure how well that will go.

[petricorah]

namesake

[mothmanavenue]

will someone please tell the fire lord he is in fact flirting with his best friend and no, it is not an appropriate activity for council meetings!

[istehlurvz]

grumpy firelord

[my-cabbages-gorl]

son of fire

[annredmoon26]

Im a sucker for zuko with long hair

[a-todd-illustration]

Azula has no heir. Instead, the next in line is determined to be Zuko's oldest and only firebending child. During the height of winter, when life is hardest on fire people in the poles, Zuko takes his son on the long journey to Caldera to learn from Azula and the council how to be Fire Lord.

Yue stays to rule and has to say goodbye for 2 months a year to her husband and son. It doesn't get any easier, but she loves hearing his stories when he comes back and loves the friends that he has made overseas.

[flamelo]

Zuko screencap redraw!

[ekwolfwriter-blog]

And Another one

Katara: *older and looking back on her life* If I could take us back. If I could just do that. And write in every empty space, the words "I love you" in replace. Then maybe time will not erase me.

Zuko: *older and walking up behind her, holding her favorite flowers for her* If you could only know, I never let you go.

Katara: *turns around and is shocked but keeps going* And the words I most regret

Zuko: Are the ones I never meant to leave.

Katara and Zuko: Unsaid Emily

(Sorry not sorry, this song has been living in my head rent free for a week now!)

[nemkero]

atla au but nothing changes except sokka is taller and zuko is shorter

[sevrinve]

comfy casual firelord

[starry-bi-sky]

“Your brother is adorable.” The cashier cooed at Danny, peering over the counter with a smile. “What’s his name?”

Danny looked down to the surly, scowling little de-aged Batman currently holding onto his hand, glaring up at the cashier with bright blue eyes.

Things had already been bad enough when he’d gotten caught in a fight in Gotham, but things went from bad to worse when a magician had hit Batman with a de-aging spell and then shoved them through a portal.

Into a different fucking dimension.

Because of course neither of their lives could be easy. And now the two of them were stuck in Iowa in the middle of nowhere, at a truck stop gas station, trying to go on a cross-country roadtrip to reach the nearest hero city and get home.

He looked up and smiled awkwardly, trying to come up with a name off the top of his head — one of the heroes called Batman ‘B’ when he got hit right? B for Batman, right. B… B… Bee… Bees.

“Buzz.” He said, and tried not to grimace as the cashier’s face warped with surprise. “Like the astronaut.”

This was gonna be a long trip.

[acarillustrated]

some aang and katara drawings for this big post im making detailing all of the story for my AU 🥰 floaty, drapey fabric is so fun u guys omg ty aang for giving me a reason to draw that

+ also! zuko and mai bc i love drawing their hair if im honest. actually since we're being honest. the majority of the reason i draw period is for the hair 😭

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mai: im not letting you put another one of your giant babies in me

me: i just love drawing her hair if im honest

[pineapple-frenzy]

Ahaha I missed zutara week again this year :'> I was way busier this week than I thought I would be. Thank god my prof moved the deadline cause ain't no way can I finish an animation by tonight ajskaidlsk anyways, since the deadline got moved I decided to take a break from it and draw some zk :>> happy zutara week!!

[iamnotdirtylaundry]

zukka smooch

[a-todd-illustration]

Uncolored version. Will color later

Tricking the firelord into your guest chambers and having a fun night!