Posters: Avatar

"Spirit" by Breana Melvin

Prints available for purchase from inPRNT. US$15 / $20 / $40

I'm a bit too old to have been a hardcore fan of Avatar: The Last Air Bender, but the series clearly stood head and shoulders above other cartoon series.  It matched the narrative depth of Naruto, one of my other guilty pleasures, and artistically, it reminded me of many of my favorite series of the eighties.  This series of prints are a beautiful tribute to the series.

Mash-Up: Avatar / Star Wars

Avatar: The Last Airbender / Star Wars Mash-Up by Dave Filoni

It's worth noting that Dave Filoni has worked as an animator on both Avatar: The Last Airbender and Star Wars: The Clone Wars, so this is basically cannon.

Mash-Up: Disney Princesses / Avatar

Disney Princesses / Avatar: The Last Airbender Mash-Up by Robby Cook (Cartooncookie)

Ariel as a water bender, Anna as a firebender, Rapunzel of the ancient sun warriors, Tiana as a swamp bender, Maleficent as the fire lord, Elsa as a waterbender, Jasmine as a firebender, Belle and the mystical library, Cinderella as an earthbender, Esmeralda as firebender, Snow White and the seven are earth benders.

Posters: Avatar

"Avatar - The Last Airbender" by Canada-based Jamal Campbell

Link Round-Up: May 7, 2015

"Avatar Aang" by Han Jihye

Prints available for purchase from Society6. US$18

Given that so little of it is ever exhibited or ever will be, maybe we could start at the bottom and sell some stuff out of storage that has no real prospect of being shown. What would that buy? Selling just 1 percent of the collection by value—much more than 1 percent by object count—would enable the [Art Institute of Chicago] to endow free admission forever.

Michael Moore’s 13 Rules for Making Powerful Documentaries

A Short History of the Venice Biennale, the World’s Most Important Art Exhibition

Tor already featured awesome Trekker and astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti on the site, but now she’s gone and brewed ISSpresso…

Link Round-Up: March 31, 2015

"The Avatar State" by Germany-based Maren Marmulla (Rennerei)

Interview: Robert Bailey and the Art of Star Wars: Like World War II in Space!

News: Academy Buys 2001: A Space Odyssey Shuttle for $344,000

Bandai's Latest Star Wars Model Kit Is A Gloriously Shiny C-3PO

Batmobile Tumbler iPhone Cases for adults who need an excuse to own a toy car.

Here's the Cover of the Fully Illustrated Edition of Harry Potter, which you can pretend you don't care about, even though I know you do.


​How Autodesk's Experimental Lab Gave Us an Odd Little Star Wars Movie

If only all sports teams adopted Game of Thrones-style houses and jerseys...

These Nerdy Thermoses Are Shiny And Bigger On The Inside

Mash-Up: Little Benders

"Little Benders" by OneBluebird

A Mash-up of Avatar: The Last Air Bender and "First Love" by Norman Rockwell

Illustration: Art Nouveau Avatars

"The Four Seasons" by Scott "Swade" Wade

Art Nouveau Avatars Series

Mash-Up: Disney / Avatar: The Last Airvender

"Airbender Pocahontas" by Robby Cook
"Disney Princesses get turned into Avatar: The Last Airbender"

Prints available for purchase from Etsy. US$15

Here is a series of really clever mash-ups by Robby Cook, mixing together the classic Disney Princesses with the Avatar franchise.

Ariel as a Water Bender
Anna as a Firebender
Rapunzel of the Ancient  Sun Warriors
Tiana as a Swamp Bender
Maleficent as Fire Lord
Elsa as a Waterbender
Princess Jasmine as a Firebender
Belle and the mystical library
Cinderella as a Earthbender
Esmeralda as a Firebender
Snow Qhite and the Seven are Earth Benders

Fan Art Round-Up: The Legend of Korra

"Korra" by Krishna and Balram Banerjee

Avatar: The Legend of Korra Fan Art Gallery

It seems like only yesterday, Avatar fans were taking to the web to express their concerns that another installation in the series would only ruin their memories of one of their favorite childhood television series.  Now that The Legend of Korra is concluded, we're all mourning the loss.  It's difficult to imagine how we could ever have doubted. Korra met and exceeded our expectations, expanding the Avatar universe into a more fully realized world.

In honor of the series, here's a round-up of some of the best fan art flooding the web to commemorate the series' epic conclusion.  Feel free to drop links to your own tribute art in the comments!

Posters: Avatar

"Avatar" by Milwaukee-based Josh Gilbert (Shokxone-Studios)

Prints available for purchase from Etsy. US$25

"I loved Avatar, but the poster campaigns never quite lived up to the movie's insane imagery. I hope I've gone some way toward correcting that. Once again Drew Struzan (famous for his Star Wars poster series, as evidenced by your comments) is a point of homage here, and I think with this collage I've come the closest yet to aping his style.

The actual intent of this image is for a custom DVD cover; that shall be forthcoming, as I'm waiting for the inevitable Special Edition coming at the end of the year. In the meantime, I decided to have some fun with the completed poster.

EDIT 7/8/10: So after the ENORMOUS response following the Daily Deviation feature, I decided to go back into this monster and add a few things some of you indicated it was missing...and you were right. So, your beloved Norm Spellman is now present and accounted, along with Parker Selfridge, and even a chunk of Unobtainium. Other little additions/corrections dropped in as well.

I'll try to make this the last revision, but I realize...sometimes you only think something is done, when really you've just been working on it so long you're tired of looking at it, knowwhatimean?"

Posters: Avatar

Avatar Poster by Poland-based drMIERZWIAK

"I was thinking about teaser poster, something long before first photos. I've wanted to show Neytiri, or simply N'avi, but without showing her entirely. Based on Neytiri Statue by Sideshow Collectibles."

Posters: Avatar

"Avatar -Poster" by Darkwatch7

Posters: Avatar

"Avatar Poster" by Melbourne, Australia-based Incerazo

Link Round-Up: September 8, 2014

"Korra" by WeaponXIX

Event: Julie Bell, Dave Palumbo, Dan dos Santos, and Charles Vess will  appear at Society of Illustrators on Saturday September 13, 2014 from 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Top fantastic illustrators will demonstrate their skills and techniques in an open forum.

Interview: Vincent Lefevre talks about his cyborg illustrations

The Colors of Motion is a  site designed and developed by Charlie Clark exploring the use of color in movies.  The MovieBarCode Tumblr does the exact same thing, I think, but with a much denser sampling. I love how you can tell just how bright and colourful The Lego Movie is.

This Fashion Designer Is Creating The World's First Open-Source, 3D-Printed Dress

JK Rowling responded to a Twitter user with subtle snark after he told her he stopped being a fan once she revealed that Dumbledore is gay.

Whoops. A Russian documentary about Western propaganda during World War I used a fan-drawn Team Fortress 2 poster as an example.