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NightSwing wherein I was asked to make a wrestling version of their character.
See the character is an electrified rabbit. Think Pikachu, but...honestly, just think Pikachu. There's an entire backstory to the character, his origins, how he became electrified, how his abilities work, all of which can be largely ignored since he mostly just does a lot of gay shit.
The character is named Stunbun. Like, that's not his wrestling name, it's not even a nickname, his name is just StunBun. Now you might be expecting me to make fun of that. And I will. Holy crap, his name is Stunbun, like that's how he's listed in dialogue, that's presumably what's on his license, it'll be on his death certificate, my god, how could anyone do thi -
HOWEVER
Fortunately for the buyer, and unfortunately for me, I immediately could 100% picture the kind of wrestler who would actually call themselves "Stunbun," and that would be a relatively recent type of wrestler, a very specific genre of wrestler, the kind of Millennial-to-Gen Z aged indie darling who has something of an internet following, mostly wrestling for small feds in armories, gymnasiums, that kind of thing, and comes up with the "Stunbun" name both ironically and unironically, in that's it's intentionally 'cute' and silly and gets that kind of internet-exclusive fan reaction which turns it from ironic to beloved by the meme crowd. Not unlike AEW's Luchasaurus, which is exactly what it sounds like. Stunbun likely wouldn't be his official ring name, which would likely be something that sounds a little more mundane but spelled in an annoying way (more on that below) but the "Stunbun" name would likely be his twitter handle and one of his nicknames.
Like it's painful how much I can picture this wrestler, this is the kind of wrestler who would have just enough clout that a Youtube wrestling channel would seek him out at conventions to do a bumper for them, but not so much clout that it wouldn't also benefit the wrestler. Popular enough that the Youtuber would want him, but not popular enough to decline. And that bumper would sound exactly like:
"What's up everybody, this is Jaysen Volt, the Lightning Rider, the Bolt From Above, yes, that's right, the StunBun himself, and you're watching another electric episode...of Wrestling With Wregret."
I know it, you know it, the American people know it*, that's exactly the kind of wrestler he'd be, and in the ring he'd be a brash high-flyer, very likely what some fans refer to as a "spot monkey," and he'd be very well liked by a certain type of IWC hipster while others would find him exceedingly irritating, like buddy, you're like two-thirds as cool as you think you are. And of course, if he wanted any chance in hell of reaching the top of the card in a larger promotion, he'd have to ditch the "StunBun" gimmick, which would peak at tag-team champion at best, maybe transitional midcard title.
*Note: The American people know absolutely nothing, fucking ignorant pieces of pre-processed shit.
Now let's talk a little about the appearance: The character normally has lightning bolt markings on his body, which is super convenient in denoting that he's electric, that really worked out. However, since I was designing this version of him to exist in reality we had to make a few changes/concessions. For starters, the body markings are meant instead to be body paint, applied before every match and simplified to where he could feasibly do it in reasonable time (Although some wrestling body paint is actually very intricate and probably takes hours so it's possible this was less of an artistic choice and more of a laziness choice on my part but you can't prove anything). As such, I intentionally added a very areas in which the paint is smudged, to show that he's been having a match and amid all the grappling, some of the paint was disrupted. This isn't a glamour shot, he's meant to look like he's just hopped up onto the top rope and is giving the audience a knowing look before going for, I dunno, probably a frog splash or some shit, although I guess he's a modern spot monkey so probably like a 450 splash.
I also put some of the paint on his neck and head because as I eluded to in the previous WIP, I intentionally teased out his fur to make it look all extra, you know...'zappy,' staticky, and I figured to sell that effect more there needed to be some yellow there. Normally the character doesn't have it top his head like that so that was a creative choice on my part. The character's eyes are normally a solid yellow with black pupils so I figured the "real-life' version of him would use color contacts and I actually make them a little more visually striking than I had too, adding that bluish halo on the outside. Plenty of wrestlers use color contacts to make themselves look more interesting or spooky in the ring, such as Rey Mysterio, Malakai Black, Abadon, and many others.
