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Kopa!

This is a companion piece for my adult Kion pic, but it's a bit special too...
For Kion, I simply wanted to draw him as I imagine him once adult. Kopa here is not only an adult, but also sired by Ni. Why? Because I ship Nala and Ni very hard, and earlier today I saw a cute fanart of a cub Kopa as a son of Ni. I was so happy about someone else liking that, that I've decided to draw him too once I was done with Kion.
Now, does that reflect my opinions about Kopa's story? Not at all, I don't deny he's Simba's son and all that stuff - consider it a crack of some sort, just for the fun!

So, how did I choose the colors?
- I've used Nala's overall head shape, but making the chin and ears bigger to look more like Ni (and young Kopa pictures)
- Used Ni's mane as a reference, but made it a bit longer and prettier - Kopa can take care of himself unlike Ni!
- Colors vary from picture to picture in the books, so I choose the ones I liked the most - the closest to Nala's - on my Kopa references from the books
- Darkened the base colors very slighly - less than I did with Kion because both Nala and Ni have quite fair fur - and the mane color quite more since Ni's mane is very dark
- Changed the nose and inside-ear colors to Ni's, and sampled the darker version of Kopa's eye colors, then desaturated it slighly. I wanted the change to remain possible while growing up, and bring it closer to Ni's eye color at the same time.



With that said...
Honestly, I'm not a huge fan of Kopa, though I like him. And I don't really have any headcanon about him and the movies, so don't ask. But if you want to know what I was thinking about while drawing and naming this pic, well... don't judge me :XD:
Basically, the idea is that Ni came back a couple of times to see Nala, and they ended up being mates at some point. But in the end he got spotted and chased by the hyenas and Scar. But Nala got pregnant shortly before and this is why she went so far to seek food. Then she found Simba and yadayada...
She wanted to be with him as he would be a good mate and she didn't even know if Ni survived, but she didn't tell anything about being pregnant as it was only the very beginning - she later told it was Simba's cub, and he believed her.
At some point she really started missing Ni, and told Kopa about him, not telling him he's his father (the content of "Nala's Dare"). Unfortunately, Simba found out about the truth somehow, and he got mad. But out of pity and the love he felt for him before, he "only" chased the cub instead of killing him as he probably should have. 
Kopa managed to survive as a rogue, maybe alone, maybe he found his real father... who knows?


Yeah, this is silly, but better than being killed by Zira or other things like that, right? 
And no, I don't actually believe in that story in any kind of way - just needed some material for the pic :XD:





Kopa © Disney
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I like the idea of Kopa being Ni's son and not Simba's. That's why I went with the idea that Kopa is Ni's son too. My version of Kopa does meet his biological father, but his father ends up being killed because of Scar and his hyenas. They catch Kopa and his father together in a neighboring land. Scar was going to kill Kopa as well, but Nala begged Scar to spare him, but only on one condition. Her obeying his orders when he says it. Harsh yes, but I mean, Scar is the king afterall. He's a tyrant and can do whatever he pleases. So yeah, that's my "short" story of my version of Kopa's life during Scar's reign.


But anyways, to the art. This art looks amazing. I also like his design. He's so handsome <3 :love: