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Published: 2008-07-19 23:58:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 717; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 0
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Description I'm pretty terrible at keeping up with this weekly challenge thing... Anyway, this is my submission for *megoomba Weekly Fanart Challenge, that she's holding. [link] This week, the theme was Avatar: The Last Airbender and I thought I might as well try to draw something since the finale will be playing this week (aka a few minutes from now).

I've never actually been able to catch up with the show, but from the few episodes I managed to watch, I think Mai was my favorite character. But from what I'm getting from the fandom, she's also one of the most disliked characters. A little fact that made me laugh. Either way, I thought she still pretty cool because she seemed like the kind of character that too many blow off before having a chance to scratch her surface. But maybe I just have a thing for the "silent, yet strong" type of characters.

Anyway, I'm rather happy with how this came out. I couldn't help but mess around and give Mai a brighter color scheme with her clothes. I think her skin tone is suppose to be lighter too, but I really don't like shading pale skin so I chose a darker color. I also omitted her sleeve because I really didn't want to draw them, laziness at it's best. So yeh, considering I sketched this Sunday and slowly dragged my feet all this week to have it finished, I'm happy with the result.

I hope you guys enjoy! And if you excuse me, I have some popcorn to pop! Harharhar~


Character © Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko
Artwork © Monica Z. (*Yoko-Wind )
Textures are from CG Texture
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Comments: 16

emosunshine123 [2011-10-16 17:48:44 +0000 UTC]

o.m.gizzle
i lovers that chick!
gotta heart theos fire benders!
and plus she's all lovy lovy with zuko
who really needs some love
but one question...
how do you make it look all cool like that?

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Mew-Choco-Shirogane [2009-08-03 13:28:16 +0000 UTC]

yeah...
Avatar has been a big obssession of mine for over 2 years now...
Mai is, like you said, "Strong and silent", but also "piss of the fangirls by making out with Zuko 5 times in one episode". lol

you should really watch it, its such a wonderful show^^

Sokka is my favorite character xD

i cosplayed him, i have a toy of him, etc...


i'm so weird xD

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BioticZ [2008-07-22 19:25:57 +0000 UTC]

oooooo nice.
love the outfit! *wishes to steal*
i love this. Mai looks really awesome in your style.
X3
awesome job chicka!
<3

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Beastiewolf [2008-07-22 11:33:33 +0000 UTC]

Very nice- I really like how she looks in your style. ^^ The coloring is pretty amazing too. 83

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Aeolus06 [2008-07-21 23:15:24 +0000 UTC]

very awesome excellent work on this

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zabka-zee In reply to Aeolus06 [2008-08-16 20:20:08 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!

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Aeolus06 In reply to zabka-zee [2008-08-17 20:54:36 +0000 UTC]

ur welcome

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Joy-Tea [2008-07-20 19:34:33 +0000 UTC]

Heh heh Mai was my favorite character when she first came in actually. I like Toph too, though. Great job

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zabka-zee In reply to Joy-Tea [2008-07-20 22:37:07 +0000 UTC]

From what I could understand, each character had something that made them likable. Even if it was a good or bad trait, it seemed like one could quickly find a character they could relate to one way or another. But anyway, thank you so much!

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MegziePegzie [2008-07-20 19:08:00 +0000 UTC]

Oooohh!! Mai!! I used to not like her, but she's slowly started growing on me and now I like her a lot!! Nice job here with drawing her!!

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SilentJesterUnknown [2008-07-20 17:05:41 +0000 UTC]

Mai^^

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TheNekoStar [2008-07-20 03:57:36 +0000 UTC]

Very good m'dear! I too have never really stuck to the show, but anytime I watched it, I enjoyed it.

On a related note, M Night Shamalayn (spelling? where we're going we don't need spelling...) is directing a live-action avatar:the last airbender movie. So yeah... along with Akira, Astroboy, and Dragonball movies, I'd say anime movies are hitting hollywood hard!

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zabka-zee In reply to TheNekoStar [2008-07-20 21:50:20 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I always had a hard time figuring out Nickelodeon's schedule... It always felt so random to me. But yeah, I agree with you about enjoying it anytime I got a chance to watch it.

Yeah, a friend of mine mentioned something about a live-action Avatar movie being in the works. Let's just hope M. Night Shyamalan doesn't try adding a little twist, as my friend also mentioned. Harhar~
But I don't know, I'm a little sad that there are going to be movies of those animes though. It seems like Hollywood will do anything to make a buck. Is it really necessary to make a live-action movie out of Akira, when it already was a movie in the first place? Hm... That's just my thoughts on anime hitting Hollywood thing.

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TheNekoStar In reply to zabka-zee [2008-07-21 02:09:46 +0000 UTC]

I'm going to go see them definately, even if they suck. Just cuz im a fanboy. X3

But yeah I see what you mean about hollywood most likely making a mistake... they do that you know...

Hyuuu~... we can only hope. XD

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Joy-Tea In reply to TheNekoStar [2008-07-20 19:33:15 +0000 UTC]

Oh wow a live action avatar? M. Night Shamalyn, really? That'll be...interesting...

hm thanks for bringing my attention to that, I wasn't aware that there was going to be a live action movie.

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TheNekoStar In reply to Joy-Tea [2008-07-21 02:10:30 +0000 UTC]

and now you know! cuz knowing is half the battle!!! XD

(also a trigun animated movie in 09..)
The movie-goer has spoken!! wooosh!

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