Yellow gloves are given to supplement the lack of yellow fur there, although I didn't bother to do this as much with the feet which are also normally yellow. Luckily I drew this in a way which allowed me to skip the 'power meter' that's normally on his back, as I probably would have skipped that anyway since he'd likely need somebody to help him apply that one. Since normally the bolt markings go all the way down the legs I figured I'd give him long tights which can accomplish that with graphics, kind of continuing from where the paint leaves off, and I intentionally made them a darker hue so it'd look a little more congruous with his normal form. Plus, it's always nice to put wrestler characters in longer tights as not to give the weirdo furry wrestling types anything extra, as I just really, truly love not giving people what they want. When I was security guard, I loved watching people try to open the locked front doors of the museum. Like, nope, get the fuck outta here, no museum, no shorty wrestling panties, fuck y'all.
Anyway, so that's pretty much it, that's...StunBun.
StunBun.
NightSwing wherein I was asked to make a wrestling version of their character.See the character is an electrified rabbit. Think Pikachu, but...honestly, just think Pikachu. There's an entire backstory to the character, his origins, how he became electrified, how his abilities work, all of which can be largely ignored since he mostly just does a lot of gay shit.
The character is named Stunbun. Like, that's not his wrestling name, it's not even a nickname, his name is just StunBun. Now you might be expecting me to make fun of that. And I will. Holy crap, his name is Stunbun, like that's how he's listed in dialogue, that's presumably what's on his license, it'll be on his death certificate, my god, how could anyone do thi -
HOWEVER
Fortunately for the buyer, and unfortunately for me, I immediately could 100% picture the kind of wrestler who would actually call themselves "Stunbun," and that would be a relatively recent type of wrestler, a very specific genre of wrestler, the kind of Millennial-to-Gen Z aged indie darling who has something of an internet following, mostly wrestling for small feds in armories, gymnasiums, that kind of thing, and comes up with the "Stunbun" name both ironically and unironically, in that's it's intentionally 'cute' and silly and gets that kind of internet-exclusive fan reaction which turns it from ironic to beloved by the meme crowd. Not unlike AEW's Luchasaurus, which is exactly what it sounds like. Stunbun likely wouldn't be his official ring name, which would likely be something that sounds a little more mundane but spelled in an annoying way (more on that below) but the "Stunbun" name would likely be his twitter handle and one of his nicknames.
Like it's painful how much I can picture this wrestler, this is the kind of wrestler who would have just enough clout that a Youtube wrestling channel would seek him out at conventions to do a bumper for them, but not so much clout that it wouldn't also benefit the wrestler. Popular enough that the Youtuber would want him, but not popular enough to decline. And that bumper would sound exactly like:
"What's up everybody, this is Jaysen Volt, the Lightning Rider, the Bolt From Above, yes, that's right, the StunBun himself, and you're watching another electric episode...of Wrestling With Wregret."
I know it, you know it, the American people know it*, that's exactly the kind of wrestler he'd be, and in the ring he'd be a brash high-flyer, very likely what some fans refer to as a "spot monkey," and he'd be very well liked by a certain type of IWC hipster while others would find him exceedingly irritating, like buddy, you're like two-thirds as cool as you think you are. And of course, if he wanted any chance in hell of reaching the top of the card in a larger promotion, he'd have to ditch the "StunBun" gimmick, which would peak at tag-team champion at best, maybe transitional midcard title.
*Note: The American people know absolutely nothing, fucking ignorant pieces of pre-processed shit.
Now let's talk a little about the appearance: The character normally has lightning bolt markings on his body, which is super convenient in denoting that he's electric, that really worked out. However, since I was designing this version of him to exist in reality we had to make a few changes/concessions. For starters, the body markings are meant instead to be body paint, applied before every match and simplified to where he could feasibly do it in reasonable time (Although some wrestling body paint is actually very intricate and probably takes hours so it's possible this was less of an artistic choice and more of a laziness choice on my part but you can't prove anything). As such, I intentionally added a very areas in which the paint is smudged, to show that he's been having a match and amid all the grappling, some of the paint was disrupted. This isn't a glamour shot, he's meant to look like he's just hopped up onto the top rope and is giving the audience a knowing look before going for, I dunno, probably a frog splash or some shit, although I guess he's a modern spot monkey so probably like a 450 splash.
