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I've been doing a lot of reading lately, and the inspiration for this drawing comes in part from what I've been reading.Katara and Zuko's postures are drawn from a reference image. Katara's face was the hardest to draw, I hope I captured her right. The background could use more detail tho (curtains look like large bamboo sticks!)
I'll end with something I read somewhere (not entirely sure what it means):
"And once I touched a broken girl, and knew that marble bled."
- J E Flecher
Avatar & its characters belong to Mike, Brian, Nick, Viacom, etc.
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I've made this drawing in color:Β www.pinterest.com/pin/34579207β¦
I hope you like it
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I love this! can I use it for a tumblr fic I'm writing? I'll credit you, promise!
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Oh wow. i clicked it to see then went back to all, but then went back to see it again. XD i did a double take on this. I love it!
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This looks absolutely stunning! I love the details and the poses!
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This is amazing! I wish I could draw like this![link]
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One of the prettiest Zutara drawings I've seen
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This is so beautiful! I love the tragic beauty of the picture, and the soft romance!
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The detail is amazing... Is it cheesy that it reminds me of another fanfic? Called "Love Thy Enemy." Incredible job on Zuko, especially.
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This piece is nearly a perfect illustration from a scene of the story I have written on fanfiction.net; I've pasted the portion of the scene I'm thinking of below... I really do think it goes along perfectly with your drawing.
-Sandra Evans
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""I love you, Tara. You have to know that. I'd never do anything to hurt you. Never! But thatβ¦in the situation Azula put me inβ¦I didn'tβ¦" Zuko swallowed hard and chanced a glance upwards. The young woman didn't give any indication that she had heard a single word he'd spoken. "Kataraβ¦honeyβ¦" he tried, rising from his knees so that he could look into her eyes.
But those blue orbs were vacant, completely devoid of the spark they'd had the entire time he'd known her. Not even a glimmer of pain shone within them. They were as dull as those of a corpse. "Uncle!" Zuko exclaimed, taking in a shaking breath. "Uncle, what's the matter with her?" Zuko demanded, panic etched into his features when he turned to face Iroh.
Iroh closed his eyes briefly before gesturing for his nephew to come over to him. When the boy clutched the girl's hands tighter and leaned closer to her, Iroh saw that he had no choice. He made his way over to his nephew, and tenderly touched Katara's cheek in the process. As usual, she gave no indication that she felt him.
"Her mind isβ¦fractured," Iroh said at length, looking at Katara rather than Zuko as he spoke. "Whatever happened in that last battle somehow broke her inside," Iroh explained. "The fact that she was mistreated in the prisons didn't help matters either," he added almost as an afterthought, and Zuko choked.
"Isn't there some way to fix her?" he demanded, turning to search the girl's expressionless face. "There must be something we can do!"
"Only time will be able to heal herβ¦and even that may not be enough."
Zuko gripped his uncle's tunic frantically. "What do you mean, 'not enough?' It has to be enough! She can'tβ¦I meanβ¦"
"If she ever does come out of this," Iroh said, gesturing to the doll-like way the girl was sitting, "she probably will never be the same as she once was."
Zuko stared at his uncle wide eyed. "No. I won't believe it. She'll come out of this and go back to the Katara we knew!"
"Nephewβ¦" Iroh attempted to warn the boy, but Zuko was ignoring him. Instead, the boy had pulled Katara into his arms. Her head fell limply against his chest, and the prince gently corrected the position of it so as to keep her comfortable.
"You'll be fine, Katara; I know you will," the boy said, taking a seat on the couch and arranging her body so that she would be comfortable against him. His hands tenderly went through the girl's hair before his arms twined themselves around her waist. "Nimi was asking about you today," he said softly, and he pressed a kiss against the girl's forehead.
"I told her you weren't feeling too well, but that you wanted to see her very badly. You do don't you?" He paused and then forced a watery chuckle. "Of course you do; why did I even bother askingβ¦"
Kin watched the boy, a peculiar ache in her heart. "He loves her very much, doesn't he?" she asked Iroh softly.
The aging man felt a slight, sad smile curve upon his lips. "More than I realized," he replied, his voice so soft that she could scarcely hear him. "Much more than I realized."
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Hey Sandra, author of Eclipse and Varedha! 
Anyways, I'm glad you finally stumbled across my drawing only took you like four years lol j/k. I would have contacted you myself but I was too shy back then. 
Cheers!
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this is awesome but reminds me of Romeo and Juliet. great work
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Incredible. 0.o It does remind me of a Shakespear-style play. I love Zuko's armor, too.
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beautiful, so incredibly beautiful...faints from the sheer awesomeness of it all
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This peice is magnificent!
She looks so sad, so... absent.
You did an excellent job capturing the emotion, and this is deffinantly a fav!
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For some reason this pic reminds me of a Shakspearean plzy. IDK. It's just the setting and the emotions between the two. I really like this though. Great job.
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Beautiful. 
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amazing details!!
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"We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses" Abraham Lincoln
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This is sooooo beautiful!
I love it
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to Hate
is human Fate
which we Can't Escape
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Everything is sooo amazing,,,I just LOVED her dress!!
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OMG!the expressions are so well made but yes the background can use straightening and detail but still wonderful!
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Gorgeous *_* you make black and white look so natural...
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This is amazing!!! I love the textures and the pose and gaah everything!! Wonderful job.
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Thank you. Glad you like it so
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whoa niceee
i don't really ship Zutara but this...this is beautiful.
I can really picture this scene happening..
almost makes me reconsider which are my fave ships... hehe
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Btw I'm putting a red and black dress version up soon. Thatβs essentially what the dress will look like.
PS around Halloween you may need to send me a reminder about pictures of it... I have a bad memory and I'll be in the middle of classes then.
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I love this, very romantic... and I like that you made Zuko very masculine and long. Just lovely.
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I colorized this picture with paint.net [link]
I would also like to ask your permission to make this dress for my halloween costume this year.
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Good job!!
Yeah sure, you can make you dress based on this design, don't need my permisson really ^^' Nice that you asked tho.
Be sure to show me your halloween pics
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