A Colorful Festival (Bolin and Opal + Jinora, Korra, and Asami)

Bolin and Opal happily looking at each other while side-hugging. Bolin is earthbending colored powder above Opal's head. Opal is airbending colored powder onto

Non-GIF version of previous art. Meant to show the original colors and patterns.

- I thought that, for this prompt, I would have them playing with colored powder! I'm not sure what the powder was made out of, but I assume it's colored clay. I was planning on fixing Opal's hand, but I didn't know where the skin would become paler on the thumb.

- Opal's outfit is mainly inspired by her earlier one, since I think she wouldn't wear the Air Suit all the time. Bolin's outfit is also based on his earlier outfit, but paler. I colored it that way because, when searching for Holi outfits, I found that most of them were white. Bolin's hair was surprisingly hard to get right, so I hope it did it justice!

Jinora explaining the origins of the festival to Korra. Asami is shown moments from dunking several colored powders onto Korra.

- I drew Jinora, Korra, and Asami in the background. Korra and Asami's outfits are meant to be similar to canon; you can't really see Asami's outfit, but assume it is now covered in colored powder. Jinora's outfit is based on traditional Air Nomad outfits, along with áo dài. An áo dài is a Vietnamese tunic worn over tros, literally translating into "long shirt".

- I like how they turned out, especially Jinora! I had planned on redeg some characters in LOK, mainly Tenzin's family. Since Tenzin is mixed, I figured that should be included in his family. Getting her right was a challenge, especially since I was trying to how tall she was.

- This piece was inspired by Holi, a Hindu festival where people throw colored powder at each other. Holi is also called the Festival of Spring, the Festival of Colours, or the Festival of Love. It is meant to celebrate the triumph of good over evil, as well as celebrate the love of Radha Krishna.

- Because of Holi's celebration of spring, I think this could be used as inspiration for an Earth Kingdom festival! Perhaps it would originate from Air Nomads, due to the playfulness of the celebration?

- Most of the colors are meant to represent the Bi flag, since Bolin and Opal were requested with that. Korra and Asami are canonically Bisexual, so it made sense to include that.

- I added the original sketches, which are below.

Sketch of Bolin and Opal

Sketch of Jinora, Korra, and Asami