I also put some of the paint on his neck and head because as I eluded to in the previous WIP, I intentionally teased out his fur to make it look all extra, you know...'zappy,' staticky, and I figured to sell that effect more there needed to be some yellow there. Normally the character doesn't have it top his head like that so that was a creative choice on my part. The character's eyes are normally a solid yellow with black pupils so I figured the "real-life' version of him would use color contacts and I actually make them a little more visually striking than I had too, adding that bluish halo on the outside. Plenty of wrestlers use color contacts to make themselves look more interesting or spooky in the ring, such as Rey Mysterio, Malakai Black, Abadon, and many others.
Yellow gloves are given to supplement the lack of yellow fur there, although I didn't bother to do this as much with the feet which are also normally yellow. Luckily I drew this in a way which allowed me to skip the 'power meter' that's normally on his back, as I probably would have skipped that anyway since he'd likely need somebody to help him apply that one. Since normally the bolt markings go all the way down the legs I figured I'd give him long tights which can accomplish that with graphics, kind of continuing from where the paint leaves off, and I intentionally made them a darker hue so it'd look a little more congruous with his normal form. Plus, it's always nice to put wrestler characters in longer tights as not to give the weirdo furry wrestling types anything extra, as I just really, truly love not giving people what they want. When I was security guard, I loved watching people try to open the locked front doors of the museum. Like, nope, get the fuck outta here, no museum, no shorty wrestling panties, fuck y'all.
Anyway, so that's pretty much it, that's...StunBun.
StunBun.
Category All / General Furry Art
Species Rabbit / Hare
Size 1000 x 1280px
File Size 1.29 MB
I like that you put in some thought into how an OC as silly as Stunbun would actually work as a wrestler gimmick in IRL. It makes it look so much better.
One thing I like about pro wrestling is that wrestler will often change or evolve their gimmick over time, like how Undertaker at one time turned himself into a badass biker, or Shinsuke Nakamura declared himself King of Strong Style and has his persona inspired by Michael Jackson. Do you have any idea on how someone like "StunBun" would evolve their gimmick as their career progress?
One thing I like about pro wrestling is that wrestler will often change or evolve their gimmick over time, like how Undertaker at one time turned himself into a badass biker, or Shinsuke Nakamura declared himself King of Strong Style and has his persona inspired by Michael Jackson. Do you have any idea on how someone like "StunBun" would evolve their gimmick as their career progress?
I guess it would depend on what kind of fed he landed in. If he stayed on the indies, he could probably just StunBun forever. If he made it to a national brand, then he could probably come in under that gimmick for a little bit but would have to change it if he wanted more. More accurately, he could come into AEW as StunBun for a bit but WWE would probably make him change the gimmick at least to some degree, unless he was just coming in for like, another Cruiserweight Classic tournament, with no intention of signing him after he was eliminated.
Problem is that he seems like he'd be such a white meat babyface in some ways that it's hard to imagine what his character would be beyond this since like I said, he seems like such an indie guy, where it's all workrate, little personality. Not that some indie guys aren't loaded with personality of course but this particular character seems like, I dunno...Matt Sydal? And his whole thing is basically...hi, I'm Matt Sydal. I jump off of things. Boy that botch in my AEW debut sure was embarrassing. Okay he doesn't mention that last bit anymore but it's kind of all I can think about when I see him now.
But yeah I dunno, other than dropping the StunBun gimmick I'm not sure what else he'd really do, seems like the kind of wrestler who would just lean on the acrobatic spot-fest stuff as long as he can. We've seen wrestlers before who don't appear to be much in the way of character, only to surprise us later. Like sure, NOW everyone knows Matt Hardy is a treasure trove of character evolution but back when he was first getting going in WWF with his brother, he was basically just the-one-who-isn't-Jeff. I don't know enough about the original StunBun character to really speculate on where he'd go, character wise. He does come off as kind of brash/cocky here so I could maybe see a heel turn where he ditches most of the 'electric' motif for something more narcissistic, maybe sorta like Sammy Guevara, you could kind of see them being into the same stuff. Except, you know, Tay Conti.
