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The Whole Once-ler Family Is Working Full Tilt!

The whole Once-ler family is working full tilt!

Here's my full piece for the VK Onceler Zine! I was very lucky to get to be a part of it...🥹 I used concept art as my inspiration this time: [link] Keep reading below for my process vid and all my director's commentary!

Thank you for being curious! Here's a video of my WIPs:

Deadlines were TIGHT for this zine! We were given only 2 months (compared to the 6 months I had on the previous onceler zine), so to make sure I could finish on time, I decided to do only base colours and lighting, with almost no shading anywhere. Still, trying to balance all the colours took the longest for me, as you can see in the vid. xP

Also idk if anyone noticed, but for the face I chose to use an already existing onceler doodle: [link] Why? Well, why not! I really liked that doodle and I didn't want it to go to waste. 😆

Things that I enjoyed sneaking in:

The Whole Once-ler Family Is Working Full Tilt!

-the golden spiral! Vaguely, at least! At the very least I hope your eyes can follow the order of thneed production, from the fallen tree at the window to the tuft harvesting to the thread spinning, to knitting the thneed and then drawing up plans for bigger and better things, and then ending with him pulling on his iconic glove to show he's going to take control now

The Whole Once-ler Family Is Working Full Tilt!

-15 cents, a nail, and a great great great grandfather snail, as well as a tin pail since that's where you're supposed to deposit your payment

-combining things from the 2012 movie and concept art, the 1972 movie, and the 1971 book (e.g. that funny wrench he uses to fix pipes)

The Whole Once-ler Family Is Working Full Tilt!
The Whole Once-ler Family Is Working Full Tilt!
The Whole Once-ler Family Is Working Full Tilt!

-Miss O'Schmunce-ler! You can see from the vid that I added the bracelet pretty late, because it was a late decision to have a Miss O'Schumunce-ler somewhere. I chose her to be the one picking up the pencil in the end, since she's pretty good with a pencil in the movie hehe

-a thneed, a seed, and a (grickle grass) weed on the floor. The thneed is just the first of many that will soon create a giant pile. The seed lies forgotten in the corner. The weed is foreshadowing the future.

-hinting that Lorax and Once-ler were actually good friends, like they were in the Lorax musical stageplay. 🥺 I kept this part of the script in my mind for this piece:

The Whole Once-ler Family Is Working Full Tilt!

This was aftermath Once-ler talking to the Lorax, reminiscing on their good times...and also being stupid and inconsiderate because the Lorax was in fact there all along as his friend, trying to warn him of what was going to happen. 😔

So in my zine piece we're witnessing a peaceful time before all the real biggering really starts. I like to think that in this scene, the Lorax had been sitting on the Once-ler's lap, holding his gloves for him and having a nice chat together with maybe some harmless bickering, but then the Once-ler gets a phone call so he cuts their convo short and rolls his chair over to the window to answer it. Putting business over friendship as usual, of course. Inspo for the lap sitting comes from this fanart by Emi that I love: [link]

What else...the parts that I'm proud of the most are the stool (I spent 2 days just drawing this stool), the curtains, and the Once-ler's pose. I was close to giving up on that pose because I had no idea how to draw it but I'm glad that I tried again. I wanted to show him at ease during a stage in his life that we never got to see much: the happier and more innocent days of his biggering when he only had a small shop. 😊

That's all, I think! Thanks for reading if you did! Once again it was an honour to be part of this zine!!


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miru667 well now it's time to reblog it here i will try to point out everything as much as i can >:) one of the things i love most about your art is that it always contains many details and references I LOVE IT since someone already mentioned it my god i love how harmonious everything is!! the elements of the composition are sooo well captured that UUGH i can watch it all day and i won't get tired of it hehe another thig i noticed and in fact you mentioned is how you can appreciate the production process those details are like a CHEF KISS it's fun to see how the lorax's expression changed as the sketch progressed hdjsgsjfj i love that and at the same time it makes me a little sad bc they were friends and for money and business he simply... left him aside thank you for placing links in your posts every time you refer to something :D/ I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH emi's art that you quote is beautiful TwT and thanks for the concept arts I WAS LOOKING FOR THEM SJSJJS whatt else?? UHHHHMM OHHTRUE as i already said on twt i'll say it here again i rlly love every time you draw him surrounded by hands THE WAY YOU DRAW HANDS IS SO ATTRACTIVE AAAAAA i mean someday i want to draw hands like thaaat B> the little elements like the great-great-great-grandfather snail the nail the fifteen cents and the tool are AMAZING (i recognized it immediately from that other drawing you have of him fixing the pipes(? AND from the book of course ;3) i'm glad you added Miss O'schmunce-ler even if it was at the last minute djjsjs the weeds entering the cabin where you can feel the progress and prosperity of the business only foreshadow the future he is building~ btw HAKAHJA the last tag of the reblog so right miru happy pride month ;DD i think that was all (? anyway if not ill probably reblog it again EJJWHE  why not?? these nine months of waiting were WORTH IT ☆ミ onceler the onceler art onceler fandom