Buck

He/Him. Ally. Eighteen. ATLA, LOK, Bleach. Kuvira and Azula apologist.

[mew088]

[bluuncover]

more azula doodles 🫪

[bluuncover]

you were born bluer than a butterfly

some adult azula doodles🚶‍♀️‍➡️

[boreastic]

Adult Azula again—and in the LOK style, so she feels a bit more natural alongside the series’ flashbacks.

I really tried to keep her essence intact here: sarcastic, but never genuinely cruel—at least not in this version.

[boreastic]

Another piece of adult Azula—not calling it an edit this time since I basically drew the whole structure.

I leaned more into the LOK style to match the adult timeline, so you can see her growth a bit more here.

And yeah, it’s intentional that she resembles Zuko—they really come across as the kind of siblings who look a lot alike.

[mew088]

[boreastic]

I always imagine adult azula being similar to kuvira in the comics (messy hair and the thick eyebrows). thank u for having this vision with me! I really love the edits 💙

When I watched LOK and Kuvira started getting more focus, she genuinely reminded me of Azula. Since then, for some reason, I’ve always imagined Azula looking a bit like that when she’s older.

I’m really glad a lot of people liked it and share the same vision. Thank you so much for the kind words—they really make me want to keep making more edits of an older Azula. 🫂

[boreastic]

This one’s a bit old by now.

Most of my edits were focused on making Azula look more like an actual teenager and emphasizing how much she resembles Zuko, but I also really like the headcanon of her being tall and more “strong-built,” just like him.

Both Ursa and Ozai are tall, and Zuko is already tall and strong at sixteen. And just like he trained a lot, I can easily see Azula training just as hard—mainly to earn her father’s approval. So the idea of her being just as strong as Zuko kind of stuck with me for a while.

And yeah, I also took the chance to style her hair the way I like it. There was no intention of sexualizing her at all—it’s just a more “realistic” anatomy.

[0bscvr1ty]

Zuko being canonically 5'3 and Azula 4'10:

[boreastic]

Sometimes I forget they’re actually considered short canonically lol.

In LOK, Zuko looked like he was at least around 1.75m (I was basing it on Korra’s height at the time, around 1.70m), so I just assumed he had grown a bit.

Ursa and Ozai also seemed tall in their appearances, but maybe that had more of a symbolic meaning in how their kids saw them.

Them being shorter than I thought honestly warms my heart—coming from someone who was a short kid 😸

[0bscvr1ty]

Yeah, everyone definitely had a growth spurt.

And I could no longer relate to short king Zuko, as a 5'3 man.

Oh well.

Yo, @boreastic , want me to help you find some good screencaps if you felt like making more of these edits?

[boreastic]

@0bscvr1ty sure!

[0bscvr1ty]

Rq, I was busy looking through my folders when I found this one- from S2EP1 The Avatar State

It kind of looks like your vision.

The eyelashes and eyebrows, I mean.

[boreastic]

I didn’t remember that take, but yeah, it really does look like it!

I was actually inspired by Kuvira—her eyebrows are kind of a weak spot for me (she’s one of my favorites from LOK), so I ended up imagining Azula with that same feature. I think it really suits her, and this take just proves it.

[boreastic]

This one’s a bit old by now.

Most of my edits were focused on making Azula look more like an actual teenager and emphasizing how much she resembles Zuko, but I also really like the headcanon of her being tall and more “strong-built,” just like him.

Both Ursa and Ozai are tall, and Zuko is already tall and strong at sixteen. And just like he trained a lot, I can easily see Azula training just as hard—mainly to earn her father’s approval. So the idea of her being just as strong as Zuko kind of stuck with me for a while.

And yeah, I also took the chance to style her hair the way I like it. There was no intention of sexualizing her at all—it’s just a more “realistic” anatomy.

[0bscvr1ty]

Zuko being canonically 5'3 and Azula 4'10:

[boreastic]

Sometimes I forget they’re actually considered short canonically lol.

In LOK, Zuko looked like he was at least around 1.75m (I was basing it on Korra’s height at the time, around 1.70m), so I just assumed he had grown a bit.

Ursa and Ozai also seemed tall in their appearances, but maybe that had more of a symbolic meaning in how their kids saw them.

Them being shorter than I thought honestly warms my heart—coming from someone who was a short kid 😸

[0bscvr1ty]

Yeah, everyone definitely had a growth spurt.

And I could no longer relate to short king Zuko, as a 5'3 man.

Oh well.

Yo, @boreastic , want me to help you find some good screencaps if you felt like making more of these edits?