Problem is that he seems like he'd be such a white meat babyface in some ways that it's hard to imagine what his character would be beyond this since like I said, he seems like such an indie guy, where it's all workrate, little personality. Not that some indie guys aren't loaded with personality of course but this particular character seems like, I dunno...Matt Sydal? And his whole thing is basically...hi, I'm Matt Sydal. I jump off of things. Boy that botch in my AEW debut sure was embarrassing. Okay he doesn't mention that last bit anymore but it's kind of all I can think about when I see him now.
But yeah I dunno, other than dropping the StunBun gimmick I'm not sure what else he'd really do, seems like the kind of wrestler who would just lean on the acrobatic spot-fest stuff as long as he can. We've seen wrestlers before who don't appear to be much in the way of character, only to surprise us later. Like sure, NOW everyone knows Matt Hardy is a treasure trove of character evolution but back when he was first getting going in WWF with his brother, he was basically just the-one-who-isn't-Jeff. I don't know enough about the original StunBun character to really speculate on where he'd go, character wise. He does come off as kind of brash/cocky here so I could maybe see a heel turn where he ditches most of the 'electric' motif for something more narcissistic, maybe sorta like Sammy Guevara, you could kind of see them being into the same stuff. Except, you know, Tay Conti.
It's interesting that the path to success for most wrestlers is to have a good heel run. There's been plenty of wrestlers that started their career as a generic baby face that the crowd dislike. Then they turn heel and win over the crowd for the first time, before finally finding success as a babyface. Somehow working as a heel allowed them to really develop some sort of character that later transitions from heel to face.
I guess you have to get the crowd to hate you first before you can get them to love you or something
I guess you have to get the crowd to hate you first before you can get them to love you or something
Most wrestlers will tell you that it's more fun to work heel, and it's also generally easier, probably because the traditional idea of what a 'good' guy is supposed to be is limited. Similarly, people often relate more to a bad guy in movies. A character with visible flaws is generally easier to understand. There's also the little detail that people, in general, are bad, and often admire somebody who's awful and gets away with it. But nonetheless, there's probably more room to play with personality when you're working the crowd as a heel, and more freedom. Getting over as a face, especially now, is very difficult, and a lot of the people who manage it do so with characters that have some edge to them, like Jon Moxley or Eddie Kingston.
Package received! Sorry about the delay... this week is midterms and the last couple of days have been nothing but eat sleep... driving... and 6-hour clinical nurse exams proposed by college instructors that live for causing torture to undergrad students who know the Latin words for certain body parts but never came across the word "nit" which was not in my textbook nor my vocabulary... guess I should be grateful I have never needed the word...
Before I start ranting incoherently, this commission proves to be one of my most favorite and I really cannot thank you enough for taking so much time to take a look at Stunbun (I was like 17 when I created him and definitely not creative with names lol) and to study his background, his backstory, and his obvious mega mountain of shenanigans. Honestly, definitely a roast of him and an absolute joy to actually know what someone thinks about him from the outside looking in. There is a lot of him that needs work for sure, but honestly I think you are spot on about the wrestling persona he would adopt for sure. He would love the attention for sure and honestly "Jaysen Volt" Is something I would love to keep purely for wrestling commissions like this without the gay shit. Maybe not enough popularity for his likeness to be posted on one of those T-Shirts you were showing me, but I can definitely imagine people buying little items like Pez dispensers or something equivalent and gimmicky of this rabbit.
