Designing Vitani - Part 1 (Cub)

Just a satire piece about the character design of "Vitani" in "The Lion King II: Simba's Pride." Most of the references are obscure and will probably only make sense to TLK fan-art artists like myself who are frustrated with Vitani.

It's basically a long extended rant in video form, intended for The Lion King Fan Art Archive. As for the Hokey Pokey, I have no excuse. ;) Fred, Bob, and Mike are all fictional btw and bear no resemblance to any of the real SP animators (at least as far as I know).

Split into two parts to upload. Song credits are on the second half, which is about the design of adult Vitani. This first bit is about the cub.

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AubhLfiyF0E

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• vitani
• lion
• king
• tlk
• tlkfaa
• fan
• art
• fanart
• character
• design
• satire
• rant
• zira
• kovu
• nuka
• scar
• nala
• cub
• adult
• lioness

[acecat2798]

NALA HAS GREEN EYES! GREEN! %$#*@^! Click here! Tlk night scenes and sucky sequels are NOT evidence.

[Koraden]

@acecat2798 Agreed, Nala clearly has sea-green eyes in The Lion King (and in all of the merchandise from that time). Those of us who were kids in the early 90s can attest to that; Simba's Pride was in error in giving her bright blue eyes.

[CaitlinLovesTurtles]

Personally I think Vitani is a TamaxTojo kid but thats just me. ^^

[Koraden]

@CaitlinLovesTurtles Yeah that's a fun theory because it explains design traits like her floofy hair, yellow fur, blue eyes, and ear rims. :) Definitely has a lot of merit. The problematic part is Vitani's outsider characteristics which don't fit either Tojo or Tama: small beady eyes, hooked nose, malformed adult head shape, eye surrounds completely dark, fluffy square cheeks as a cub instead of round, etc.

[Weed193]

@Koraden Anybody can make up Outlander looking parents to Tama or Tojo :/

[Koraden]

@Weed193 That's true, and it would be the most reasonable support for a Tojo x Tama cub. The difficult part is just explaining why Vitani looks so dissimilar in body type to both parents. I mean, the list of physical traits that she could have garnered from Tama and Tojo is actually outnumbered by the list of traits that can't be explained by either one of them.

[KirmesFreak15]

-There we go, that looks about right.

-What ist THAT? =)

[sjsaberfan]

LOL SOOO FUNNY!!! XD

I want a Vitani plushie so bad... (yes I'm a 11 year old girl! XD) but I can't find one on ebay or anything... :'( Vitani's my favorite character! XD

[Guilmon470]

Lol, I thought Vitani was a male cub for so long because of all of the extra scruff on her head.

[Pinkstarclan]

I really like the design at 3:30

[Pinkstarclan]

@Koraden there WAS a deleted scene that's still prominent in the play where Scar gets involved with Nala herself... it wouldn't strike me as odd if he went for another around her age ^^

[acecat2798]

@HannahFitz427 Actually, she doesn't. Yes, in Jungle, night and Elephant Graveyard scenes, they look blue-gray, but in regular daylight, as a cub and adult, she has green eyes. Look at this page.

nala.ru/nalas_eyes.htm

[HannahFitz427]

@acecat2798 she has blue eyes in it but in some scenes they look a little bit more green

[Iluvcatsanddogs]

Do you have any speedpaint?

[acecat2798]

@acecat2798 Oh! And Nala's SP design! And Simba's! All of them suck!

[acecat2798]

Now you have to do one to explain Nuka, Kovu, and Zira, Kor. Good luck with any of 'em, despite the fact they don't change like Vitani.