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If Ozai Knew...

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a.k.a. NOOO!!!!! a.k.a. I’m a horrible human being…

Ok, so yet another Aangsty pic (get it? Aangsty? I’m SO clever ^.^) Anyway, the basis behind this image is the thought of what would happen if Firelord Ozai found out about what Avatar Roku told Aang in “The Avatar State” Episode. Discerning viewers will note that Aang’s eyes(mouth) and tats are glowing, and that a rather large bolt of lightning is moving straight through the vicinity of his heart. That’s right…I wouldn’t put it past Ozai to do something seriously f-ed up like this…or more likely, send Azula to do it for him. Kill the Avatar while he’s in the Avatar State, and voila! No more Avatar! ‘Twould really suck.

Lessons learned from this project:
-Inking does not ruin a drawing…it just takes a REALLY long time to do right.
-It’s ok to stop and restart. I had to completely rework his upper body ‘cause the original just was not working for me.
-The dodge tool is a miracle worker for glowy effects
-Lightning is not nearly as difficult to render as I thought
-It’s totally not cheating to use actual imagery as a base for what you plan to do. The clouds here started off as a compilation of a bunch of net imagery that I colored over and altered as needed

thanks to [link] for the lightning brushes I used as a base. All in all, this attempt at advanced digital rendering is not too shabby at all. Hope you like ^__^
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ayame18's avatar
I always wondered this myself. What if Ozai learned that the Avatar cycle would end if he dies in the Avatar state. Plus, this is amazing work, but also frightening to think that he really would gain pleasure in killing a 12 year old boy. :fear:

Nice job!