Not only was Scar originally planned to run the Pride Lands like a nazi internment camp, but he had a dangerously anti-semitic early design that I’ve never seen until now.
That nose is god awful repugnant on him. I do not approve of this design at all and thank god it was never made into the final design.
Just a friendly reminder that this is the unedited and uncropped version of the concept art found on the Diamond edition DVD that the fandom use to think was Mheetu, a deleted character. Nobody actually knows what Mheetu was suppose to look like. It’s purely speculated by word of mouth that he exists.
According to multiple sources this is concept art of Mheetu and Bhati, Mheetu is a lot darker than Simba, so I could see where Nala’s father would be darker than Simba and Kion.
In all of Mheetu’s concept art he is this colour, so I’m assuming he is a dark pelted cub.
Ironically, If you google “Nala Bhati concept art” this shows up. I’m fairly sure this is Nala, not Mheetu. I think the only known Mheetu concept art is the following
But even then the butt known as wereberus claimed it’s mheetu so I can’t take what he calls Mheetu seriously. He’s the same asshole that made it so that the entire early sketches of Simba as a cub is Mheetu. Even when the Diamond Edition released of the same pic with SIMBA on it, he denounced it as if it hurt his ego.
Every Mheetu concept piece is a LIE!!!!
For Mothers Day weekend I thought I’d share some Sarabi and Sarafina art from The Lion King.
My story sketches are on top. The 3rd sketch is most likely by Russ Edmonds. And 2 clean-up model sheets.
I hate to break it to you fellas but the black and white sketches are of Simba, not Mheetu. The colored images are indeed Mheetu’s appearances.
That first sketch followed by the rest are done by the artist Thomas Enriguez of baby Simba. The image I have provided is an unedited and uncropped image taken straight from the Blue Ray dvd gallery. You can tell the hand writing on the Simba title matches that of the artist.
As for the two cubs pestering the concept Scar, I’m not too fully sure about that one. It could be simba and Nala, it could be Simba and Mheetu. I don’t exactly know.
