A flawless representation of the characters and setting, once again! Bravo!

Thank you very much ^^ I'm glad to hear I do them justice.

Oh dear lord this is super awesome! I've finally seen the movie not more than eight hours ago and I so want to see more of these two!

I wonder if Nicholas got as much ribbing as Judy did in the academy? =P

Heh, pretty sure he did, if not more so. Regardless of Judy's success, Nick was probably also one of the smallest applicants by a good margin, even if maybe other animals gave the job a shot. However, remember that foxes are apparently reagrded as shifty and untrustworthy, so even if they accepted him in (likely backed by Judy), they probably didn't really expect anything good to come from a fox joining the ZPD ... bet you he graduated top of his class too though ;3

Ahh, but they don't understand that his crafty ways and sticky fingers can now be used for good! Or morally grey snooping and the like.

Still! Going to be an interesting learning curve for him, and maybe a few instances of Judy having to stop him from doing something morally and technically illegal while on and off the job due to his crafty ways. Like, pick-pocketing the person they're questioning to see if his name matches up to the one in his wallet, or something.

So many ideas, so little time. XP

I would have loved to have seen Nick's training montage.

ikr, would have been a great overlay for Judy's speech too. ... but hey, room for a spin-off series maybe?

I could see him totally Captain Kirk the whole course.

It's only cheating if you get caught 9.9

"You're dead, brush-butt!"

I need more Instructor Urso. Totally underused. Best character in the movie.

XD It's a shame she didn't get more of a spot, but then Judy was only there for a few shots of the movie. As I mentioned above though, Nick's stay at the academy would definitely serve for a nice basis for a spin-off series.

Does she love this guy? Yes; yes she does...

She knows so anyway ;3

For some reason this reminded me of the scene in Starship Troopers where Rico is sending a message to his girlfriend lol

Damn, you beat me to it XD

Same here.

Service offers Citizenship!

That is a classic, yeah X3

I'm just gonna favorite every zootopia piece you do. If anybody asks if they should watch the movie, I'll link one of your pieces.

That's a big vote of confidence towards my work, thank you <3

Also, I thought the Tigers eye was a Record button : P

I was just talking with a friend the other night wondering if someone would do a piece like this. PERFECT.

It just made so much sense to me X3

Love this. And I love the little dialogue you put for it. Awesome work all around.

I like doing character driven pieces ^^ dialogue is just another part of depicting characters right, even if they aren't mine.

As a writer myself I have to agree with you there.

And once again you seem to perfectly capture the characters from this movie. Do you know stuff we don't, or have some inside source, because I swear this stuff is great.

Believe me, if I actually had the opportunity to pick brains from the inside or work with someone from the studio on something even remotely official ~ *melt*

Still better than the way they treated Judy. Which I'll bet he's been informed of.

Nick: "Really? You mean it could be worse?"

Nobody said being the ZPD's first fox would be easy. *nudges Nick* But it's still your best bet at being Judy's first fox too, if you know what I mean.

XD Pretty sure he got the exact same treatment further into training. Wouldn't be right otherwise.

As for that last point; Judy strikes me as the kind of driven person who's been so focused on her goals she hasn't bothered to waste time on anything besides becoming an expert of the law and its enforcement, so if it does happen, I think Nick will be her first, period.

Oh definitely not. But she is the kind of person who thinks of her co-workers as family and probably won't even realize one of them is her "husband" as opposed to her stern dad (Bogo) or lovable gay uncle (Clawhauser) until they start looking at one-bedrooms together.

And now that Nick is riding shotgun with her, he's got first dibs.

Oh definitely. Expanding that analogy, Nick's her awkward, slightly lazy step-brother and asuming Instructor Urso (just calling her that, because the name makes sense to me) comes by every once in a while, she's the distant, fussy aunt X3

Either that or the grandmother. The one who always pinches Judy's cheeks (figuratively) and is always raving about how wonderful she is (literally) because of how proud she was to have molded a cute little bunny into the ZPD's toughest cop ("Have I shown you the video of Hopps boxing the rhino? Here, gather round, I've got it on my phone"), and one of the few mammals on the planet who can make Bogo nervous since she's the closest thing to a mother he has (Urso: "Don't be so harsh to the rookies Bogo. On your first day at the Academy-" Bogo: *buries his face into his hooves* "Oh God, not the ice wall story again.").

"You head-butted it to try and knock it down."