[boreastic]

@0bscvr1ty sure!

[boreastic]

This one’s a bit old by now.

Most of my edits were focused on making Azula look more like an actual teenager and emphasizing how much she resembles Zuko, but I also really like the headcanon of her being tall and more “strong-built,” just like him.

Both Ursa and Ozai are tall, and Zuko is already tall and strong at sixteen. And just like he trained a lot, I can easily see Azula training just as hard—mainly to earn her father’s approval. So the idea of her being just as strong as Zuko kind of stuck with me for a while.

And yeah, I also took the chance to style her hair the way I like it. There was no intention of sexualizing her at all—it’s just a more “realistic” anatomy.

[0bscvr1ty]

Zuko being canonically 5'3 and Azula 4'10:

[boreastic]

Sometimes I forget they’re actually considered short canonically lol.

In LOK, Zuko looked like he was at least around 1.75m (I was basing it on Korra’s height at the time, around 1.70m), so I just assumed he had grown a bit.

Ursa and Ozai also seemed tall in their appearances, but maybe that had more of a symbolic meaning in how their kids saw them.

Them being shorter than I thought honestly warms my heart—coming from someone who was a short kid 😸

[boreastic]

Another edit-again, not really focused on making Azula look like a child. I'd say she looks more like seventeen or eighteen here. This one leans more "different," since I made her a bit more buff-especially considering how impressive her physical feats are despite how thin she is, plus the whole genetics factor with Zuko and Ozai.

Again, I don't want to offend anyone, but this could also be seen as a more “butch Azula” or just a more masc-leaning version of her. That's really up to whoever's looking at it.

I thickened her eyebrows again because I realized they actually suit her really well.

[boreastic]

This edit isn't really focused (like the others) on making Azula look like a kid. I can actually see her being around seventeen or eighteen with this look.

So I ended up thinking of this as more of a "redeemed older Azula" vibe-or maybe even a more masc-leaning Azula. I'm not using the term "butch" since I'm neither a woman nor a lesbian, and I don't want to risk misusing it or offending anyone. I'll leave that interpretation up to whoever sees the edit.

And yeah, I did make her eyebrows a bit thicker, because at some point I convinced myself Azula would look really good with them-kind of like Kuvira.

[heiriz]

Drawing her like she didn't commit any war crimes

[boreastic]

Making Azula look like a tired teenager again—and once more, just to show how much she really resembles Zuko.

In this edit, I focused more on adding detail to her hair, taking some inspiration from the hairstyles in The Legend of Korra. Also, Zuko’s hair in the leaked film is insanely detailed (and honestly really cool), so that played a part too.

[boreastic]

This one’s a bit old by now.

Most of my edits were focused on making Azula look more like an actual teenager and emphasizing how much she resembles Zuko, but I also really like the headcanon of her being tall and more “strong-built,” just like him.

Both Ursa and Ozai are tall, and Zuko is already tall and strong at sixteen. And just like he trained a lot, I can easily see Azula training just as hard—mainly to earn her father’s approval. So the idea of her being just as strong as Zuko kind of stuck with me for a while.

And yeah, I also took the chance to style her hair the way I like it. There was no intention of sexualizing her at all—it’s just a more “realistic” anatomy.

[boreastic]

Okay, maybe that wasn’t actually the final edit… because honestly, tweaking Azula to look like an actual fourteen-year-old is kind of addictive.

Yeah, this is basically me showing how much I love the headcanon of Azula looking more like Zuko without makeup (and with her hair just casually down).

[boreastic]

Final edit. Maybe someone will get what I mean.

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with teenagers wearing makeup. What threw me off is how much it changes Azula’s appearance—I actually thought she was Zuko’s older sister when I was a kid.

Other than making her look more like a teenager, it just feels a bit off. She’s in the middle of a war and dealing with Ozai every single day, so a simpler look would make more sense. Even being royalty, you’d expect the weight of everything she’s going through to show more, like it does with Zuko and the other teens.

[willow-lark]

i feel like she’d never want to be in a position where she’s caught not looking perfect, BECAUSE she’s royalty, and even when she starts to lose her mind & break down she’s already wearing the makeup + character consistency in the animation, i suppose.

[boreastic]

I feel the exact same way. These arts are basically just me trying to heal my inner child a bit.

I like to think of it as an AU where Azula isn’t constantly trying to be perfect, more like Zuko—still sharp, but in a defensive way sometimes.

Like, imagine a version where they’re similar both on the inside and outside. I think I’d really like that kind of universe. Or maybe that’s just what she could be like after a redemption arc, I’m not sure.