Fan Favorite Holiday Special: Celebrating ATLA’s Best Moments
Avatar: Braving the Elements
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Iguana Man: The First Hybrid Animal From Avatar
The first hybrid animal that inspired me was Opus. Bloom County because he was just a penguin, but he didn't really look like a penguin. When we started what would turn into Avatar, it was kind of the first time in my adult life. I was just really sitting there drawing, just tapping into that old thing of being a kid and Miyazaki. So I think it was like the cat bus and it was sort of just this floating manatee bovine of some sort. But like with Opus, I wasn't thinking like, "This is what a bison looks like"
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