Michael Dante DiMartino

Definitely worse than the first one, but I still enjoyed it. The plot and character arcs were a little weaker and more contrived this time around. It also felt a little incomplete. I feel like there were some loose ends and development that still needed to happen, but just didn't. I would have liked to see a bit more development for Kyoshi, and for more time with Kuruk. I thought her connection to Kuruk was going to be the focus of the story and it felt like it was supposed to be, but it just kinda was thrown in there at the end.… (mer)

It's not only a beautiful art book for the ATLA fans, but also a peek inside a creative process of making TV animated series from the scratch. Both, visuals and BTS stories, are amazing and make me appreciate the whole francise even more.

This book is a celebration of art and people - artists creating something they are trully passionate about and fans who respond to it with love. As far as art goes, it contains everything one could ask for and more. Selection makes sense, quality is superb, only size sometimes could be bigger - some illustration deserve full page treatment they don't get. However, people and process part make it absolutely incredible. Getting to know how the series was developed and produced, what was the contribution of different artists joining the crew, and what was the inspiration for stories told in ATLA was the most enjoyable thing for me.

It is a heartwarming book, I'll be surely coming back to it when blocked on my creative endeavors. It shows pains of making something original, the camraderie of artists figthing against the clock to make as little compromises as possible and have fun along the way, and finally viewers with whom the final product resonated and turned them into fans almost immediately.… (mer)