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9YellowDragon9 — The Once-ler: Make Your Choice
Published: 2012-03-27 21:34:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 21211; Favourites: 797; Downloads: 6
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Ta-da! I finally finished it!
Yep, Oncie here! It's my first "The Lorax" fanart, so sorry for some inaccuracies in picturing Oncie and Pipsqueak.I have seen this movie for three times in theaters and The Once-ler is my absolute favorite. It's a pity that he has such a cruel fate
. I still can't fully understand why they made him such a nice guy in the movie. It's heartbreaking to see how he falls in the ruthless grip of the greed and then lives such a lonely and grievous life for a long-long time.Some words about composition (I think it is important, 'cause I have seen some similar pics in the past few days): idea of this pic and its composition is entirely mine. I have started to draw it 11 days ago (colouring took about 6 days in total) when there was no similar pics (or I just haven't seen them). So I can describe some similar pics only as similar thoughts in fans minds. Mom says that this is because main idea of the movie is choice between good and evil that faces each of us (she really thinks so and the whole trees deal is the secondary idea of the movie for her).
BTW isn't it interesting that the greed Oncie is always on the right side in such kind of drawings? (At first I wanted to draw him on the left side of the pic.)
Tools of the trade: Faber-Castell watercolor pencils (12 colours) and some screencaps as a reference.
Hope you like it.
And if you think that shadows laying is wrong somewhere, please tell me. I have troubles with it sometimes.
All characters (c) Dr. Seuss
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Comments: 117
gotta ask, anyway i could purchase a print or make it available to download?
thanks! love it!
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I cannot sell it, because characters do not belong to me. But I will make it available to download.
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It wasn't the Once-lers' fault he became evil. His relatives tricked him into cutting down the trees! (watch the movie and you'll see what I mean)
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But he still chose his path. It is as much his fault as it was his family's.
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True...but I still say his family is meaner than he could ever be.
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no prob, did you fraw it by hand?
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i know, again really good
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Perfection, I cant actually believe how amazing this is! You are so very talented!
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No worries, it was just perfection
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What did you use to color this?
Oh and I think it goes good once ler on left side because he went from good to bad, and so does the picture, like we read left to right.
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"Faber-Castell" watercolor pencils.
Thank you. I had this in mind when drew it.
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Np! It really is, the coloring is amazing!
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I love the colors, they are so beautiful on this canvas and background. It gives the surroundings peace and subtleness that I like.
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My goodness, this is wonderful! I love the colouring
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Agreed. The fact that he is such a nice guy in general, kind and caring overall, makes him really hard to hate. Misguided is more of his downfall once greed sets in. Unlike the 1972 cartoon version of the character, he's not a jerk for the sake of just being an asshole.
The character in the end of the flashback is heart-wrenching. It was a big slap in the face, which was what he needed, but the saddest part is that he was left all alone. I've actually felt the same way about that. It is very sad that such a nice guy [despite his very wrong decisions], had to live several decades all alone with no friends and no family...hell not even his own horse.
Anyway, as for the image, it's a very nice one. I do see a lot of concepts similar to this, but it doesn't make them any less pleasant. The details are very clean, and my only complaint would be Pipsqueak's eyes, but even then, they aren't horrible, just a little wide for my personal preference. However, even as wide as they are, they ARE the proper general proportion and size. So, there's nothing really to truly complain about.
I noticed the humming fish at a second glace and I actually enjoy their little features
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Thank you very much.
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its really well done.
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Well, you can try to do it.
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lol i guess it's the overwhelming sense of pride and the knowing what they want
that get's me
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