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Zutara Week 2009 Day 5: FIREFLIESThey walked in silence for a few hours. Zuko had a tendency to get a little ahead of her; his legs were longer and he seemed to be on the lookout for something. But they found only raccoon-toads croaking and chirping away into the night. Katara guessed it was mating season -- the bull-toads seemed very insistent about the quality of their lily pads. Neither of them had much to say, except the first time Katara saw dancing spots of greenish light winking in and out of her vision and brought their trek to a standstill just staring at them.
"Those are fireflies," Zuko said. "They only come out in the summer."
"Do they bite?"
"No, they don't bite, they justβ¦glow." He frowned. "You've never seen them?"
"The South Pole doesn't really have a lot of bugs."
He nodded. He seemed to consider something for a moment, then he held up his palm. A small ball of flame appeared there. The fireflies gathered around it, darting in and around the fire like a crowd of stars surrounding a sun, like the charts in Wan Shi Tong's library said they did. "Come see."
Cautiously -- why am I worried about scaring bugs? -- Katara approached the little team of fireflies zooming around Zuko's hand. Their glowing bodies bumped into each other. Katara giggled. She found herself leaning down, eyebrows perilously close to the flame.
The fireflies scene from Stormbenders by Fandomme
haha this is like my second deviation that has to do with fireflies. And the last one was for Stormbenders, too!
But what ev's.
you can never have enough Fandomme in Zutara week
Also strongly inspired by the song "Fireflies' By: Owl City
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Zutara week 2008 Day 5: MYTHOLOGY
just a heads up, I haven't started tomorrows prompt and It's my cousins b-day. So I might not be home in time to have it finished. I'll try though.
only 2 days left!
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Comments: 44
Spleef [2010-03-12 03:40:04 +0000 UTC]
I love the look on Zuko's face as he's showing her the firefly.
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TehFluffyUnicorn [2010-01-23 16:00:19 +0000 UTC]
Have you ever heard the song Fireflies by owl city?
+1 fav
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ladyleyleybug In reply to TehFluffyUnicorn [2010-01-25 22:48:42 +0000 UTC]
lol It's actually mentioned in my artist comments. It inspired this piece
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TehFluffyUnicorn In reply to ladyleyleybug [2010-02-05 02:33:55 +0000 UTC]
Oh! I read that after I posted! Thanks!
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JoeMerl [2010-01-21 15:45:25 +0000 UTC]
Fireflies---make sense to be in the Fire Nation! Though along with Bosco, that would make them the only normal animals in the Avatar universe...
Nice work.
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ladyleyleybug In reply to JoeMerl [2010-01-21 20:29:53 +0000 UTC]
haha that's right
Thank you!
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zutara-fan-forever [2010-01-10 23:18:32 +0000 UTC]
great job!
Oh! I love that song, FireFlies!
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ladyleyleybug In reply to zutara-fan-forever [2010-01-11 22:02:35 +0000 UTC]
Thank you!
So do I
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zutara-fan-forever In reply to ladyleyleybug [2010-01-12 11:02:45 +0000 UTC]
your welcome!
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unknown-artist72 [2009-08-18 05:21:59 +0000 UTC]
hey I like all your zutara week pieces but this is my absolute favorite. The coloring is just superb. I like how you showed last years zutara week drawings. It really shows how you've improved. I hope you don't mind me asking but did you improve naturally or did you actually take an art class?
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ladyleyleybug In reply to unknown-artist72 [2009-08-18 05:33:44 +0000 UTC]
Wow You're so sweet!
Other than the art classes a normal, public school has to offer, no. I haven't taken many art classes at all. Last year was the first time since 5th grade that I've actually taken art as an elective in school.
I wasn't really learning anything new, though. I pretty much was just relearning how to shade and use traditional medias. The best thing you can do to improve is practice everyday
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unknown-artist72 In reply to ladyleyleybug [2009-08-18 16:17:25 +0000 UTC]
Oh I see. I took an art class but it didn't teach me anything but perspective. It didn't even teach me how to shade There's another art class called drawing and painting and I didn't bother taking it because I thought it wouldn't teach me anything. That's why I asked to see if you took an art class. Thanks for the advice
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Waterbendy [2009-08-15 07:58:39 +0000 UTC]
Pretty... o3o
Katara's eyes in the second panel are hypnotic...
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MisterME69 [2009-08-15 07:48:11 +0000 UTC]
Your Katara is so gorgeous It put's my fanboy mode to a whole other level.
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ladyleyleybug In reply to MisterME69 [2009-08-15 07:50:37 +0000 UTC]
Thank you so much!
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fayedove In reply to ladyleyleybug [2009-08-15 19:40:56 +0000 UTC]
You're welcome, Ladyleyley!
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15s0ftball In reply to ladyleyleybug [2009-08-15 15:28:36 +0000 UTC]
lol. her clothing. 'hooker' was my first thought x]
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Avearia [2009-08-14 22:01:19 +0000 UTC]
Cool. I like the lighting. And their poses look so casual, while Katara looks so interested. nice pic.
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Zutara-Forever-897 [2009-08-14 15:57:21 +0000 UTC]
ohhh cool i like it and so cute zuko is sucj a sweety haha awesome job
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Zutara-Forever-897 In reply to ladyleyleybug [2009-08-15 19:04:29 +0000 UTC]
your welcome
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becka-boo [2009-08-14 10:42:22 +0000 UTC]
Beautiful! And I loved that story- Fandomme is one of my favorite Zutara authors :]
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ladyleyleybug In reply to becka-boo [2009-08-15 04:25:02 +0000 UTC]
Me too!! She's amazing! I wish she would pick up writing again.
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ladyleyleybug In reply to SpookyChicken [2009-08-15 04:24:26 +0000 UTC]
Thank you, sam!
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unknown-artist72 [2009-08-14 09:08:53 +0000 UTC]
I absolutely love it It's so beautiful
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