Toph

Mads chose to draw the blind, twelve-year-old, Hungar/Shotokan-using, self-professed (and accurately) best Eartbender ever, with a mean, sarcastic streak. Big surprise there. Just so you know, I like pretty much every female character on the show save for Azula, but Katara's hair loopies are pretty hard to nail down, and Suki is just too complex a prospect for a first time fanart foray.

This one started out as a test drawing that turned out really well, and ended up a finished product. When I realized where it was going, I decided to make it a subtle antithesis of who Toph really is; note the high center of balance, narrow stance, delicate posture, and generally girlish bearing, topped of with a mildly confused, vulnerable air about her. So many fanartists have already captured her tomboyish, hilariously awesome side more than enough times, which left me free to explore a softer side to her, for which I am grateful. No, I don't know what that thing she's biting is.