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Anday — Long Live the Princess
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Published: 2015-05-19 04:43:12 +0000 UTC; Views: 7470; Favourites: 240; Downloads: 0
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Long overdue. I am pooped from all the things going on in this painting! Calling this done and hoping I can do better on the next one.
Big thanks to war-studies because my plan of doing these post-war paintings was inspired by her fic, Memento Mori. It’s not an exact scene there but the treatment and creative decisions on the Earth Kingdom exile really stuck with me. Especially how demeaning yet inevitable it is for a character’s growth to go from royalty and military high command to doing mundane tasks and being mocked and jeered by peasants (whose parents she killed in the war, anyway, so you can’t blame them entirely). Even the franchise side characters are given a lot more complexity that makes me care enough to want to draw and paint them in challenging scenes. And I am somebody who does not read fanfic because of a lot of negative stereotypes within the genre creating this perception in my head that it’s mostly absurd and juvenile. Memento Mori is one of those works that are value-adding to canon and so intelligently written that I just had to make an exception!
The story is on hiatus as far as I know, but damn, the material is rich. You can read it here if you’d like: archiveofourown.org/works/3152…
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The sheer amount of detail (and thus work) put into this is mind-blowing.
The loose "paint" reminds me a bit of Manet, truth be told.
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Ahaha Really? Thanks! I always find my painting a bit belabored. Looseness is something I need to work on XD
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Your art is so beautiful.. totally in love with your works
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No problem, you're an awesome arist!
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Wow--I don't know this fanfic but your artwork is amazing! I'll have to read it soon.
Is that Zuko and Mai watching from the bottom right corner? And is Azula the eponymous princess?
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Thank you 
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Totally awesome ! There are so many details to be discovered here !
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Thank you! I hope I got tidbits of story across XD
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That is absolutely amazing! The details, and it looks gorgeous
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Never enough detail haha. I'd detail further but oh god, I think I'd already spent too much time on it. Other stuff demands my attention already XD
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Wow, this is amazing ♥ So much detail, it's just unbelievable
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research, sketch, paint and add textures from my travel photos lol 
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Sounds like a lot of work, but believe me when I say from the audience's point of view, it's perfect.
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aw c'mon i still have a long way to go before i can do justice to the juiciest scenes 
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Oooohhhhh my goosh! : D This is great as always Anday! ^^ And it sounds like an interesting fanfic! I might just give it a read sometime
p.s. Hope your doing well!
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A remarkable view of the story. The buildings and people are breathtaking. The dark colors focused my eyes on the light ones. Surrounding the main character -- and her protector. The only one helping her... The only one the Princess loved.
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One of the reasons I loved the fan fic was how it dealt with each character's individual personality flaw and how that was a hindrance to them properly communicating with each other, even though both clearly had feelings for each other. Slow burn but excellent and realistic development!
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I really don't know what's going on there, but your art is amazing. :0
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I have to agree. I love the painting, but I can't tell who it's suppose to be. Is it Azula?
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Yes, it is Azula. I just made no direct mention of her name, haha. Didn't want everything to be too descriptive and my intent was to be in the POV of someone passing the street and potentially seeing a commotion. Getting only a vague idea or a feeling of the tensions and moods but not necessarily being fully informed
Specific to the artwork, this is what I had in mind: Former Princess Azula is being escorted to wherever on the island she's assigned, but accidentally drops her stuff (possibly she's tripped by someone, heck even one of the Kyoshi warriors could've done it). Or it could be she's just really weak and groggy coming from the Fire Nation prison before being sent to the Earth Kingdom. Some peasant bystanders mock her and other gossipy villagers stop to take a look. Ty Lee tries to help but Azula still hates her. Bet Ty Lee just wants to disappear right at that moment. Haha.
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Cool, thanks. That helped add more context to the painting. I like it even more now.
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All those details and the whole concept are breath taking! Love what you did with the colouring of the buildings. *_______*
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