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Goofy little leafling for Piktober day 11: leaves
Threw my oc's into pikmin. Sorry not sorry. I love them and will throw them at you too
Tried something different
What a pleasing design! I don't know how you so perfectly pulled off that beard for the little fellow. It may just be my favourite take on it.
I noticed leafling Olimar kinda looks like he has a beard.
Also, the leafling thing isn't as sinister to me as it's often portrayed, I always thought olimar's helmet antenna made him look like a big pikmin.
So to the pikmin, he's just like what the big bulbmin are to the little bulbmin.
So, olimar becoming a big pikmin makes it come full circle.
Dandori doesn't feel like some sinister obsession to me. It feels more like the instinct on which pikmin themselves operate, making them coordinated and mutually supportive. Like bugs? Ants even? :]
Of course the sinister element is the loss of self, but I didn't think it was portrayed as an irreversible amnesia, I like to think the leaflings can eventually peice their individual selves back together while still maintaining this new collective instinct. Bees and ants to have some form of individuality and a "true hivemind" the way it's portrayed in media isn't very accurate.
Then, of course, there's the idea that they can't survive off planet or go home. That's definitely bad.
Also it gives me an excuse to make Olimar look kinda bear-ish. ;D
I also drew my wereleafling Olimar for a pinup zine (and honestly some practice for commissions). I'm not sure how to feel about the fact that I've done this, but hey, it was a very fun exercise. If you enjoy it, enjoy. [Also, go look at the other portrait post I made just now. I am even more proud of it].