#renzhi

[rainbabbles]

Renzhi the aristocrat who specializes in art and his mercenary man, Siho.

They both have it out for Chihaya! :DDDDDDDDD

[seyaryminamoto]

Gladiator Eighth Anniversary // ... And now

And now the counterpart to the previous artwork! Skip ahead eight years in Gladiator’s development and here we are: two incredible partners fighting side-by-side, standing together against every hurdle and obstacle along the way. I had a lot of fun sketching this one out, then playing with the visual effects to make it work... it was one heck of a project but I loved doing it. Who knew running across a desert could be this entertaining? xD

This is obviously not all the participants of the race but still it’s a LOT of them xD especially the main players, with major focus on our two headliners, who are so damn confident in their bond that they can just run around smiling at each other and still not be afraid of what the rest of the teams might do to them xD Ah, it’s a really fun race out there, and I’ve had the time of my life, both while writing and drawing it, that’s the truth. We’ll see how far along we are by next year’s anniversary, but I’ll say... I was very happy that the Race’s arc would be halfway through by the time the anniversary came along. I really wanted to draw something about it, and there was no better excuse/reason for it than the anniversary xD

If you’d like to know who the depicted characters are... evidently, on the rock we have Iroh and Toph, and veeeery tiny, riding the hot-air balloon, is Yang: on the ground, from left to right, Koshing, Sei (The Light Bearer), Renzhi (The Millennium Dragon), Aonu, Kei (The Dark Rook), Sokka, Azula, Haru, Ty Lee, then The Harbinger of Chaos is the one dunking The Frizzy's face into the sand xD, next to Ty Lee is Kori Morishita, Sneers, behind them San (the Priestess of the Flames) is strangling Scoundrel's sponsor, Naoko, then we have Eri and Ruan (The Sentinel Knight), Raiden (the Priestess's sponsor), Sizheng (Scoundrel), The Ruthless Hero, then his sponsor, and lastly we have Your Doom, who’s carrying his sponsor on his back.

So! One more thing left for this year’s anniversary celebration! Hope you all liked the art so far!

[rainbabbles]

Evil fishy shenanigans but Chihaya too cool for that

[seyaryminamoto]

Fic-to-Art #2: Sokka standing over the defeated Millennium Dragon

(tw: blood)

This month’s poll winner over at Patreon kinda blindsided me :’D given that this sort of visual content can be disturbing for some people, I’ll post the artwork under the cut.

So... yeah. The winner was “Sokka standing over the defeated Millennium Dragon”, back in chapter 169. It’s the darkest scene in all poll options so far, but I guess the rest of the options were so happy and wholesome that those who wanted something a little more epic flocked to voting for this one. The request was expressly Sokka standing over a defeated Millennium Dragon rather than about-to-defeat-him, which would’ve been quite the action scene to try my hand at... but what can ya do xD the Patrons willed it, I have to obey!

Gorey as it is, I sure hope the people who asked for this option enjoyed the result, and that those who don’t like such violent content took the trigger warning seriously and didn’t look at it :’D 

If you want a chance to join in on the voting and offering suggestions for the next entry in this project, even a $1 pledge on Patreon will allow you to participate in the creative process that leads to the creation of these artworks!

[seyaryminamoto]

In my life I decide and it turns me on How I am, how I live, who I love In my way, I feel strong, and it turns me on In my life, I decide, I decide

Countdown: 3 days to Gladiator’s Fifth Anniversary

When it came to the Slate, I actually had no song in mind. I confess... I mostly wrote it listening to Two Steps From Hell, and of course, they don’t usually do songs with lyrics so I had to go browse my music library. After a few rounds here and there, I figure this is the best fit.

While I could have split the Slate with the Festivals/Ball, I couldn’t bring myself to do it when it really came down to it. Making a full one for the Slate was only right and fair, as it’s one of Sokka’s biggest challenges and achievements to date.

Of course, I did not feel confident enough to pull off the platform properly, so I settled for... the bars, really. Sorry to disappoint. But hey, you guys get to see the Millennium Dragon now! His body looks weird-ish but I kinda like how his face turned out. As for Sokka... I’m really enjoying all these angry action Sokkas. Can’t lie, they make me a happy fangirl. It’s so much fun to draw him like that. And this time he gets to wield Wolf’s Bane, another must because this is the fight where its skills with firebending were discovered.  

Ceremony Azula was a lot of fun too. Finally I’ve drawn her bending her gold fire, though admittedly making her bend blue and gold simultaneously is just an artistic liberty, as she can’t really do both at the same time. But you guys know that, just as you also know I just had to make her look as graceful as I could :’D I’m pleased enough with how she turned out.

Zuko and Suki’s intense heart-to-heart was nice to draw too, I particularly like how Suki turned out in this one. After all these years I finally feel like I’m doing the girl some justice! But I also... am really proud of Mai and Ty Lee here. I feel like I’ve made them look enough like themselves, while giving them what was needed so they’d look more aged up... and heh, Ty Lee’s hands. I... had never drawn someone in that position before. I am patting myself in the back for it, sorry not sorry.

There’s still three more artworks to go, so wait for ‘em!

[missngia]