Merry Christmas, my lovies. I hope you all have a great one!

ZOMGZ I got a new tablet! It's so shiny and pretty. *__* I it. SOOOO much easier to do lineart on the computer now! It feels textured, like drawing on paper! HEEEE.


There shall be much more art on the way! Keep a lookout! XD And once again, have a wonderful, magical Christmas!!!

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Zutara (2)
Zhao/Azula
OC

And I must say that all the hype surrounding the special effects is for a reason....I was amazed and awe-inspired by the beauty of Pandora.

The story had a lot of potential and it had some really beautiful moments. I loved it, I did...

However, I wasn't moved...which was sort of disappointing. I was waiting for it...that moment where your heart fills up with so much emotion and you think, 'this movie is life changing.' I had it with Lord of the Rings. I had it back in 5th grade when I saw Titanic..but it never came in Avatar.

It's strange, after James Cameron worked on it so long, I was very much expecting this to happen.

So I sat around and thought about it. Why didn't it? The story was good, the acting was good, the effects were good, and those beautiful moments were really beautiful...

So why? It had all the ingredients, right? Or was I missing something?

But then it hit me just what was missing. A beautiful, enchanting, sweep-you-off-your-feet score. Whenever I see a great movie, I usually leave the theater humming the music. This did not happen with Avatar. The score is the ICING on the cake. You can have all the ingredients right, but if the icing SUCKS, then it just ruins everything. The music is what gives the final push of emotion over the edge and into that level that was missing in Avatar.

Oh well. It was still a very good, very impressive movie. I'm just sad it didn't hit me as deeply as I was hoping it would.

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Zutara (2)
Zhao/Azula
OC

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

Let us all eat 'till we die. HAHA just kidding. Sort of.

I know I'm not around much anymore, but hopefully that will change now that I'm on break. Thanks for all the feedback about Revealing Destiny! I've decided to take your (most of you) advice, and simply continue with the comic as it is. I agree that it is a good way to see improvement and that many other comic makers started off at a much lower level than they are currently at. So, I'll just have to bite the bullet and get to work! I also need to record my last few Katara lines for the project, finish my own little project I'm working on now, and get to work on the art I owe people! GAH! I'll get it done, just gotta get some free time alone. Stoopid bf. XD

Well, have fun with your families today!

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Zutara (2)
Zhao/Azula
OC

OK since I just keep getting comments asking when I'm going to update, I figured I might as well make a journal.

The truth is, I just don't know. I want to finish it and keep going with it...that's for sure. However, my interests are in other things right now, and I don't have the motivation to continue it at this time.

MY main problem with the comic is that I've already learned so much about comic making after just attending one single workshop here at my school, and I realized all the flaws and horrible mistakes the comic has...and to be completely honest, it's sort of painful for me to look at now. When I started the comic, I was completely inexperienced and uninformed about everything you need to be conscious of when you make a comic...and now that I'm learning, it's hard for me to look at it. There's sooo much I want to fix...and I think I might eventually go back and re-work all of the pages.

The way the panels are laid out makes me cringe and shudder, the awful anatomy in some panels, and the inconsistency of the comic as a whole when it comes to style and color...it seems like a huge mess to me that I feel I need to clean up. I want to continue it...I do...but I don't know if it will be before or after I fix it.

As for other interests...well, I am working on a very short story fancomic to practice some things I've learned. It will probably only be about 15 pages and I will not be submitting a single page until the entire thing is done. I won't say what it's about just yet...but I'm liking what I'm seeing so far.

SO when I can find the time and motivation for it, I will try and fix Revealing Destiny and move on with the story. But as for when that will be...I don't know. Sorry if this is disappointing for any of you...but I'll do the best I can.



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Zutara (2)
Zhao/Azula
OC

*SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS*


*SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS*


*SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS*




EDIT: OK I just read the chapter here: [link] and all I have to say is SAKURA'S A HORRIBLE LIAR. I'm like...99% sure that confession just killed any chance of NaruSaku. It was FAKE. FAKE. FAKEEEEEEEE. Amirite? The parts that really nailed the coffin shut for me was: 1. Naruto remembering the way Sakura loved Sasuke, how she acted. 2. The loose/dispassionate way she was "hugging" him 3. The way she so nonchalantly said "I just switched from Sasuke to you, that's all!" 4. Yamato's outraged look. 5. Naruto can usually read people. And he read her right away.

We'll have to wait 'till next week to know for sure but.....yeeeeah. Later!




OK soooo I know I've been MIA for quite some time...super busy with school still...BUT! I have read the spoilers. And my reactions went like this:

"omg.....OMG!!! Wait...holy crap, NaruSaku's canon! *covers mouth*.....wait...wow, this is sounding like a NaruSaku shipping essay with the list of reasons why she 'should' love him......jeez, it's sort of sounding forced.....what the hell? She hates Sasuke now?.....OK then why was she just bawling over what Shikamaru told her?....OK I don't know if I'm buying this anymore......yeah, definitely not....I agree, Naruto...it does sound like she's lying to herself."

YEEEAH. So basically my thoughts are:

-She's only saying this to keep Naruto safe...and Sasuke..?
-But that does mean she cares...
-But it sounded completely contrived...
-Maybe she does love him and thought this would just be a good reason to tell him...
-But that's going to make Naruto feel like she's lying just because she wants him to stop going after Sasuke...
-But what if Naruto's right...
-Would she really make up something so hurtful? Would she risk their friendship?

But most importantly...


-If this was meant to be the beginning of NaruSaku then what exactly was the point of Hinata's confession and sacrifice a few chapters before?

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People I owe:

Toph and Azula
Zutara (2)
Zhao/Azula
OC