I hadn't drawn Hellcheer in a while, mainly due to the lack of good inspiration. Then, as I was surfing pose references for no one in particular I saw this ⬇️

and I thought, 'Yes, that will be them.'

Sidenote: Does Eddie not have any tattoos on his left arm?

Unidentified Flavorful Object - Mili

I came to Clerith by way of Kingdom Hearts, so here's my little tribute to that. Plus I've always wanted to do a piece inspired by the Mili song linked above. The picnic piece turned out to be perfect for that.

Drawing in the old-timey cartoon style was a fun challenge too! I'm wondering if I should do a color version though. 🤔

Drawing Track Listing: Boogie Wonderland - Earth, Wind, and Fire I Need Your Lovin' - Teena Marie Fantasy - Mariah Carey

One of my reference pics was of Peter Pan and Tinker Bell. 🧚‍♀️

A remake of the very first Ichigo x Orihime art I ever drew!

I could not find the original, but I did find the second version of the drawing. Here is a not so great photo of it (embarrassing old art alert!) for comparison. ⬇️🙈

I'm not sure what teenage me was thinking with Orihime's hair. 😅

First Date by blink-182 is an ichihime song to me. 🍓🍞🎵

I like Piandao. He's cool.

Here's Sokka regaling his master with tales of his exploits.

I was surprised I couldn't find a fanart like this anywhere, so I drew it myself.

The original ⬇️

OMG, Sukka and Jinko double dates would be hilarious! In fact, for a drawing prompt, could you draw the two hanging out together?

That'll be a good last request to fulfill, @pedanticat.

Thank you to everyone who shared your ideas with me. I had fun drawing them!

oh for the jinko prompts. Maybe have them in some kind of clandistine meeting in some shady lower ring bar. Some not so subtle yearning too pretty please?

I'm not the best at this type of background, but it was a good challenge, @browseret

The news about AI scraping also reaching this nook of the internet (tho' I don't doubt there's been scraping already before this) has been going around and I'd like to write a little word about my feelings on it.

For awhile this direction of art theft in the art and writers communities has been weighing a lot of people down. I've seen many familiar faces stop posting at all, probably out of fear of their beloved work being thieved away.

I don't really talk about it, but many times it has deterred me from posting or even working on some pieces purely from a sense of melancholy and sadness. Every time news about the topic comes out it creates a new kind of wave of despair. I get the feeling, what's the point, if the AI created sludge is enough for the public, if such surface level imagery fulfills peoples wants for art, then what's the point of me sharing my work at all? To just keep posting to feed a machine.

But then I sit at my desk and draw something. Paint something by myself. And I remember, why I do art at all. The feeling of creating is irreplaceable, the joy I get out of the struggle of creation can't be taken away from me. The way one pours their thoughts, feelings and even the tiniest things that might feel so insignificant to oneself so candidly onto paper. And then. AND THEN. One might be brave enough to share those pieces to others. Post them online, show a friend, a family member. To show your vulnerable self to others, and those others respond. They comment, ask questions, perceive it and best of all... ..might get inspired, and create something for themselves!

I remember reading a magazine once, that had a page at the back with all these art works readers had sent in, and I though 'wow, these are great'! And that really inspired me to create more than I already was doing, and most of all to share it with people. That's why way back when I started sharing my art in online spaces. And I don't want to stop, because I don't want us to lose that connection. That human connection, because that's what sharing art is really about, our humanity. Sharing thoughts and feelings, not about generating the most technically perfect piece of art, void of all human error.

So, I'd like to say, do not despair (but keep fighting). There are always people out there to receive your heart.

Thank you for reading and sorry for the ramble, but I really do hope these words find you all well.

Idea #2 (watching Jin during training) + Idea #4 (passionate kiss against a wall) @vampirella-1990

I gave her tonfa. I hope that's okay.

What do you picture Jin dynamic with the members of Team Avatar like?

Interesting question @pedanticat, ummm... this might get long. And keep in mind, while I like to puzzle out how my thoughts would best fit into canon, this is all still personal interpretations of the characters.

For the group as a whole, I think Jin would blend in. She'd get along with everyone, but would naturally find the greatest benders and warriors of her generation intimidating (Zuko: How come you were never intimidated by me?, Jin: Because when we met, you were just some guy named Lee!). She's ordinary in comparison, which is not intended as a dig because it's something I like about her, and by extension Jin x Zuko. I think she'd sort of fade in and out of the group dynamic, being the weakest combatant, but perhaps having some knowledge or perspective that occasionally proves useful (whatever you may headcanon that to be).

Individually speaking:

Aang - He wants to be friends with nearly everyone. Jin has no idea how to act around THE AVATAR, so she's too formal with him and Aang finds this frustrating. They bond over appreciating simple pleasures. I also think Aang would be the most taken by the story of how Jin and Zuko met. He's a romantic, but also, the date occurred very close before Zuko set Appa free. I think Aang would find that interesting. He's also happy to have a new person to show his marble trick to!

Katara - She'd do everything she can to make Jin feel included and welcomed. This causes an early misunderstanding where Jin thinks Katara is forcing a friendship between them, and Katara worries that Jin is being standoffish because she feels like the odd one out. Once they have a heart-to-heart, they relate a lot through self-care stuff. Katara is also the most confused by Zuko and Jin's relationship.

Sokka - She's chill and sometimes joins in on razzing Zuko. 4 stars, would go on a double date again.

Toph - Erm, not sure about Toph. I guess they would be the friend group members who are almost never alone together, so if they ever were, they would have no idea what to do or talk about. Maybe they can complain about the Earth Kingdom uppercrust together. 🤷‍♀️

Suki - Jin feels most comfortable with Suki (though she's still quite starstruck) and loves getting non-bender self-defense tips from her. I could see Jin/Zuko and Suki/Sokka going on lots of double dates together for those older team member vibes. Jin and Suki chat easily and have an easy-going yet confident air about them.

Appa and Momo - Flying with Appa is super fun, but as a city girl, Jin is not used to interacting with large creatures. She's more shy with him when they're on the ground. Momo could land on Jin and she'd give him continuous scritches until he decided to glide away without her even thinking about it.

Got another fun Jinko prompt for you. Zuko 6 to tell a joke to Jin, which Jin just laughs at. Not because the joke is funny but because Zuko is trying so hard to be funny that she finds it cute 😂

@pedanticat

Meeting as children @adorkablemamebean

Requests are going WAY faster than I thought. I'm proud of myself, though I did "cheat" on the background for this one (watercolor brushed a photograph into oblivion).