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drew ghetsis from pokemon B/W as Big Boss from the metal gear solid franchise

the similarities between unova and mgs struck me (there arent many i just wanted an excuse) and i felt a strong urge to go draw this, and im sure all 7 people who are fans of both ghetsis and big boss will appreciate this

Bigwig before vs after the events of Watership Down,

Small animation i put together between uni work and life

I remember a variation of this trend a while ago with creator vs oc but saw it trending on instagram again with AI young vs adult so ive decided to fight back in my own small way.

took me a while to figure out how to learn animation on krita, ive heard its not the best but momma aint raised no quitter and ive developed an unfortunately stubborn loyalty for the program

I kinda interpreted Thlayli to also give him a mane, because im fluent in lapine i can do that (noone else can though so dont get any ideas bucko)

Lets see if any of you can find the shield ive hidden in Bigwigs design

Now onto my thoughts on bigwig (yep this is gonna be an art post AND a yap post)

I feel as though Bigwig is a slightly misunderstood character, in that people perceive his strengths to be his physical strength and fighting capabilities, his loyalty, and his bravery. But something people overlook is his curiosity, willingness to change, and most importantly intelligence.

When people think of intelligent rabbits they think of Blackberry and Hazel, maybe Fiver too. The thing is people ignore the critical thinking displayed by him, and think because hes big thats the only good thing about him. I know it might not seem like a lot, but you have to remember these are stupid vermin who can't count beyond 4 and forget things too complicated for them.

in this scene bigwig shows his critical thinking, and intelligent curiosity to get to the bottom of this issue, he can tell theres something deeper to what Fiver says, and lists the only two possibilities, but he doubts it is the first one. I'd put him at least at the same level of intellect as Fiver if not higher. Normal rabbits wouldnt do that, you have to remember after all the stuff went down with Blackberry figuring out the thing with the wooden plank, the rest of the rabbits were like 'holy moly what in frith's name is that' but then forgot about it 2 seconds later. Normal rabbits in this situation would laugh along with the Threarah and not want change and reject whatever Fiver says.

There is NOT enough watership down fanart around so i'll take it upon myself to fix that, beginning by brute forcing myself to learn how to draw rabbits... So heres Fiver