Zutara Week 2022 Day 1: Tradition
Zuko takes SWT tradition too seriously...
...until someone had been pranking him. Telling him that "people from the other nation who wishes to court a water tribe girl must kiss a fish before offering it to a penguin seal, to symbolize his/her love".
It was Gran Gran 🤫
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@zutaraweek day 1: tradition
i liked the idea of tradition by the way of ‘in the tradition of a specific artist’ and landed on magritte. the most direct inspirations were two of his paintings, 16th September and the Banquet (non animated version will be up later!)
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@zutaraweek
Happy Zutara Week 2022, everyone!!
Here's my drawing for Day 3: Hands.
I love how expressive hands can be and all that a well-drawn hand can add to an image, but they are not always easy to draw! Of course, for Zutara, it is always worth the effort, yeah? <3
Anyway, hope you all enjoy! :)
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Day 6 of Zutara Week (@zutaraweek) 2022: Closeness
i present to you... Katara healing Zuko post-Agni Kai amidst a light drizzle of ash.
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Zutara Week 2022 - Day 4: Meeting
Fire Lord Zuko and Ambassador Katara are exchanging some lovey-dovey glances at a meeting hehe ;)
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Drawing them gives me life
Zutara week prompt 6: Closeness ❤️
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I'm back on my zk bullshit
Happy zutara week this is all I have to offer I'm sorry I'm still busy :'>
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Prompt 7: Ink
When you finish your zutaraweek piece weeks after 😂😂 tbh I procrastinated because of the tattoos but it's finally done!
Just wanted to draw modern au zutara with don't-mess-with-us aesthetic powercouple energy.
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Zutara Week 2022- Day 4 Meeting
Sorry.. I was so hectic...the wips are a lots but dunno when the other will be finished..uhuhuhu
But hopefully you like this pic as much as i do!! (There's another version in my IG..hehe)
Is it okay to still tag @zutaraweek ? 🥲
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Prompt 2: hands
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Zutara Week 2022- Day 4: Meeting
lmao this is rlly late i was too busy to finish in time 😭😭
This is them meeting again after Katara goes back to the SWT for a few months >:)))
+they def wrote to each other the whole time
1st slide-
Katara: “Zuko!”
Zuko: “Kat!”
2nd slide-
Katara: “You grew.”
Zuko: “I think you shrank.”
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Zutara Week 2022 Day 3: Hands
Katara has two favorite Zuko faces
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And then, Katara escapes.
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When visiting the many islands that comprise the Fire Nation, it was not uncommon for their royal majesties Fire Lord Zuko and Master Katara to don the traditional dress of the host island.
Zutara Week Day 1: Tradition
I’ve been working on this one for... a month? On and off. Earlier this year I pinned some beautiful Thai brocade to a Pinterest board, and then kept thinking about how I could incorporate something like it into a Zutara piece. Although Japan and China are usually listed as primary inspirations (with a nod to some Southeast Asian elements), given that the Fire Nation is on the equator and is a volcanic archipelago, I’ve always head-canoned that areas of it swing much closer to the cultures of tropical Southeast Asia. So creating a piece inspired by Thai national dress gave me a chance to indulge that headcanon (and an excuse to stare at many photos of gorgeous Thai clothing).
While I did end up doing a lot of research, I must stress that these are a fantasy inspired by Thai national dress. These are not meant to be accurate representations of Thai national costume, because I know they aren’t, and because I took liberties in my design choices. For example, Katara and Zuko are wearing outfits of different levels of formality, because I couldn’t resist putting Zuko in something that would show off his lightning scar. There are also many overlapping elements between Thai and Cambodian national costume, and the images I used as inspiration may not always have been correctly attributed. If you’re interested, the website for the Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles explores the history of Thai formal wear and has a lot of lovely photos.
It’s hard to see in the finished image because it’s shrunk down, but I designed the pattern for Katara’s skirt from scratch based on similar styles I found, but incorporated a flame in the middle of the design for a Fire Nation touch. The small gold embroidery on Zuko’s pants uses the inner most flame of this design. Zuko wears his Fire Lord crown, and Katara wears her dual moon-flame crown. Katara’s tiara-esque headpiece was inspired by images of Thai theatrical performers. Zuko’s shoes are inspired by similar long toe Thai shoes I found, although not from any one specific source.
Please forgive the background, backgrounds are hard.
♥ Please do not repost. If you like it and want to show people, share a link to this page instead. Thank you!
