This was a commissioned illustration, requested by IG user @mas.cosplay, as a gift to his friend IG user @outlawcosplay. The character's looks are based on IG user @outlawcosplay and the illustration is based on the story synopsis, as follows:
"Ardh was born into a family of Earth kingdom noblemen. In the era he is born into, bending has been deemed a heretic act linked to the Devil and punishable by death. Any benders born must willingly have their bending taken away in an act of surrender and allegiance to the Earth king. This has disbalanced the world severely and amidst this conflict, Ardh is born with the Avatar spirit inside. At an early age his bending abilities don't manifest, leaving his parents and others around him to believe that he was born a non bender. However one night in a pub brawl, Ardh accidently earthbends a man, attempting to harass the bartender, through a wall . Fearing repercussions of his actions and more so the strife that it may bring to his family, Ardh flees from Ba Sing Se and tries to hide in a village near the coast, fully planning to set sail to a new land. However as nature would have it, a typhoon threatens to destroy the village which had bestowed nothing but kindness to him. As Ardh braved the strong gusts of winds to save the villagers, Raava awakened inside Ardh and in the brief suspension of time, informs him about the Avatar spirit and how the world is in a disarray caused by bending being outlawed. Accepting the responsibilities to come, Ardh enters the Avatar state and is able to save the village. As he does, he discovers the village consisted of many run away benders who live in hiding from the wrath of the Earth King. Now Ardh must set out to bring balance to the world, uniting benders throughout the world and uncover an age old plot to weaken benders against non-benders."