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Drawn for 's Zutara Week.-FRIDAY-
"Mythology"
A.k.a. "Shameless Stylistic Appropriation, Part II", or What I (like to) Think Would Happen If Amano Yoshitaka Was An Avatard.
First, apologies. Sorry for falling behind on the Zutara Week prompts! I was miserably sick all of Friday, and spent Saturday recovering and then going out to Takikawa for much-needed summer shopping. Please accept this ridiculously elaborate sketch as my penance.
As soon as I saw "Mythology" as a prompt, I thought of Amano Yoshitaka and his magnificent watercolors and oils, with their strange, floating dreamscapes and elegant beings levitating amongst swirls of color.
My previous attempt to recreate his style is thumbnailed in my dA icon. Here's my second completed try. I can only hope it even begins to measure up to the master, though I doubt it...
And it was just like the sun
But more like the moon.
A light that can reach it all...
So when you say forever,
Can't you see you've already captured me.
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Comments: 96
This is gorgeous! Love the flowy hair and details of the clothes
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I can't decide whose prettier, Katara or Zuko.
It's a tough call, cause even with the scar Zuko is ridiculously pretty.
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Oh my.........god.
It's ZukoXKatrina
*black out*
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Oh, dear. Are you all right? Can I offer you a lemonade? Some smelling salts?
(Katrina? I guess she is kind of a hurricane. 
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LOL really looks like one of those old japanese paintings. Great art!
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Actually, it's based on the work of Yoshitaka Amano, a Japanese artist who borrows a lot from the woodblock print and scroll painting traditions of Japan! ^_^
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ooh thank for the information !
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Oh, I love it! It is graceful, and the colors are subtle but bright... if that makes sense. It looks... heavenly.
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Haha, thank you! The grace of Amano's art style is one of my favorite things about it--I'm glad to hear it came through!
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this is so beautiful!! it really reminds me of amano's work, you are terefic!
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Whoa... this is so gorgeous.
Amano Yoshitaka, eh? He is my friend's favorite artist. I'm starting to like this style... and it's all thanks to you.
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--hah, wow! Thanks! I've loved his work for years and years now, so I'm glad you think I can hold a dim candle to it. By all means, hit Google and have a look at some of his art!
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marvelous, very dreamlike color scheme. and zuko and katara still look like themselves.
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I'm glad! I love Amano's work, and it's been a strong influence on my own personal style (you don't see it often in this gallery, since I'm usually trying to imitate the styles of different series, but it peeps through sometimes)...
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Amano's style kinda lends itself to prettiness. *owes him a lot for his influence on her style*
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Beautiful. It's like a traditional Asian painting. Love it!!
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Thanks! If you like this style, check out the work of Yoshitaka Amano. Gorgeous Asian-infused art...
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The composition on this piece is great! I love Zuko's expression, and I think the colors you utilized were interesting. Most Zutara pieces emphasize vibrant reds and blues, so it's nice to see some experimentation with a different pallate.
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Thank you very much! I guess Zuko's expression is...deviously smirky? (Come to think of it, where on earth has his hand wandered off to?)
Amano does work in bright primaries sometimes, but I wanted to do something more along the lines of his dreamy pale watercolors. It was fun to play around with--I'll have to do it again sometime.
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pure awesome-ness~! the robes/clothes they're wearing really are great kind of royal, mythical things!
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Thank you! I guess they're meant to be moon and sun deities, Amano-style...
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It's REALLY pretty, and it flows very nicely, but sadly I am not familar with the works of Yoshitaka Amano, but now I want to look it up! Really nice! 
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Please do! They're magnificent paintings, worth a look any day.
Some links to get you started .
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Neener neener, "Kataang" all the way, baby! Oh God, what am I saying? I swore I'd never become a miserable shipper! 👍: 0 ⏩: 1
*chuckles* Rocks fall, Zutara lives!
(Which is to say, don't worry about it. ^_^ I'm happy, you're happy, we're all happy, let's have ice cream. XD)
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Whaah! Feed me not thy foul shipper's poison! Be gone with thy crazy shipper antics, I shall not be a slave!
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Kay. ^_^ The last thing I want my account known for is crazy shipping. *is gone*
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AH! I hope you didn't take that as an insult, babe! 👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Watercolors for the win?
Actually, it's an oil brush on high transparency. Yay, Artweaver!
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I'm miserably sick right now! 8D No... really. D:
But this is beautiful!! Even if you were inspired by someone else, it's still you're work here and it's just... lovely.
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I'm glad you think so! And I hope you're better by now.
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No problem. 
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So beautiful!
(also, i like the mae lyrics in the artist comment. that is the most zutara song XD)
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Well, Sun and Moon from Miss Saigon is almost unbelievably Zutara, if you can smile and ignore the fact that the couple who sings it end up marrying somebody else and committing suicide, respectively... XD
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It's beautiful!
Very nice with working Amano-style.
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