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Zutara Week 2022 Day 6: Closeness
She hadn’t meant to fall asleep. Yes, she wanted to stay by the fire after everyone else went to bed and she’s willing to admit it was because he intended to stay up as well. But that was only because she was tired of fighting the pull that had been tugging at her these past weeks. Ever since they’d gotten back from their journey together she’d been trying to ignore it. The near constant desire to be closer to him. She didn’t even know what she wanted to do once there, but she wanted it just the same.
Their group was small and everyone tended to stay within a small radius of each other wherever they camped, so it wasn’t like she was ever really that far away from Zuko at any given point, but that didn’t mean she was close enough to him either. Because when they were close, she felt it. She felt the initial speeding of her heart as he offered to help prepare dinner, felt the comforting playfulness that washed over her when they inevitably started their teasing banter. She felt the tension, foreign yet not unpleasant when they tried not to share shy glances. She would try so hard not to look at him yet she always knew exactly where he was, how close, and how far he stood.
It’s not like she meant for it to happen. They all were in the middle of a war and she obviously had more important things to think about than Zuko and how strong he looked with his shirt off when training Aang. Or how absurd it was that he could be a confident and demanding instructor one moment and a socially awkward teammate the next. She tried to keep a friendly distance, made sure she spent the same amount of time with everyone else as she always had. But she always wanted him there.
And late at night, she’d think about how good it felt to be alone with him as they returned from hunting her mother’s murderer. Her grieving had felt raw, like a wound that had never quite scabbed over, but he knew what she needed. He knew when to stay silent, when to distract with travel logistics, when to take charge and make her sleep. What surprised her the most is when he knew she needed comfort. The quiet, easy comfort of scooting closer to her and allowing her to find her way into a soft embrace. She likely would have found comfort with anyone else in their group had they done the same. But he was the only one who had supported her quest and so was the only one there. And it just felt different with him. It felt safe in a way that was unfamiliar and yet felt so natural.
So yes, she purposefully stayed up last night to spend time with Zuko. Because she wasn’t a complete idiot. She knew what the tugging meant and it was clear he felt it too. And yes, they were fighting a war. But did that really mean they had to fight this constant pull to be closer as well? They could spend one late night talking and for all she knew that could be enough to put an end to this feeling.
Except it didn’t. Instead, the night got later and later and they sat closer and closer. And the next thing she knew she was waking up to the pre-dawn stillness of day, tucked in close in Zuko’s arms. The ground was just as firm as always, but somehow she was too comfortable to move. She was reminded of the coldest of winter mornings when getting up and out of the perfect warmth of her bed and blankets felt like the most difficult task on earth. It had to be done. The others would be waking up soon and then there was the whole potential for embarrassing awkwardness with Zuko. But maybe…
“Um. Good morning?” Zuko’s voice is hushed and sleep rough. Katara sighs internally and makes herself sit up, moving out of the circle of his arms to look at him. The sun is just coming up behind him, making a soft halo from his mussed-up hair, and is bright enough to highlight his growing blush as he offers a lopsided smile. And nope. Katara is done pretending this pull between them is anything other than what it clearly is. She’s willing to let it take its time, to simmer on the side while more important things are dealt with, but the tugging can’t actually be fought against. Not anymore. And it feels so good to give in.
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Happy @zutaraweek again!
So this ficlet wasn't supposed to be that long, but it just sort of ended up that way. I hope you enjoyed it! Honestly, I didn't plan on doing a second prompt this week just because the first one took longer than planned and my health has been a bit iffy, but then I had the sudden inspiration for this prompt and I just didn't want to let the week pass without trying. And I made it in time! Woot! (I may go back and tweak the image if I can pinpoint what's off about it, but woot all the same!)
Anyways, I wanted to give a shout out to the official Zutara Week mods for keeping this event going. I don't care what time of year it happens, I'm just thankful that Zutara Week is still a thing. It has become something joyous I look forward to each year and I know I'm not the only one who values the beautiful creations and the sense of community it brings. So thank you! <3
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@zutaraweek day 1: tradition
the still versions of my day one animations which may or may not be showing up in the tags! I was inspired by the idea of drawing in the tradition of a specific artist and went with Magritte, largely inspired by two of his pieces 16th September and the Banquet
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Zutara Week 2022 - Day 2: Familiar
"In close friendship; intimate."
For this day, I wanted to capture them hanging out together, getting to know each other, bonding, in a season 3 setting. I hope it fits the theme well hehe :)
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