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Testing out Leafling design
Ooh I used to be feral for olimin and so absolutely lost my mind when Nintendo made them real in pikmin 4
Version with deranged notes
Tried something different
Day 31??
Everything’s happened so fast, before I could think, the ground below me started to shift. Most of my pikmin have made it to the onions and are probably waiting above for the rest of us. It seems like my little entourage and I have fallen into some sort of cave. I hear beasts calling from the distance.
...I don’t have time to think about what’s happened, I have to lead myself and the others above ground and back to safety. After this, I’ll have to consider some things...
-Captain Olimar
(Here’s some coloring practice, as well as my take on what post bad end Olimar looks like)
Working on my Olimar/Olimin designs <3
A wereleafling, if you will.
Another leafling Olimar concept.
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Another leafling Olimar concept.
Final, for now.
Another leafling Olimar concept.
Long day at work. (Wereleafling) Olimar can't seem to catch a break, but Lou' happens to love big shaggy monsters, so taxing secrets like these even out in the end. Imagine finding this in the breakroom.
Angry lad. I wonder what happened.
Does his family knows about his condition?
No; Louie is the only one who is aware of the specifics behind Olimar's condition, and also the only person with a good idea of how it works. Lou' comes in clutch pretty often, but doesn't mind handling it. Olimar's curse flares up under stress. As an office worker with a short temper, it's a hard life. He's started hiding in his room or taking long walks outside when he gets grumpy. Olimar's wife believes that this is because he's either avoiding his family and wants to be away, or is avoiding upsetting them out of guilt for having been away. The last thing Olimar wants is to accidentally hurt his family. Penultimate: to realise that family life won't ever feel normal again. A lot of his behaviour is avoidance. There have been a few close calls. His daughter is a little wary. His son is just frustrated. . . But they're not unhappy or unsafe, and everybody is still having a good time together.
@kashi-pon RAAAAAH THANK YOU! THIS MADE MY NIGHT! I'VE BEEN WORKING ON LABS FOREVER AND YOU SWOOP IN <3 THANK YOU!!!!
Wereleafling Olimar!!!
Happy Halloween :D
This design is by @vireserein (check the blog, is really neat)
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].