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OML HE IS PERFECT! ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Yes. He is everything you could hope for ❤
“There’s nothing unmanly about purses, nooo sir!” 💅✨
This drawing is for @cloudberry-ado who made this post… https://www.tumblr.com/cloudberry-ado/766132907450482688/thneed-bag101-lols-bought-this-in-my-local
requesting somebody draw the Once-ler with a thneed bag :3. I immediately had the image of Greedler looking like a sassy diva queen with his thneed bag and I’ve finally brought that image to life xD. This was so fun to draw, I really really hope you’ll like it @cloudberry-ado !!! <333 Thanks for being so sweet and letting me do this!! 🫶🫶🫶 I send lots of love!! <3🫶🫶
(Comfort Characters part 5.) Once-ler my beloved. 🙏 :')
It's been about five and a half months since I rewatched The Lorax movie for the first time in yeaarrsss, and since then I've been very obsessed with this movie, esspecially the Once-ler who has always been my favourite. I've had a weird ??aromantic??queerplatonic?? crush on the young 2012 Once-ler (or emotional attachment towards him anyways) since I first saw this movie as a seven-year-old. I remember when I was little I more just thought he was cute and silly but was sad when he became "Greedler", but now that I'm older I love his entire story and how tragic he is (along with the silliness/cuteness). I was absolutely elated when I found out he had a fandom.
"Everybody needs a Thneed!"
I was just sketching for fun a few days ago when I drew this little Once-ler. I feel like recently I've been trying really hard to have my art look a certain way (less cutesy, slightly more mature, more gentle, etc). So it was nice to just draw something (this Once-ler) the way my hand just naturally wants to draw. This is the same way I drew my Once-lers when me and my friend Monique did our drawing game.
I love this style dearly but I still can't help but feel the need to draw less cutesy sometimes. I've honestly been feeling very artistically insecure recently and have been trying to learn so many drawing techniques at once that I feel like I don't remember how to draw at the moment.
For years me and my best friend Monique have played this drawing game where we put the names of characters, animals, even objects into a hat (or on a picker wheel) and blindly choose two out and have to draw them merged together.
I got some pretty goofy combinations (shown under the "keep reading") but my favourite combo/drawing I made was definitely "Hello Kitty + Once-ler".
I absolutely adore this Hello Kitty themed Once-ler!! 😭<333 I think he's so adorable! x3 He's definitely not gonna be a serious Once-ler OC like my Oncekins or anything, but I might keep him around for fun because omg I love him!!
Annnd here are the other combinations I got. Pretty wild indeed 😅. I absoluetly love my frickin ridiculous ballerina Greedler. I honestly think he is hilarious and I am so pleased with the amount of sass and pizzazz I gave him. I drew him and was immediately like "ah yes, Tumblr would appreciate this cursed, cringey drawing".
This was my last drawing of 2024 and also quite possibly my favourite thing drawing I've ever drawn. :'3 Unlike lots of my art (esspecially sketchbook stuff) I'm not just like "that's cute hehe", but I am actually proud of this one. JUST LOOK AT MY DEAR ONCE-KINS IN HIS LITTLE BAKERY 😭
I accidentally doubled the shadow layer and that was like the best thing that could have possibly happened to this artwork, my Once-kins looks so 3D 😭😭 I also spend lots of time drawing his expression and pose to create the energy I wanted. The thing I think really took this drawing to the next level for me was the background. At first I was just gonna draw a basic colored block background but then I decided to suffer instead :'D I wanted to take the time to make this image look as close as possible to how it did in my imagination. Also I discovered drawing food just feels so cozy and wholesome and is so weirdly relaxing and satisfying \(^-^)/💕
Merry Thneedmas Luka @glitterbombedshadow :3💚❤️ I was super honoured to be your Secret Santa this Thneedmas and I really, really hope you like my gift to you and that it brought you happiness and Christmas cheer :3🫶💚.
I did my best to put as many of your interests in this art piece as I could fit while keeping it festive and Lorax themed :3🎄🧡 I even wrote “your mom” on one of the present tags because the “your mom” joke in your bio! xD
I really wanted to make the Once-ler in this drawing Swag-ler, or Entre, or especially your amazing young 72 Once-ler OC but I was honestly worried I wouldn’t do them justice so I hope it’s okay it’s just 2012 Once-ler 😭🙏. I thought your buff Lorax OC Borax was absolutely hilarious and amazing so I knew I had to draw him for you!! I love your creativity with your OCs!
I had lots of fun making a present for you!! I really hope you like it!! 💚❤️🎄I send you and your loved ones lots of love and warm wishes and I hope you have a really lovely Christmas and New Year’s 🥳💚! Merry Thneedmas Luka! 🧡
My dear Once and Melvin ❤️. This was actually the first digital drawing I made using some new, more gentle brushes. I wanted my digital version of this piece to have the same softness as the sketch. I think I probably succeeded and I will definitely keep using these brushes ❤️. Sketch in “continue reading”… <3
“Don’t want money, just someone who wants my company”. 💔
Click “read more” for info and a blue version.
I wanted to make an art piece of Once-ler when he’s all alone after his company failed because as heartbreaking and gut wrenching as his sadness is, I think it’s such an important part of his story. I think his sadness and how tragic he helps make him feel so human and relatable, because we’ve all been through sadness. It’s an especially important part of his story in my Once-ler-pon A Time AU and something I’m going to explore a lot. (Of course in my AU I’ll give him a happy ending much sooner than in the movie).
