bryankonietzko: Yeah, I know. This photo is stupid. Ironic B-boy posturing is rarely amusing to me, but I came back from color correction to find the studio empty, closed early for Memorial Day weekend. I put this hat on Kevin Coppa’s puppet, and one thing led to another… RANDOM END-OF-THE-WEEK MUSINGS –Sorry, it is true that there is no new episode airing this weekend. But a new Korra will be on next Saturday, June 2nd. And it’s a doozy. A REAL DOOZY. In the meantime, Nick.com wanted me to let you all know they made a playlist where you can watch the first seven episodes online, in case you need to catch up, or convert friends, family, babysitters, family pets, etc. Here’s the link: http://at.nick.com/Lv4P9O –As some of you may know, Korra has been the number one show with teen audiences in the U.S. for some of these first seven episodes. As previously mentioned, I don’t put too much stock in ratings, but this is mind-blowing to me. How is a Saturday morning “cartoon” beating out prime time network shows like American Idol, Glee, The Voice, and Family Guy with teen audiences? We’re all surprised, honored, and baffled. My guess is that the 12-year-olds who were growing up on Avatar are now 16-year-olds, and Korra has sort of aged up right along with them. Whatever the reason, thanks! –Mike and I love you guys, but we don’t take requests. We make the best show we can, telling the stories we want to tell, and then we put it out there in the world. By the time you guys see it and have “all the feels” and/or get all mad at stuff, we are working on something far, far ahead of that. It may not always go the way you want it to, but at least it is honest art, straight from our hearts. And a lot of these reactions may turn out to be knee-jerk ones in the long run, once you see where the stories and characters go. I’d rather do that than make some watered down “design by committee” thing that attempted to please everyone. If it were up to the majority of the audience, we’d probably have a show where Tahno and the Cabbage Merchant play beach games on Ember Island for 500 episodes… In short, as you guys say, I REGRET NOTHING. –This is funny, but it never happened. I’m vegan. –And lastly, my favorite quote from Mike this week, commenting on a cool, momentous shot from the Book 1 finale, addressing the whole fandom: “GIF that and put it on yer Tumblr.” HA! Have a great, long weekend! Love, Far-from-perfect-Bryan thats all you should ever do. Its YOUR story. Tell it the way you want to. Keep going, because I am enjoying the ride~

bryankonietzko:

Yeah, I know. This photo is stupid. Ironic B-boy posturing is rarely amusing to me, but I came back from color correction to find the studio empty, closed early for Memorial Day weekend. I put this hat on Kevin Coppa’s puppet, and one thing led to another…

RANDOM END-OF-THE-WEEK MUSINGS

–Sorry, it is true that there is no new episode airing this weekend. But a new Korra will be on next Saturday, June 2nd. And it’s a doozy. A REAL DOOZY. In the meantime, Nick.com wanted me to let you all know they made a playlist where you can watch the first seven episodes online, in case you need to catch up, or convert friends, family, babysitters, family pets, etc. Here’s the link: http://at.nick.com/Lv4P9O

–As some of you may know, Korra has been the number one show with teen audiences in the U.S. for some of these first seven episodes. As previously mentioned, I don’t put too much stock in ratings, but this is mind-blowing to me. How is a Saturday morning “cartoon” beating out prime time network shows like American Idol, Glee, The Voice, and Family Guy with teen audiences? We’re all surprised, honored, and baffled. My guess is that the 12-year-olds who were growing up on Avatar are now 16-year-olds, and Korra has sort of aged up right along with them. Whatever the reason, thanks!

–Mike and I love you guys, but we don’t take requests. We make the best show we can, telling the stories we want to tell, and then we put it out there in the world. By the time you guys see it and have “all the feels” and/or get all mad at stuff, we are working on something far, far ahead of that. It may not always go the way you want it to, but at least it is honest art, straight from our hearts. And a lot of these reactions may turn out to be knee-jerk ones in the long run, once you see where the stories and characters go. I’d rather do that than make some watered down “design by committee” thing that attempted to please everyone. If it were up to the majority of the audience, we’d probably have a show where Tahno and the Cabbage Merchant play beach games on Ember Island for 500 episodes… In short, as you guys say, I REGRET NOTHING.

–This is funny, but it never happened. I’m vegan.

–And lastly, my favorite quote from Mike this week, commenting on a cool, momentous shot from the Book 1 finale, addressing the whole fandom: “GIF that and put it on yer Tumblr.” HA!

Have a great, long weekend!

Love,

Far-from-perfect-Bryan

thats all you should ever do. Its YOUR story. Tell it the way you want to. Keep going, because I am enjoying the ride~

(via korraaa)

4 days ago
ITS DONE its a very simple piece, but I am still quite proud of it. I have a ways to go with digital painting, but I am planning on doing a lot more of it this summer.

ITS DONE

its a very simple piece, but I am still quite proud of it. I have a ways to go with digital painting, but I am planning on doing a lot more of it this summer.

1 week ago
A quick Korra sketch~ (also, I really REALLY love her parka and had to draw it XDD) Man, is this a great show. The characters are great, the plot is great, the development is great (the romance though…eh? I need to see more development in that area, but I am sure it will happen and won’t be as rushed as it was) and that its trying to be a daring show is fantastic. Kids need more shows like this. They need serious stories that don’t pander down to the audience. Korra as a main character is different, but great. I really love her. She’s strong, independent and can fight back. At the same time though, she has very strong insecurities that she doesn’t admit to easily. Still, she is a fantastic character and I can’t see the show any other way without her. Thank you Mike, Bryan and the others involved with this show. I hope you continue to work hard and tell the story you always wanted to tell~

A quick Korra sketch~ (also, I really REALLY love her parka and had to draw it XDD)

Man, is this a great show. The characters are great, the plot is great, the development is great (the romance though…eh? I need to see more development in that area, but I am sure it will happen and won’t be as rushed as it was) and that its trying to be a daring show is fantastic. Kids need more shows like this. They need serious stories that don’t pander down to the audience. Korra as a main character is different, but great. I really love her. She’s strong, independent and can fight back. At the same time though, she has very strong insecurities that she doesn’t admit to easily. Still, she is a fantastic character and I can’t see the show any other way without her. Thank you Mike, Bryan and the others involved with this show. I hope you continue to work hard and tell the story you always wanted to tell~

2 weeks ago
An updated WIP on my digital piece. I am laying in the underpainting now. Its a lot of work though…hergh. I am hoping this comes out better than some of my other attempts.

An updated WIP on my digital piece. I am laying in the underpainting now. Its a lot of work though…hergh. I am hoping this comes out better than some of my other attempts.

2 weeks ago
A WIP of a digital piece I am working on. The boy in the image is a character I made up a while ago. His name is Nemo (lol the inspiration came from the Nightwish song and Winsor McCay’s comic strip series). He looks kind of timid there…I wonder why?

A WIP of a digital piece I am working on. The boy in the image is a character I made up a while ago. His name is Nemo (lol the inspiration came from the Nightwish song and Winsor McCay’s comic strip series). He looks kind of timid there…I wonder why?

2 weeks ago
Lots and lots of hair! Carrying this over from the other blog, I had just finished this piece last week. I am quite proud of how it came out. The assignment was to arrange letters and use models from the class to create the piece. This was done in pencil and white gel pen.

Lots and lots of hair!

Carrying this over from the other blog, I had just finished this piece last week. I am quite proud of how it came out. The assignment was to arrange letters and use models from the class to create the piece. This was done in pencil and white gel pen.

2 weeks ago