#watership_down

I seen the meme so I had to do it! Donald Duck(who was mistaken for Kehaar) got captured by Efrafa! OH NO!

Donald Duck belongs to Disney

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Bigwig as the lead singer of Bigwig. Confused? Can’t say I blame you. As soon as I found out there was a band named after one of the most badass rabbits ever put to film/tv/book, I knew I had to listen to it. I’ve only listened to their first album so far, but I’m absolutely in love with 5 different songs and I’m really glad that I checked them out (And looking forward to checking out the rest of their stuff). And after the 7th or so time I listened to the album I decided to make a little tribute, drawing Bigwig as best I could.

Later decided to also try drawing him in a more Zootopian-ish style, just to see how it’d turn out (And for the people who missed my Zootopian fanart). Lyrics on the bottom drawing are from Dylan’s Song. Wasn’t sure whether to keep them on or not.

“Sliflay Hraka, U Embleer Rah!”

Had a hard time coming up with an actual title, since "Bigwig drawing 2 attempt 4" wasn't that catchy. I take it any one seeing this who's here for my Zootopia related (or aircraft related) artwork is probably asking what the hell this is. Well, a few months ago I saw Watership Down. I liked the movie alright, but didn't really find it that great and decided to pick up the book, because I was very interested in the concept itself of rabbits having their own language, religion and well, culture as a whole, but still figured it wouldn't be anything too special. This is now my favorite book. I can't really describe why it works so well, but it just does. I'm rambling, aren't? What was the topic again... Oh, right, "what the hell is this?" This is a drawing I made of one of my favorite scenes in the novel, the moment in which Bigwig (Or Thayli, in the orginal Lapine) becomes a certified badass. I can't say much more without giving spoilers (Or sounding like I'm saying gibberish to those who have never heard of this book). I relied quite heavily on reference for this, since previous attempts at drawing rabbits in anything other than a Zootopian style have been... less than successful, to put it nicely. In fact, I tried my best to match this screenshot:

As for the title, poorly translated from the original Lapine, it means "Eat shit, you damned chief!". I was going to use a line from the book, and us such it could only either be that one or "My Chief Rabbit has told me to stay and defend this run, and until he says otherwise, I shall stay here", which while perhaps a more important line in terms of character development, is a bit too long for a title, isn't it? Besides, it's a crucial line with no subtitles or footnotes that can still be easily understood by readers, which in itself says one hell of a lot about how great the world-building in the novel truly is.