This one is much better than the previous zootopia fanart submission, really nice idea, you fill up the gaps in the story nicely! It really explores the never seen scenes that oathed to happen. Also "and into a life of hard earned, low pay. ".. I´ll never understand how he could leave his 200dollar a day hustlejob. :D

Heh, we all have our preferences ;3

I do love expanding universes though (if you were around, remember back to my KFP fanarts back in 2010/2011) and Zoot just offers SO much opportunity.

As for Nick's decision to join up; I'm not gonna compare myself entirely, but I understand his choice on a personal level. While good pay is all nice and dandy, you want to have the feeling what you get up to do every morning has some kind of sense and purpose.

You should consider some Finnic fanart, I think that Nick´s convertible car ended up in his hands, I bet he caught a lot of girls on it.

I didn't even know Nick had a convertible, though I guess it makes sense, given that he's worth 3/4s of a million X3 Fin's definitely going to be shown some love by me though. As ridiculous as his voice is, he's such an awesome grump character XD

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Hmh ... so doesn't look like Nick's style X3

I know this comment is old, but here's my two cents

Nick always wanted to be part of a team and to help others, but that idealistic part of him from his childhood was beaten down when he tried to do that by joining the scouts and he figured that there was no point in being anything more than what people expected of him; not out of enjoyment, but because it was all society would let him be. Then in comes this bunny who managed to supercede what everyone thinks she's supposed to be and also fully believes in him and sees him as more than some shifty lowlife, but instead as a good person worthy of friendship and a badge. He's finally been convinced of his worth and has a job that finally lets him fulfil that childhood dream and be who he really is instead of what society thought he was.

Bet he didn't hear from her for a month ...

That's cute. "laughs" Nice piece iPoke.

Thanks ^^

Your welcome. ^_^

OMG, an out-focused closeup! ...that's next lvl!

I do what I can to improve <3

It works! Brings that "next to her cheek" effect.

So when can we get another blue border picture of these two? Or, dare I hope, a red border?

As I mentioned before, there wont be any work of Judy or Nick doing anything compromising. I have too much respect for the creators and the two of them as characters to do that.

What about something with casual nudity? Like hanging out at the Mistic Springs Oasis?

I'm going to say it's a possibility, likely not in the near future though. There's several reasons, but the most predominant at the moment is that there's so much of the Universe and characters to explore that involves clothes - maybe some day again :3

Fantastic stuff~

Thanks ^^

Damnit, always nail their expressions. Teach me your skills!!

Any, the barracks shenanigans actually sounds like a funny idea. Especially if we can see the drill instructor yelling at Nick like "YOU'RE DEAD FOXY!!" And other silly names XD . can't think of any right now

Ok. Why it made the and not the symbol...I don't know.

XD not to brag, but I'd like to think most of my artwork lives off expressions and character interactions. It's learning to apply it to the toony Zoot style that's giving me the most trouble ... especially Nick >.<

I really, really, really want to see Nick's training days though. bet they were funny aswell X3

Judy's face is exactly the same face I made the exact second I saw this

XD Well good, means my art works.

nice

Thanks :3

Nice. And since Nick got publically badged, he too got the top scores in all of his classes.

I'm sure he did. Actually, considering his experience and personality he might have made some form of lead cadet at the academy. Would be interesting to see how he performed there ...

You've made another great picture. I like it. :)

"Remind me again why I thought it was a good idea to sign up for this? Oh yeah, I remember now; some dumb bunny tripped me out of my cushy gig as pawpsicle hustler and into a life of hard earned, low pay."

Now I wonder what if Nick decided not to join police force, but would meet Judy regularly?

Thanks Myrk ^^

Well, if Nick hadn't joined up, Judy would likely have had a very good informant in Zootopia's underworld.

Yeah, after all he knows everybody. :)

The downside to this is: everybody knows Nick. :P

Pretty sure he still has plenty of contacts to fall back on though X3 I don't think Fin would abandon Nick as a friend just because he turned his life around.

And Fin seems to like (or at least tolerate) Judy, so he would probably not mind that Nick is working together with Officer Tooot-Toot. :D After all he pointed her to where Nick was, even though he didn't have to do it.

Yeah, pretty sure Fin doesn't see Judy as an antagonist ... just someone he has to be careful around, likely X3

"Scorching sands....Your dead hustlerboy!"
"Large ice walls... Your frozen cityboy!"
"Rainy forests... Your dead slick!"



XD

I've been wondering about the other 8 climate-zones in Zootopia ... wonder what those are o.o

I love the "Muzzletime" :D

The selfie-picture actually posed the greatest challenge in this one XD

First of all, I would like to point out the - Fox, in the room.

"Who cares."

"You should have your own line of motivational post cards, sir."

"Shut up, Wilde!"

