Got the idea to do this from KatPocketMonster on DA. To be honest, I don't really hate any of the designs from TLK (except for Kopa's design, of course). I just thought it would be neat to redesign these specific characters because character re-designs are really fun for me to do.

For Kiara's re-design, I made her fur color more similar to Simba's, and I also gave him those ear rims and that tuft of hair that he had as a cub. I also wanted to make her look a little bit similar to Fluffy, aka Simba and Nala's cub who is presented at the end of the first movie.

I had just one idea in mind when I re-designed Kion: make him look like Nala. I made his fur color similar to her's and I gave him her eye color as well as her uncolored paws. I mean, you'd think that at least ONE of her kids would have some of her traits. Disney genetics are weird, man.

And as for Nuka and Vitani, I decided to make them look like a mix of Scar and Zira. I'm subscribed to the popular headcanon that they're Scar's cubs (or at least closely related to him in some way), so I made Nuka look more Scar-like and Vitani more Zira-like. I also gave Nuka Zira's head stripe and Vitani her dark ear strips.

Art © Me
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