Awesome Alt Art

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Avatar The Last Airbender by JHTY23

#1: Tumblr artist Cassandra’s unbeatable, absolutely gorgeous portrait of Toph Beifong.

#6: The chain of Avatar reincarnation by German Guzik.

#16: Conflicted Prince Zuko as portrayed by UdonNodu.

#24: Ty Lee and Mai depicted by my favourite Japanese artist Kinako.

#35: Tumblr artist DJ Welch’s action-packed depiction of a sparring match between an older Toph and an older Zuko.

#39: Sergio Guijada’s propaganda style portraits of Katara and Zuko.

#45: Elisabet Kjarlsson’s depiction of a couple that actually ended up together.

Before Avatar: The Last Airbender, there was Samurai Jack, which pioneered the American-cartoon-with-anime-influences-kinda genre.

Man, Toonami was awesome, wasn’t it? This delicious art by Jeffrey ‘Chamba’ Cruz is just bringing it aaalllllllll back.

Kelly Li has put her art skills to use mashing the years of Avatar the Last Airbender and the era of Legend of Korra to create this fascinating tableau of Azula as Korra’s fire bending teacher. Intriguing concept, no?

Tumblr artist Ellsie has contrasted beautifully the contrast of Korra’s water bending and Mako’s fire bending yet doesn’t fail to highlight the powerful undercurrent in each.

It’s TV Show Monday!

As the only main character not endowed with bending capabilities, Sokka is one of the more dynamic characters on Avatar: The Last Airbender. And I love him because I too have relied on sarcasm, devilish good looks, and poetry to fight my battles.

The glorious Christian Nauck has depicted Sokka’s determination to better himself by mastering swordsmanship under Piandao’s tutelage.

I am such a huge fan of Mei-ing Nieuwland’s playful yet bold art style — especially when she devotes her talents to Avatar: The Last Airbender fan art.

Blue-Ten (who is also on Tumblr) created a portrait for each of the main characters of Avatar: The Last Airbender demonstrating each person’s two sides:

• Aang as the playful child and the all-powerful Avatar.
• Katara as mothering water bender and destructive blood bender.
• Toph as the high class lady she was born as and the bratty, stubborn earth bender she really is.
• Zuko as the merciless prince of the Fire Nation and the good-hearted rebel.
• Sokka as comic relief to his friends and intense warrior for his homeland.

These pictures attest not only to the show’s incredible ability to create complex characters, but to Blue-Ten’s remarkable ability to capture that complexity.

Mei-ing Nieuwland put together this wonderfully intense piece of art for what both she and I consider the best season of the show: the third.