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Golden-Flute — Korra-- Nightmare
Published: 2012-08-25 18:45:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 1916; Favourites: 80; Downloads: 36
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How'd you like to wake up in the middle of the night with this staring at you?Now that I've thoroughly terrified everyone, I have to say that I hope you like this new pic. I was suddenly inspired to make it. I really enjoyed working with the massive amounts of shadows. It was good shadow practice.
Of course, Amon doesn't actually look like this... well, technically Amon does, but Noatak doesn't...
Oh and before anyone asks, I didn't put the Lieutenant in there 'cause I wanted Amon's face to the the only viewable one. If it makes you feel better, you can pretend he's the Equalist on the right, before the Lieutenant was promoted.
Anyway, I actually have very little to say about this piece, so I guess I'll just leave it off at this.
Program: Sai and a tiny bit of work in CS3 (Photoshop 10). Total of 3 layers.
Legend of Korra, Amon, Equalists (c) Mike, Bryan, Nickelodeon, Viacom
Picture (c) *Golden-Flute
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I would be ECSTATIC to see this, as it would mean I could join his cause and ensure the fascist (Did you see those Metal Bending Cops not even flinch at shutting down water/power and attacking unarmed non benders?) and segregated regime of Republic City is brought crashing down.
Nice work btw.
The only advice I could offer would be to tighten up the lines (such as the bleed through around his hood on the Equalist's scarf) and change the hands on around Amons head. Either remove them or make them grasping at the viewer. right now they appear to be wanting to pat Amon on the shoulders more than attack the viewer.
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Very interesting take on that! XD Thanks so much for the comments!
The bleed-through around the hood and scarf was intentional, but I definitely noted everything else!
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tell me were you Shock to find out who Amon really was?
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Haha thank you. XD
Its a bit extreme, but there is just so much WRONG with Republic City and the Benders and Korra did NOTHING to change it. Seriously, putting the most stubborn and draconian members of a stubborn element (Metal Benders) in charge of your POLICE FORCE seemed like a GOOD IDEA?! XD
Oh, righto on the bleed through.
For an example of "threatening" hands, you may want to look at the scenes with Amon unbending folks such as when Korra was ambushed. The palms and fingers are pointed directly at the viewer and it appears quite threatening.
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Thanks for the suggestion on the threatening hands! That was a very helpful suggestion!
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Groovy! Glad it helped
Thanks for sharing your great artwork with us here on DA and Thanks for letting us Equalist fans ramble
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It definitely did! 
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Haha I think the subtle and not so subtle hints the writers gave to us in the show that there is something terribly off in Republic City that make them interesting. The Equalists fall more into the realm of "opposing faction" than villains with a bit of analysis and outright Heroes to some of us.
"...just because they're 'bad'"
This. Right here. One must analyze
what makes Amon and the Equalists "bad?" What makes Korra "good?" What makes Lin Beifong "good?" What makes Tarlok "bad?"...yknow other him being a jerk face jerk
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Exactly! I love stories where there's no cut-in-stone bad guy... there's just different sides to the same battle-- different people fighting for their personal beliefs. Does that make them wrong? Not unless they're causing harm; and people on both sides were doing so... Tarrlok, like you said and Amon.
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Ah but that is the thing.
I agree with the causing harm caveat as means of delinieating "good/bad" dichotomy...but that is why Lin Beifong and Korra, two of the "good guys" are not that good and why Amon is not that "bad."
Lin Beifong trained the police force that went and attacked unarmed civilians without hesitation. She herself attempted to stab Sato through the glass of his tank, when up to that point the Equalists had STILL used nothing but non lethal weaponry.
Korra never even CONSIDERED helping the non benders of Republic city, being consumed with her actions, that of playing a professional "benders only" sport. This could easily be seen as negligent in the extreme.
The heroes actions supported a regime that abused and diminished their fellow citizens, denying them rights and opportunities while perverting Aang's dream. Being on the side of the "law" can be problematic, if the laws themselves are unjust. Now, to be certain, Amon's methodology is certainly extreme and perhaps a more conciliatory method working within the structure of society to reform it would have been preferred.
Frankly, given how blocked non-benders are to the echelons of power in LoK (Police force-blocked, Heads of State-Blocked, Sports stardom so fame as lever for change - Blocked) I do not know how well a less extreme method would have worked. We witnessed the Avatar sure as hell wasn't going to help the normal citizenry.
I mention Tarrlok as bad because he didnt have a cause, he just had petty self interest, best I can tell.
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Thanks so much! Glad you like it!
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Am I the only one that thinks it would be better if Amon really had looked like this under the mask, and that it would have been way cooler if Tarrlok was actually lying about Amon's identity to set Korra up? And he made some totally radical bending removal machine, or like the Avatar spirit decided to include a second body, a nonbender who could remove bending, into each of its cycle things? 
All mourning over lost character potential aside, probably the one of the coolest Equalist-related fan art pieces I've ever seen.
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I would have much preferred this take of things.
Anything but "It was Waterbending the whole time!" since that makes little to no sense in the Avatar universe and breaks with what was already established.
Seriously, its water bending. Physical changes. So it mucked with their chi. NO ONE, not even KATARRA, noticed this and simply went "whoa, that is a thing HEALED NOW" ?
An "anti bender" empower by spirits would have been awesome.
It would have kept anti bending in the realm of spirits (as before) and touched on the Avatar ticking off various spirits such as ye ole Face Stealer.
My two cents.
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I would have loved it if the Face Stealer had become involved.
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Interesting theories indeed! It always brings to mind something I saw on tumblr where someone put a picture of Noatak up after his makeup washed off and then underneath a gif of Squidward saying "Oh no, he's hot!" XD I think it fits this situation really well! XD
And thanks so much! That's a huge compliment!
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"Oh no, he's hot!"
and anytime, comrade.
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I would freak out if I woke up and I found someone staring at me like that.
Great work, you really set the mood. I can imagine Korra having nightmares like that.
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Me too! How creepy would that be?! XD Thanks so much!
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You're welcome
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