#nuka the lion king

[angelofalls]

Some sketches of Nuka I told myself I would do (he really did deserve better)

[doyelikehaggis]

I haven't watched Mufasa yet, but I've heard "Bye Bye" and the way that Kiros (Mads Mikkelsen's character) sings the chorus is making me think of Nuka from The Lion King 2.

[hyperfixated-maybe]

Hahah i love this grimy bastard

@spinnysocks

[the-haunted-office]

You know, I've never roleplayed as an animal muse before, but I was randomly thinking about Nuka from The Lion King earlier.

I've always loved his character, and I was thinking about taking him on as a canon muse. I wonder if the TLK community is still alive enough and if people are roleplaying any TLK characters out there?

[rethornall]

Zira 's lecture

Lessons on seizing power for the youngest

[mask-of-prime]

VG: Possession

Something I realized Vitani and Kiara currently have in common: Being possessed by a deceased Outsider.

I noticed when Vitani's possessed by Nuka, her eyes go from blue to red. When Kiara's possessed by Zira, her eyes go from red to blue. Thought I'd play with those visuals by drawing wherever my stylus took me.

Whether or not this interaction is "canon" to the story (be a spoiler if I say a straight answer), it was still a fun visual for this month. More spooky Vitani's Guard stuff is in store later this month 👀

Below is a little edit I made during production when I'd realized Vitani's eyes reminded me of Zaunites under the effects of Shimmer from Arcane (can't wait for Season 2 btw!):

[sukalaap]

Andy Dick lion with mommy issues my beloved <3

[fishyaudio]

Dug up this TLK2 fanart of mine to post since the Mufasa movie came out recently and - no surprise - was painfully mid to the point I had to take myself back to my favourite installment of the series mentally + bonus Nuka doodle from today

I could talk for hours on how amazing Nuka and Zira are as characters and how wonderfully messed up their whole family dynamic is in relation to Kovu if they ever touch the 2nd part then I'm ending up on the news

[beatriz-lioness]

Often the outlands have predators fighting over food, and Zira's pride was struggling a lot with invaders. Once, Nuka saw that jackal, all by themselves, trying to sneak into their territory. Then, he saw in front of his eyes a chance to prove himself useful for the pride. Nuka chased the jackal until he couldn't keep track of it anymore. He was proud of himself for once. He did it.

Nuka may be a coward, but he could do anything risk to prove himself worth of his mom's admiration - such as sacrificing himself to get Simba 😣 poor baby.

I'll try to stick more with the og designs... I don't know why I started doing so many changes in the canon character's design. It started to not look like themselves.

Speedpaint under the cut!

[angelofalls]

Another drawing of Nuka (I was damn near asleep when I was doodling this. Looking at it now fully awake, I don't like how I drew his hind legs here but oh welp lol)

[wolfasketch]

Honestly, half of these characters have just been waiting for me to draw them again

Also, everyone here is in a romantic relationship except for Kristy and the Doey trio

[citiirose]

My TLK redesigns 2/2 (for now) :)

Nala - Kiara - Kovu - Nuka - Vitani

(Vitani is a maned lioness!)

[raicogiff]

my latest tlk-related art piece, probably my best love it😳

text translation: - PATHETIC LITTLE TERMITE - Get off me scabious!

[rethornall]

Commission for VelvetPersona AU, in which Nuka is the healer of Zira's pride. He is quite smart and still wants to win his mother's love, however, he does not approve of her fanatical ideas.

[mask-of-prime]

TLG: Battle for the Pridelands Sketches

To celebrate the 5th Anniversary of one of my favorite episodes of TLG, I decided to do some sketches of some takeaways I had during a rewatch of the episode:

1. Wema, Tunu, Dogo, and Kijana aged up to how old I think they'd be around the time of the episode. Why were they not aged up?? Kiara, Tiifu, Zuri, and Mtoto were given some specific age models only used in this episode, why not the Outlander kids? I feel the jackals would be the equivalent to 12 years old by this time, while Wema and Tunu would be like 8-year-old kids.

2. I've heard people ask where the zebras and baboons were during the final battle, and for a while I was like "Yeah aren't they significant recurring characters? Where even were they in the Pridelands Army arc of Season 2?", but THEN it dawned on me: Baboon. Zebra. Cavalry. When watching the scene where everyone charges to the Outlands, I saw the galagos riding the sable antelope and went "haha like horses, that'd be funny if it was with zebras because equines", then I was like "baboons would probably be like humans while riding zebras" and I was just "WAIT IS THAT WHY PEOPLE WANTED THOSE ANIMALS IN THIS EPISODE". So here we are, Big Baboon and Thurston team up to surprise the Outlanders (and even the Pridelanders) by doing what they do best -- throwing fruit and panicking and running, respectively.

3. A sketch of this sudden visual I got during Ushari and Scar's conversation where Scar promised that Ushari and the rest of the reptiles would have whatever's left of the ravaged Pridelands. I instantly imagined the Pridelands becoming this unrecognizable wasteland ideal only for heat-seeking reptiles after the disastrous volcanic eruption Scar had in mind. The environment would be a tad like something out of the Mesozoic era.

4. One of my favorite aspects of this episode: The famous important-as-hell-but-vaguely-presented lore drop of the Strange Lion's (actually pretty ambiguous) existence as well as his actions accelerating Scar's entitlement and envy of Mufasa (which would kickstart the very premise of the first movie and the franchise as we know it). I love this guy's design for the same reason I love Zira's -- it's just so consistent in shapes and colors that all match with each other.

5. I find it funny that in order to not interfere with the events of TLK 2, TLG just decided to have it so the Outsiders would be completely out of the loop of the fact that Scar's spirit returned. It could easily be explained that Scar kept Zira out of it on purpose, or that he didn't know (and possibly didn't care) that she was still around. I have to think that the Outsiders don't live too far from the Outlands Volcano, so they've had to have heard some commotion and wonder what on earth could be going on. Looks like Zira's fanatic spiritual connection with her beloved Scar can apparently be heard by her peers.

[nickgames]

Nuka (stink)