bryankonietzko:

Turtle-duck Date Night This is my piece for the upcoming The Legend of Korra / Avatar: The Last Airbender Tribute Exhibition at Gallery Nucleus, opening this Saturday, March 7th, 6:00pm to 10:00pm. Mike and I will be there doing a signing for the first half of the reception (there are a limited number of spots in the signing line, but I’m not sure how they are working that), and hanging out for the rest. I think there will be a raffle, and plenty of cool stuff to purchase. A bunch of the crew members from the production will be there too (hopefully including some ATLA folks), so it is going to be a fun family reunion for us. I can’t wait to see all of the incredible artwork. As for this piece, I used and modified Emily Tetri’s production painting of Harmony Tower (designed by Lee Jung-Su). Otherwise, I drew and painted the rest of it. I based the turtle-duck boats on the charming swan boats I saw while visiting Ueno Park in Tokyo. Gallery Nucleus will be selling the above artwork as an exclusive print, in a limited edition of 100, to be released on opening night (and I’m pretty sure I’ll be signing them). I will be donating 100% of my share of the proceeds to an LGBTQ suicide prevention hotline.

I hope to see you Saturday! Get there early, as the lines for these Gallery Nucleus openings wrap all the way around a city block. If you can’t make it to the opening, the show will be hanging for two weeks. There is an event being planned for the closing as well. More on that later.

Gallery Nucleus – 210 East Main Street, Alhambra, CA 91801



UPDATE: I donated my proceeds from the sale of these 100 limited edition prints to The Trevor Project, a nonprofit crisis intervention and suicide prevention service for LGBTQ youth. We raised $2831, thanks to all the folks who bought the prints, and I chipped in some money to bring the total donation to $3075.

Furthermore, Grant Imahara and Jenny Newman came to the gallery opening and bought one of the prints, but were later inspired to auction it and donate the money to The Trevor Project (they actually picked that charity before I had settled on it too). There were 60 bids on their auction and it sold for $3850! Thanks so much for doing that, Jenny and Grant, and to all the bidders and the generous winner. The two donations total $6925. Amazing!

If you are interested and able to make your own donation to The Trevor Project you can do it here: http://www.thetrevorproject.org/section/donate

Their website words the following very well, so I’ll just paste it below:

Our trained counselors are here to support you 24/7. If you are a young person in crisis, feeling suicidal, or in need of a safe and judgment-free place to talk, call the Trevor Lifeline now at 866-488-7386.

Take care of yourselves and each other out there. We need you in the world, thriving, making it a better place and living your lives to the fullest.

Love,

Bryan