His appearance is statically fantastic with fur strands sticking out in multiple directions and I was super worried that his markings were going to prove to be too much to work with (which they are) but you did an incredible job working those into his body paint, the blurring effects especially on his arms and around the plus sign on his ear. The jump from the top of that rope would likely earn him some mentions in memory and the outfit with the longer tights feel more like actual wrestling appropriate. Wrestling panties is just asking for a smack in the family... "joules" #electricpun
Thank you for allowing me to commission you, I definitely will link back to this description... and even though Stunbun might have been a mighty pain in the buns, I appreciate your time... and I hope you would be open to drawing him again in the future (you can absolutely refuse though)... maybe a wrestle-fy idea I can talk to you about after watching as many of the AEW fights you recommended to me. Honestly, I found a couple to watch for free and I need some days off after all this studying to do something pleasant! All and all, I am absolutely happy to have an actual rabbit... and value every update.
Before I start ranting incoherently, this commission proves to be one of my most favorite and I really cannot thank you enough for taking so much time to take a look at Stunbun (I was like 17 when I created him and definitely not creative with names lol) and to study his background, his backstory, and his obvious mega mountain of shenanigans. Honestly, definitely a roast of him and an absolute joy to actually know what someone thinks about him from the outside looking in. There is a lot of him that needs work for sure, but honestly I think you are spot on about the wrestling persona he would adopt for sure. He would love the attention for sure and honestly "Jaysen Volt" Is something I would love to keep purely for wrestling commissions like this without the gay shit. Maybe not enough popularity for his likeness to be posted on one of those T-Shirts you were showing me, but I can definitely imagine people buying little items like Pez dispensers or something equivalent and gimmicky of this rabbit.
His appearance is statically fantastic with fur strands sticking out in multiple directions and I was super worried that his markings were going to prove to be too much to work with (which they are) but you did an incredible job working those into his body paint, the blurring effects especially on his arms and around the plus sign on his ear. The jump from the top of that rope would likely earn him some mentions in memory and the outfit with the longer tights feel more like actual wrestling appropriate. Wrestling panties is just asking for a smack in the family... "joules" #electricpun
Thank you for allowing me to commission you, I definitely will link back to this description... and even though Stunbun might have been a mighty pain in the buns, I appreciate your time... and I hope you would be open to drawing him again in the future (you can absolutely refuse though)... maybe a wrestle-fy idea I can talk to you about after watching as many of the AEW fights you recommended to me. Honestly, I found a couple to watch for free and I need some days off after all this studying to do something pleasant! All and all, I am absolutely happy to have an actual rabbit... and value every update.
Thanks for the feedback, always appreciated. He really wasn't so bad once I nailed down where I was going with him. The big question I have for any character I've been giving is, who are they, and why should I give a damn; true, I didn't have a lot of insight into the character himself but since I was able to slot him into such a familiar mold for wrestling, it became easier to run with that and I found myself considering his moveset, personality, and even considering what his entrance theme might be (Assuming it was something pre-existing).
As much fun as I had crapping all over him, I wouldn't put too much stock into it if I were you. By now you've recognized that I crap all over everything. Tomorrow I'll be posting a commission for a repeat buyer and acquaintance, a red squirrel, a favorite species of mine, nothing at all offensive about it to me, and I've already planned out the description in my head of how I'm going to completely bury* the character and the buyer.
However I must issue a correction here - there's actually a rather large marketplace for T-shirts featuring even indie wrestlers. Shirts are easy to make. A PEZ dispenser on the other hand? You'd have to be quite a bit bigger to get that merch. Though if he were at least a midcarder for a national promotion he'd likely have at least an action figure.
Anyway, glad you're happy with it, and you can feel free to ask for more commissions with him in the future.
*Wrestling lingo
As much fun as I had crapping all over him, I wouldn't put too much stock into it if I were you. By now you've recognized that I crap all over everything. Tomorrow I'll be posting a commission for a repeat buyer and acquaintance, a red squirrel, a favorite species of mine, nothing at all offensive about it to me, and I've already planned out the description in my head of how I'm going to completely bury* the character and the buyer.
However I must issue a correction here - there's actually a rather large marketplace for T-shirts featuring even indie wrestlers. Shirts are easy to make. A PEZ dispenser on the other hand? You'd have to be quite a bit bigger to get that merch. Though if he were at least a midcarder for a national promotion he'd likely have at least an action figure.
Anyway, glad you're happy with it, and you can feel free to ask for more commissions with him in the future.
*Wrestling lingo
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