i've been working on this for a long time. drawing them was NO problem. it was coloring them in that was the challenge. choosing good colors for their clothes to reflect their element.

These are some of my close friends. (and 2 co-workers that snuck their way in. lol

from left to right
Julio--- is Liz's boy friend. Who is an air bender like her. That was weird. i decided since most of the air benders in avatar were monks. i would draw my air-bending friends kinda 'monk-ish'. But i wanted to keep the hair instead of making them bald. Which is why i decided that air benders in a different reality would just have short hair in a ponytail on top of their head. yeah.

Crysol---she is my friend AND co-worker. She is also my only GIRL fire-bender friend (i know about) I had fun drawing her because she's got freckles and she's pregnant. x3

Tibbi---(aka, 'wolfie' one of my guy fire friends next to mikaeru-sama. (he's ALSO my co-worker btw) I decided to make him and mikaeru-sama both be fire nation warriors since they were both in jrotc in high school. except tibbi was a lead captain...general.... (high position). So he's wearing black and stuffs.

Liz---(aka, 'bunny' Her and her boyfriend are both air benders. wow. i drew her wearing something to show her legs because i wanted to draw those tattoos on her SO BADLY. They are cool!! >w< She's the one who got me into Avatar in the first place. I was grateful to her for that!! Eeekkk!! x3 i love avatar!! Oh...and by the way.... she's ALSO my co-worker. lol.

Runee---thats me!! xd originally i was saying that i was a water-bender. but then mikaeru-sama reminded me that i am an earth bender. ah well...its ok. ^^ ;

Mikaeru-Sama---that's him. he's part of the fire nation army. i thought it was funny how him and tibbi are both fire nations. because they DONT get along in real life and yet they are on the same team. lol.

Daniel--- he was one of my co-workers but he quit some time ago. daww.... i really liked him. he's drawn all pale and fragile looking because he was more like a shoujo boy. xD lol.

Pep---one of my co-workers who saw me drawing in the breakroom and demanded to be drawn. lol. i did it because i can NEVER say no to a guy with sideburns. *-* he's the 'host club' member from my x-mas party. he is a sweet heart. x3

Chiri---thats *chiri. the ONLY water bender too! lol. she is the unique one. daww. im sure i have more water-bending friends. i just need to ask them and find out. lol

Nanshi---thats ~nanshi i never knew she was an earthbender like me. hmmm...anywho.... yeah she's all tough lookin. i figure earth bender girls have a lot of crap on their heads. like headbands, ribbons, hats, goggles. stuff like that. Look at Toph and... other earth benders.... then again... BAH whatever! xd