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Description Ahadi and Mohatu are walking around the pridelands. Mohatu may not actually be Ahadi's father, but he's the only father figure he ever really had. Even though Ahadi is full grown he still gets advice from Mohatu from time to time. Though Mohatu's getting on in years so Ahadi may not be getting more advice much longer.


I'm sure alot of people picture Mohatu as a huge lion, specially since he's kind of the beginning of the lineage. But I made him smaller. Ahadi is the biggest lion as far as the lion kings goes, then Mufasa, then Mohatu, and then Simba.

I picture Mohatu as a very strong sturdy lion, but not the biggest. I like the idea cause it gives hima nicer character, in my opinion, plus Uru is very small to, and that would explain why.

Also, Many people believe (like Kopa) that his design in the book was just a re color, but really he had alot of his own details. He is alot like Mufasa, but he has a curl in his mane, a darker color, and elbow tufts. he even has little details that make him not just a regular old recolor. 8]

Also the place they are at right now, is that rock formation the hyena's are hanging out at before Scar gives them the signal to start the stampede.


((Before you ask, Ahadi and Mohatu are from the books. I came up with Ahadi's design, and Mohatu already had a design from the book, I just gave him "movie colors". My website no longer has the books on it, so look them up on Google. People do not ask me for the books or where to find them.))
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Comments: 58

Neah-chan [2010-08-31 16:08:34 +0000 UTC]

Amazing work! I love Ahadi ^o^

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PrayerGirl1 [2010-08-25 20:39:03 +0000 UTC]

Who are these guys? You drew them very well!

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Minor-Dilemma [2010-08-10 02:51:00 +0000 UTC]

Jeez, this is good. I love your art- you really have mastered drawing like the guys at Disney! Instant fave!

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Toxiclilly [2010-08-05 01:47:22 +0000 UTC]

i never knew there were books 0.o

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GLC19 [2010-08-03 19:43:08 +0000 UTC]

where do you got this information?

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thanigraphics [2010-05-30 22:12:23 +0000 UTC]

hya, I really love all the Ahadi pics you draw! At the moment, I'm expanding a Dutch tlk fansite, and I was thinking, would you be ok if I use your Ahadi pics for a fanfic I have in mind? Offcourse I'll add a link to your art page and your name on the page.. but only if you like the idea. If you don't want me to use your pictures, I won't.
The site I would love to add it to is [link] (the english stuff is readable if you scroll down ^^) it is the official dutch lionking fanclub

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DJCoulzAnimalsOnly In reply to thanigraphics [2010-05-31 16:04:43 +0000 UTC]

No thank you, I'm not a big fan of letting my art be used for forums and other websites. Sorry about that.

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thanigraphics In reply to DJCoulzAnimalsOnly [2010-06-01 01:38:17 +0000 UTC]

No problem, I still have a lot of respect for you and your art skills! You sure are an example of how TLK art should be, don't worry but I guess you already know that cyaz

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Black-Wren [2010-05-28 13:09:08 +0000 UTC]

I misunderstood who was who. Ahadi is the one who looks like a barbari lion.

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Black-Wren [2010-05-28 12:43:23 +0000 UTC]

I Mohatu a barbari (sp?) lion? The style of the main seems to suggest that.
Cool look!

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Foxfire5634 [2010-05-25 03:57:21 +0000 UTC]

Mohatu is one letter away from the Toa Mata of Stone from the Bionicle series, Pohatu

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theblazinggecko [2010-05-11 19:09:20 +0000 UTC]

Just to clarify, Mohatu is Uru's father, correct?

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DJCoulzAnimalsOnly In reply to theblazinggecko [2010-05-11 19:15:12 +0000 UTC]

Yes, in my oppinion. it's not offical though.

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theblazinggecko In reply to DJCoulzAnimalsOnly [2010-05-12 00:48:11 +0000 UTC]

Oh okay, thanks for clearing that up.

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kerunia [2010-05-11 16:33:53 +0000 UTC]

Ok.....I'm intrigued...what books are you all talking about?! D:

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DJCoulzAnimalsOnly In reply to kerunia [2010-05-11 19:08:55 +0000 UTC]

If you would have read the artist comments you wouldn't be asking me that.

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kerunia In reply to DJCoulzAnimalsOnly [2010-05-11 20:48:55 +0000 UTC]

I did! And I just read them again....it just says books....and to google books....what are the names? are they disney?

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DJCoulzAnimalsOnly In reply to kerunia [2010-05-11 20:54:18 +0000 UTC]

Well there are alot of TLK books, There are comics, and then their are books like "The lion king six New Adventures" Mohatu is featured in the book the brightest star.

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kerunia In reply to DJCoulzAnimalsOnly [2010-05-12 00:27:26 +0000 UTC]

OH! cool, see I LOVE the lion king! I never heard of any of these! I think that you just opened my world to some new wonderful things! Thanks!! And great artwork! <3

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Tiffanyme [2010-05-10 18:37:45 +0000 UTC]

You're amazing !!
Love your stuff

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Alyfox27 [2010-04-24 03:33:24 +0000 UTC]

you rly captured the lion king style! I LOVE IT! instant fav

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KadenKryptonite [2010-04-12 14:14:19 +0000 UTC]

May I use your picture for a lion king family tree I am working on? I would give you credit of course. Great job by the way!

