#Thneed

[miru667]

The whole Once-ler family is working full tilt!

Here's my full piece for the VK Onceler Zine! I was very lucky to get to be a part of it...🥹 I used concept art as my inspiration this time: [link] Keep reading below for my process vid and all my director's commentary!

Thank you for being curious! Here's a video of my WIPs:

Deadlines were TIGHT for this zine! We were given only 2 months (compared to the 6 months I had on the previous onceler zine), so to make sure I could finish on time, I decided to do only base colours and lighting, with almost no shading anywhere. Still, trying to balance all the colours took the longest for me, as you can see in the vid. xP

Also idk if anyone noticed, but for the face I chose to use an already existing onceler doodle: [link] Why? Well, why not! I really liked that doodle and I didn't want it to go to waste. 😆

Things that I enjoyed sneaking in:

-the golden spiral! Vaguely, at least! At the very least I hope your eyes can follow the order of thneed production, from the fallen tree at the window to the tuft harvesting to the thread spinning, to knitting the thneed and then drawing up plans for bigger and better things, and then ending with him pulling on his iconic glove to show he's going to take control now

-15 cents, a nail, and a great great great grandfather snail, as well as a tin pail since that's where you're supposed to deposit your payment

-combining things from the 2012 movie and concept art, the 1972 movie, and the 1971 book (e.g. that funny wrench he uses to fix pipes)

-Miss O'Schmunce-ler! You can see from the vid that I added the bracelet pretty late, because it was a late decision to have a Miss O'Schumunce-ler somewhere. I chose her to be the one picking up the pencil in the end, since she's pretty good with a pencil in the movie hehe. You guys can pretend the arms holding the phone is Miss Funce-ler.

-a thneed, a seed, and a (grickle grass) weed on the floor. The thneed is just the first of many that will soon create a giant pile. The seed lies forgotten in the corner. The weed is foreshadowing the future.

-hinting that Lorax and Once-ler were actually good friends, like they were in the Lorax musical stageplay. 🥺 I kept this part of the script in my mind for this piece:

This was aftermath Once-ler talking to the Lorax, reminiscing on their good times...and also being stupid and inconsiderate because the Lorax was in fact there all along as his friend, trying to warn him of what was going to happen. 😔

So in my zine piece we're witnessing a peaceful time before all the real biggering really starts. I like to think that in this scene, the Lorax had been sitting on the Once-ler's lap, holding his gloves for him and having a nice chat together with maybe some harmless bickering, but then the Once-ler gets a phone call so he cuts their convo short and rolls his chair over to the window to answer it. Putting business over friendship as usual, of course. Inspo for the lap sitting comes from this fanart by Emi that I love: [link]

What else...the parts that I'm proud of the most are the stool (I spent 2 days just drawing this stool), the curtains, the fact that I was able to include every truffula colour, and the Once-ler's pose. I was close to giving up on that pose because I had no idea how to draw it but I'm glad that I tried again. I wanted to show him at ease during a stage in his life that we never got to see much: the happier and more innocent days of his biggering when he only had a small shop. 😊

That's all, I think! Thanks for reading if you did! Once again it was an honour to be part of this zine!!

[randomt0ast]

The fandom’s growing on me

[nami-kana]

to the gallows

[thneeodore]

I decided to confront the human..bad idea I know, but curiosity got the better of me!

He told me his name is "Once-ler," and he needs materials to make a..."Thneed"? Whatever that is! Anyways he seems pretty harmless, but I'm keeping an extra close eye on him just to make sure there's no funny business!

[cloudberry-ado]

THNEED BAG?!?101!!?!

Lols bought this in my local Primark and I was like "holy fuck the gay capitalist twink is making bags now"

Someone PLEASE draw my boy with this bag I need thneed bags to be a thing now 😭

[skinnypleaseee00]

Hot Tea for breakfast

Carrots for dinner

Water for supper

Lock in now

[redanacademia]

~2010 cherry thxspø~

[thneederinaartdump]

I hadn't drawn Once-ler in a bit and I wanted to try something a little different and play around with the hair and got this :)

[shelest8]

finally bought a staple gun

[burnt-breadtoast]

Once-ler

[ibrithir-was-here]

Decided I must share this absolute insanity with Tumblr as I just rediscovers this mad little gem again after a literal decade

This video is entirely unedited, it straight up just the full og Avengers trailer, uncut, with a very particular song put over it. And how much it matches up is truly uncanny

Anyway enjoy the nostalgiac madness of a simpler, very 2012 time xD

(Also please go give the OG creator a like, somehow they've only got 7 in twelve years :p )

[shark-usha]

"Do you... Wanna buy thneed?"

He is trying to live without society

Dont be like him

Get some help

[randomt0ast]

I was, honestly, so scared of posting The Once-ler on Tumblr

(I’m also re-writing the whole script of the movie because I lost a bet so might as well)

70s Once-ler>

[theoncelerswifearoo]

⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️URGENT⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️

WE NEED TO SAVE THE LORAX (2012) FROM BEING REMOVED FROM NETFLIX!!!!!!

Everyone needs to start watching the Lorax on Netflix like crazy!

Reblog and repost this to keep the chain going!

UPDATE ON THE LORAX

WE DID NOT SAVE IT FROM BEING TAKEN OFF NETFLIX

The last day to watch it is August 1st

[bunnyslize]

Oncie

[darlsbardlife]

“It’s giving tree”- the Onceler