The timegap between them solving the case and him graduating from the academy leaves alot of room for fanart.
And you are actually the first one taking advantage of that.

ikr, there's so much potential in Nick's training days 8D

Not sure if I'm the first, but I hope I'm not the last :3

This is nice and cute. A sentiment I can always appreciate. :)

Glad to hear it ^^

Now I wonder. Would ear cuffing be a form of playfully showing affection and a close bond between individuals in the Zootopia world? I really .like the expressions of all the critters in this image.

Ear cuffing? o.o

And yes, I loved doing the expressions, even if the selfie-pic was the hardest part of doing this piece X3

So cute! Good job!

Thanks X3

I'M MELTING

*scoops you into a bucket*

This is pretty much me calling home from the army, Just couldn't do it without some of my service-mates messing with my call somehow.

There's always someone ;3

Heh hh, totally awesome ^.^

Thank you ^^

It's like you know exactly how much I adore both of these characters and thus how to perfectly tug my heartstrings. Seriously, one of my favorite fanart pieces yet.

XD Well, I'm pretty sure you're not the only one who adores these two as much. I'm glad my work appeals though :3 hope you continue to enjoy.

Dammit Zootopia quit being so damn adorable!!

The style is just like that. I can't help it if the guys at Disney have no regard for cutesy overload =.=

Disney never fails in the cute animal department, well sorta.. (nightmarishly remembers half the characters from Chicken Little and Home on the Range)

Still haven't seen this film. I've been told it needs to be on my list.

Yes it does.

hehe, looks like he's enjoying himself there

Hey I had fun in boot camp. I wouldn't go back for lack of patriotism to any one nation on this planet, but I do miss the times ^^

When my little brother was in the Academy he sent me a picture that turned out KIND OF like this. Far more lewd gestures...I was on active duty at the time and it was one of my favorite pictures from home. Then my phone got ran over by a HWMMV...never to see that picture again.

XD Well, I suppose I could have made the background characters more ... mature ... which in turn makes the more childish, ut it's pictures like that that remind us of good times and favorable struggles. Shame for your brothers pic :/

Terrible when the hustler gets hustled.

Yup ... then again, no one is easier to trick than the trickster ;3

I love how you show these characters. Your depictions of their personalities is on the money in my opinion. Beautiful.

Thanks a lot ^^ glad to hear it

Nick: "Huh. So this is where you learned how to photobomb a selfie."

Bet that's a compulsory course too :b

As long as it is not a picture from the Academy showers, everything should be fine~

XD Wanna bet someone got a hold of Nick's phone at some point to send a dick pic?

With the ammount of size difference between the animals in the movie, I can't tell if Judy would be either impressed or scared~

That really depends on who got a hold of the phone now, doesn't it @.@ Considering there's a couple' elephants in Nick's graduation class, the only thing she could do with those things is pole dance <.<

And rule#34 will probably make that happen at some point in time >xD

This reminds me of that scene in Starship Troopers with the video mail.
Seriously you NEED to do Judy's response to this!

Yeah, that very likely had a lot of subconscious influence on the piece XD

And I might do that. Just the question of how Hopps would react Xb

Well she could respond just like they did in Starship Troopers, with someone saying "DAMN Nickie You dont deserve THAT!"
And then Judy goes "Hey Nick I see your having fun at the academy, they should of made you the valedictorian by now if not, tell them to talk to me"

Or it could be one of those "Just for you" responses but all of Nicks squad mates gather round

Well odds are very good for a sequel and who knows what else. Zootopia broke the billion dollar mark from teh box office..

Yup. We'll see where this goes <3

LOL superb job. Seems Nick knows how Judy must have felt when she enrolled.

Is there any chance I could get you permission to use this piece, "Partner", and "Valentine's Day" as a concept for a Fanfiction? I'll link your accounts and give you credits for your work. Let me know, thanks!

Sure, help yourself =^-^=

Zootastic selfie!

cute

I know this lovely piece is old, but since I couldn't see anyone saying it, I figure I'd put in my two cents as to why Nick joined the force.

Nick always wanted to be part of a team and to help others, but that idealistic part of him from his childhood was beaten down when he tried to do that by joining the scouts and he figured that there was no point in being anything more than what people expected of him; not out of enjoyment, but because it was all society would let him be. Then in comes this bunny who managed to supercede what everyone thinks she's supposed to be and also fully believes in him and sees him as more than some shifty lowlife, but instead as a good person worthy of friendship and a badge. He's finally been convinced of his worth and has a job that finally lets him fulfil that childhood dream and be who he really is instead of what society thought he was.