This Smarmy Little Meerkat Has Me In A Chokehold. ☠️

This smarmy little meerkat has me in a chokehold. ☠️

(Stay with me while I geek out over character design.)

I’ve been trying to rediscover how I like to draw Timon, so there has been some exploration going on. I’m trying to go for a cross between his design in the original TLK with some of the added appeal and expressiveness from the Timon and Pumbaa show. I love how energetic and frantic he is in the T&P show, but I like drawing him with a little more anatomy so he isn’t so noodly. I like him to look a bit sly and slinky too. He’s a fun little dude to draw. When I say this meerkat has me in a chokehold, I’m not kidding. 😭🤣

Hot take, but I think Timon has the most appealing design out of all of the Lion King characters, and maybe even ALL Disney characters. Sometimes I feel unworthy of drawing him. 😮‍💨

Also, threw in a little drawing of Mya booping Timon on the nose. He’s drunk on fermented marula fruit and she is threatening to knock him off balance hahahaha 😈

(Oh, and some of these expressions were loosely based on some concept art by Nik Ranieri!)

Anyway—enjoy!