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tardis101 [2010-03-28 14:32:22 +0000 UTC]

Wow, its such a weird thought that Ahadi is stood right where his sons death would begin....and wondeful designs as always, I love how rich the colours are! I can picture a chocolate shop selling Galaxy Mohatu's.....yum yum

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HiddenAssassin13 [2010-03-25 02:47:50 +0000 UTC]

I love how it looks like it could be a movie. Now wouldn't that be cool. It'd be better then Lion King 1 1/2. We could learn about Ahadi and Uru.

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Elziler [2010-03-16 10:55:19 +0000 UTC]

i realy love the relationship between Mohatu and Ahadi, it gives them both character. i also realy like how you dont make Mohatu large. very good pic

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sindos [2010-03-16 06:51:46 +0000 UTC]

Oh wow, full blown picture. Very narrative 8)
Haha, Ahadi pushes his jaw outside… gives him extra character

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SilentAsShadows [2010-03-16 00:20:34 +0000 UTC]

Your description mentions books... what books are you talking about?

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DJCoulzAnimalsOnly In reply to SilentAsShadows [2010-03-16 00:54:09 +0000 UTC]

The TLK books. Look them up on google.

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Krazzy-Chan [2010-03-15 20:52:15 +0000 UTC]

amazing shading techiques ^.^ I love how you can see all the details and how you draw lions in the perfect lion king style without using screenshots 8D

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RhoadieNom [2010-03-15 19:45:49 +0000 UTC]

i love them.. especially ahadis design.

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AJ-BlazingFreedom [2010-03-15 18:35:41 +0000 UTC]

quite a majestic pic of them

and I'm glad someone pays attention to the little details that prevent them from being look-a-likes. it always irks me a little when people claim characters are just clones of another related character (like Nala and Sarafina) when there's noticable design differences. same thing with Ahadi and Mufasa, Simba and Kopa, and Simba and Mufasa (not that many people for them, mainly those who aren't fans or very familiar with the movies).

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ArtByDani [2010-03-15 18:09:39 +0000 UTC]

Wow, I like that background..

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Aychemex [2010-03-15 16:18:21 +0000 UTC]

wow ur ahadi is amazing the design is awesome and i luv the stories you put with them its amazing ! also the bg is beautiful

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daanzi [2010-03-15 15:47:28 +0000 UTC]

I love how you have so much backstory for characters like this. Its so interesting to see characters like them that aren't so overdone.

Looks awesome.

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TheSixtyFourth In reply to daanzi [2010-03-15 17:31:05 +0000 UTC]

Since I totally agree with you, I'm gonna post here instead of writing another comment. Great work, DJ! As always.

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fuzzlekitty [2010-03-15 10:45:23 +0000 UTC]

Very awesome! I love the idea of Mohatu being smaller actually, and now that you've talked about it hopefully it'll make sense to other people as well XD <3

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ThomasBlack1 [2010-03-15 08:10:45 +0000 UTC]

lovely!

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DJ88 [2010-03-15 08:00:20 +0000 UTC]

love xDD

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CheetagonZita [2010-03-15 07:32:53 +0000 UTC]

This looks great, as always, the expressions are great <3

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dragonrace [2010-03-15 05:44:13 +0000 UTC]

awesome work like there expression awesome

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LadyRhee [2010-03-15 05:16:45 +0000 UTC]

I love how I can really tell Ahadai's mass just by his design.

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S3XKiTT3N89 [2010-03-15 03:34:01 +0000 UTC]

Very nice. I kinda picture Mohatu as a wise yet gentle lion. And Adhadi as a giant myself.

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KHwhitelion [2010-03-15 02:32:37 +0000 UTC]

Ooh I love this!

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Capricornfox [2010-03-15 02:18:30 +0000 UTC]

SO nicely done! IMO of the tlk family tree, Mohatu is the father of Ahadi, and the "selfish" lion is the father of Uru, since in the books it looks like Mufassa gets his looks mostly from his father (book design) then Scar would get his from his mother, and although we don't know what Mohatu's queen looked like, I like to think Scar got his looks from his mother, Uru. here's a visual [link]

But your story/version is so wonderful and you seem to make it work too!

There could be a challenge for you: Draw Mohatu's queen and Uru's mother (only if you want ofcourse)

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DJCoulzAnimalsOnly In reply to Capricornfox [2010-03-15 02:39:07 +0000 UTC]

I've already made Uru's mother.

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Capricornfox In reply to DJCoulzAnimalsOnly [2010-03-15 05:38:12 +0000 UTC]

oh really? I'd love to see!

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FaPingMulan [2010-03-15 02:13:58 +0000 UTC]

This picture looks great nice job

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Gothic-Capybara [2010-03-15 02:13:40 +0000 UTC]

Aaaaaah Mohatu this is ranked high in my most favorite of your works hehe. I have heard people say they think he was a recolor and i almost couldnt believe it he has such great characteristics and a fantastic personality, I think you brought out both very well in this picture

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Flameshadow117 [2010-03-15 02:13:04 +0000 UTC]

Awwwww!!!! I love these guuuyyyyysssss!!!! I loved Mohatu! He always seemed sort of... I dunno, silkier than Mufasa. If that makes any sense at all. o.o Anyway, I thought he was very cute!

OMG!! (just looked this up) And his voice actor was Avery Brooks??!!!?!??! CAPTAIN SISKO OF DEEP SPACE NINE!!! HOLY @$&#!

That means.... Captain Sisko is Luke Skywalker's great grandfather...!! maybe

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NatAsplund [2010-03-15 02:09:44 +0000 UTC]

lovely! Mohatu is my fave out of the semi-cannon characters. I noticed too in the brightest star he seems to have a bump in his noes.
yeah awesome drawing!

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