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3/10/2011 Edit: Made a bunch of changes to this one. Added more contrast to the colors, fixed Katara's facial features a bit and adjusted the image to be poster-sized.This is a birthday present for my sister: , who requested "ninja turtles or waterbenders"
. I'm a big TMNT fan, but I haven't drawn them for years, so the choice was obvious XD.It's an older-looking Katara using Hula to bend the water
. Her stance is based loosely on the Hula pose called "ike" which looks like this archives.starbulletin.com/2006β¦ One thing I would have loved to see in Avatar was a group of waterbenders based around Polynesian culture. It would fit really well :]. The concept for this picture is something I wanted to do for a while.
Haha, anyway, Happy B-day, sis!
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Drawn while listening to "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
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This is amazing, I love it! Would your design be ok to cosplay, if I gave you credit?
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This is awesome! I love it! I'm creating a Polynesian waterbender girl for an alternate Avatar universe for D&D.
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Wouldn't it be too cold for her to dress like that in the south pole?
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May I share this on Tumblr? I'll link it straight back here
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Never could I have imagined such things combined together in such a beautiful way. You are a visual mastermind.
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Dude, I warned you on the other pic where you copy/pasted this comment. I'm reporting it as spam now.
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Looks amazing! And you did your research alright! XD
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, check your group messages. You'll find there's 7 fromΒ Β of which I'm founder of.
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Oh, really cool idea!
(And now I have Iz's version of the song stuck in my head...)
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It looks so much better. It was great before but it looks so clean now! Love it!
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Nice water effects! Though I can't help hearing the HAWAII 5-O theme music while looking at this (Not exactly something works well with the A:TLA world, I admit).
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This is beautiful. What a wonderful gift for your sister :')
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beautiful idea and waves
but the face is not so good
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Absolutely gorgeous 
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This is absolutely lovely- I've never seen anyone mix the Polynesian cultural influence with katara, and I must say it is extremely pleasing
And you're absolutely right. I wonder that Bryke didn't think to do it. Or perhaps with all the penguin sledding and giant koi fish riding, they figured it would be too much to fit in Avatar-verse Polynesia xD
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This is so beautiful! I can see the Hula in here. X3 If she was real, I would Have her Dance Hula in Hawaii with me!! <3!! *Dances Hula* <3 This is so epicly awesome.
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I always imaged katara doing some kind of native dance. This is just perfect!
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It kinda reminds me of Lilo and Stitch
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Well, Hawaii would make a wonderful place for waterbending!!
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Yes! I'm still hoping that they'll have Polynesian-inspired waterbenders in Book 2 of Korra XD.
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Awesome, I like this pic a lot
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so amazing!! actually looks like one of my hula uniforms XD weird lol
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