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Just simple headshots of Nuka. A character that I realized I've never really drawn before. Which is odd to me..

I've made this design and color study for two reasons:

1. I'm planning a needle felting sculpture of him. Yep, though I'm NOT giving him a full body, just a head bust. Felting/sculpting bodies is a pain in the ass! The face is where all the fun and personality lies anyway. I chose Nuka for this...because he's a mess. He's a messy character, which gives me room for error, because he himself is an embodiment of imperfections. So, although he looks complicated; he should be quite flexible to work with when recreating his form and expressions. I'm quite excited for this project, but it will take several months. I'm still currently working on an infant Simba felting project, which is going REALLY well! So, I have to try and not get ahead of myself.

2. I like his design, and to some extent; the character himself.
Nuka was a character that could have been a ton more interesting; if the film actually took some time to develop him and his backstory/motivations etc. again going back to my disdain for Simba's Pride's poor writing (in my opinion). I found him more interesting than Kiara and Kovu though...so, I guess it goes to show that a character can be interesting without a lot of time dedicated to them. I do find it a shame that the two most interesting characters in SP had to die near the end. And how their extended death scenes were cut short, erasing all depth in their own demise. Refer to the last two deleted scenes in this compilation to see what I'm talking about: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cctODM…
His voice actor gave a good performance too, though I really don't like Andy Dick as a person...he scares me. (don't read further if you don't want to read about his voice actor). Andy Dick is very talented but...is also a perverted, socially inept, inappropriate, manipulative, ungrateful, drug abusing, sexual deviant that has been arrested multiple times for various crimes (mostly drug possession and indecent exposure), kicked off multiple talk shows for groping their female guests, among many other horrible indiscretions. He's even thought to be somewhat responsible for the shooting death of Phil Hartman (you may remember him as the voice of Troy McClure and Lionel Hutz on The Simpsons, yes; delivery intended) Dick reintroduced cocaine to Phil's former drug addicted wife, which caused her to have the mental breakdown which lead to her shooting her husband and then killing herself. When a friend of Hartman's Jon Lovitz confronted him about it, Andy was later quoted saying to him: "I put the Phil Hartman hex on you. You're next to die." So ironic how Andy Dick is, well...a dick.
I'm honestly surprised that Disney Junior let Andy reprise his role despite these controversies, all the while Jason Biggs was kicked off Nickelodeon's TMNT series for far less than that! But that's off topic. I guess it fits that Nuka; being a mentally unstable sociopath, was to be voiced by one himself...so I guess it works to that extent. Sorry for this tangent, I just thought it was interesting knowing an individual this screwed up; is voicing a Disney character of all things. A villain though, granted.

Nuka (c) Disney Toon Studios
Art (c) Me
Screenshot references were used

PLEASE DO NOT RECOLOR, REPOST, USE IN A YOUTUBE VIDEO OR USE IN ANY WAY WITHOUT MY PERMISSION. SERIOUSLY, DON'T BE A DICK.

Description
Just simple headshots of Nuka. A character that I realized I've never really drawn before. Which is odd to me..

I've made this design and color study for two reasons:

1. I'm planning a needle felting sculpture of him. Yep, though I'm NOT giving him a full body, just a head bust. Felting/sculpting bodies is a pain in the ass! The face is where all the fun and personality lies anyway. I chose Nuka for this...because he's a mess. He's a messy character, which gives me room for error, because he himself is an embodiment of imperfections. So, although he looks complicated; he should be quite flexible to work with when recreating his form and expressions. I'm quite excited for this project, but it will take several months. I'm still currently working on an infant Simba felting project, which is going REALLY well! So, I have to try and not get ahead of myself.

2. I like his design, and to some extent; the character himself.
Nuka was a character that could have been a ton more interesting; if the film actually took some time to develop him and his backstory/motivations etc. again going back to my disdain for Simba's Pride's poor writing (in my opinion). I found him more interesting than Kiara and Kovu though...so, I guess it goes to show that a character can be interesting without a lot of time dedicated to them. I do find it a shame that the two most interesting characters in SP had to die near the end. And how their extended death scenes were cut short, erasing all depth in their own demise. Refer to the last two deleted scenes in this compilation to see what I'm talking about: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cctODM…
His voice actor gave a good performance too, though I really don't like Andy Dick as a person...he scares me. (don't read further if you don't want to read about his voice actor). Andy Dick is very talented but...is also a perverted, socially inept, inappropriate, manipulative, ungrateful, drug abusing, sexual deviant that has been arrested multiple times for various crimes (mostly drug possession and indecent exposure), kicked off multiple talk shows for groping their female guests, among many other horrible indiscretions. He's even thought to be somewhat responsible for the shooting death of Phil Hartman (you may remember him as the voice of Troy McClure and Lionel Hutz on The Simpsons, yes; delivery intended) Dick reintroduced cocaine to Phil's former drug addicted wife, which caused her to have the mental breakdown which lead to her shooting her husband and then killing herself. When a friend of Hartman's Jon Lovitz confronted him about it, Andy was later quoted saying to him: "I put the Phil Hartman hex on you. You're next to die." So ironic how Andy Dick is, well...a dick.
I'm honestly surprised that Disney Junior let Andy reprise his role despite these controversies, all the while Jason Biggs was kicked off Nickelodeon's TMNT series for far less than that! But that's off topic. I guess it fits that Nuka; being a mentally unstable sociopath, was to be voiced by one himself...so I guess it works to that extent. Sorry for this tangent, I just thought it was interesting knowing an individual this screwed up; is voicing a Disney character of all things. A villain though, granted.

Nuka (c) Disney Toon Studios
Art (c) Me
Screenshot references were used

PLEASE DO NOT RECOLOR, REPOST, USE IN A YOUTUBE VIDEO OR USE IN ANY WAY WITHOUT MY PERMISSION. SERIOUSLY, DON'T BE A DICK.