I added lyrics from the song “The Prophecy” by Taylor Swift because I think that song fits this part of Once’s story sooo perfectly. That Taylor song has made me so sad since the first time I heard it and Once’s sadness makes me sad so I’ll be honest and say I hurt my own feelings with this drawing. My intention was to vent my own sadness but no.
I also made a blue version because I had this idea that maybe in my AU, Oncekins changes into a blue suit after the Lorax leaves/during his lonely part of the story because blue is the color of sadness. However I’m not sure how I feel about it.
The truffla fluff he’s holding was the one on his jacket btw, but it’s wilting and dying because symbolism.
This is my darling Once-ler OC for an AU I’ve been creating called “Once-ler-pon A Time”. I’m not 100% what to call him as he doesn’t really have a theme or any defining characteristics, but I’ve been affectionately calling him “Once” and or “Oncekins” (same things I’ll call canon 2012 Once-ler) so maybe one of those could be his name/what he’s known as on Tumblr?
About my AU: In my Once-ler-pon A Time AU (which I’m gonna write as a fanfic) I squished down the movie’s timeline a lot so that Once will get a happy ending while he is still very young. He’ll still spend time alone (I still want him to be tragic) but not as much. And I’m gonna have him, Audrey and Ted team up against O’Hare who is dictating Thneedville. I’m also gonna explore Once-ler as a character a lot, like his thoughts, feelings, backstory, what he did after his company failed, and all that jazz!!
About my OC: my Once-ler is almost exactly like the Once-ler in the 2012 movie. The main difference is I made all my head-canons about movie Once-ler FOR REAL CANON for my Once-ler!!! My Oncekins is a burnt out given, highly sensitive person who’s extremely creative. He’s constantly belittled, ridiculed, ignored and made to work too hard by his family causing him to crave validation, admiration, love and success. He’s extremely clumsy, can be reckless, a free spirit, and tries being tougher than he is sometimes (because of his upbringing) but he’s really just a hugggeee softie. He can be a bit of a space cadet and he’s very talented.
About this drawing: this is supposed to be Once at the very end of the story where he’s living happily. I gave him a new outfit combining elements of vestler and Greedler and gave him flowers to show he protects nature now (plus it’s cute). I’m not 100% on his ending yet, I feel like he’d give almost all his money away, take care of the earth and spend time on his passions like art and music but maybe he’ll run a nonprofit bakery? I don’t know, something wholesome and heartfelt that can feel healing and comforting to him after all he’s been through. ❤️🩹💚 (Also his vest pattern is the same pattern Miru667 used for her Audrey’s dress, just wanted to point that out, that pattern isn’t mine)
I know some people see "Greedler" as a separate character, but I see him as just Once-ler in his silliest, sassiest, most chaotic state (maybe cus he's secretly miserable umm). So with that in mind I thought it would be really funny to draw him drinking red wine (like a fancy rich person would) with a silly straw because he's goofy like that. I also wanted to acknowledge his ridiculous glasses that look like they came from a St.Patrick's Day aisle of a store soooo that's how this was born. Here's the original sketch from my sketchbook...
I also happened to find this meme on Pinterest like a couple days after finishing this drawing and thought it was so funny that somebody had the exact same thought as me.
I drew the characters from the Lorax movie in my own art style instead of Illumination’s while also practicing drawing backgrounds. I think it turned out great. I think Once still looks like himself which was important to me and I think pipsqueak looks so adorable. I think the sleepy little Lorax looks so cute too.
The idea behind this drawing was basically “if Once-ler’s family never showed up”. He didn’t start chopping trees down again until his mom told him to and he very reluctantly agreed, so if they never showed up he probably would have just lived a peaceful life with the animals and the Lorax, selling thneeds at a lower, tree friendly rate.
Happy b day for this handsome man 🔥🫦
And happy earth day-
ay no que pena😞
it's oncie's bday!! 🥹💞
ARGHH I LOVE HIM 🙏🏻🙏🏻
I still think they could have given us a nicer translated version, and although I hate to admit it, the translation of his name in portuguese from portugal was a little better 💔 but wahh, it's still a win that we had galvan to dub him! I absolutely love his voice in the onceler, and I think it suits our greedie quite well !
(I love that umavezildo guy, I wish he was real /j)
The Lorax (Onceler) fun fact:
In the brazillian portuguese dub of The Lorax, Onceler's name is translated to "Umavezildo".
Everybody knows that "Onceler" comes from the saying "once upon a time", because he tells a story. So he's someone who tells a story, thus he's the Once-ler. Many jobs and professions end with "er" because it defines someone who does a certain thing.
But in brazillian portuguese his name "Umavezildo" comes from the brazillian portuguese translation of "once upon a time" and it's said "era uma vez": "Uma-Vez-Zildo". What's funny is that the literal translation of this name to english would be something like "once upon a Zildo". In our BR portuguese, we use "zildo" or "ildo" in the end of a word when we want to mock someone, like if a person is boring, we will call them just boring but there are times we will say like "boringzildo" to mock (Chato (boring) = Chatonildo (boring but like mr boring)). There's a clear difference from when you're just calling a person by the word and when you're ending the word with "ildo/zildo". It's a funny mocking by the way, nothing actually offensive. It's like instead of just saying "you're boring!" you're saying "you're mr. boring!" "you're sir boring!". This is what the "Zildo" part of the word means, it makes the word a name; not actually like "mr" or "sir" but like it turns into a name, into a someone. The word itself "Zildo" is an actual name that exists so I believe it comes from that.
The translation of the word "Umavezildo" to english, after having this knowledge, would sound like "The 'once-upon' dude" "once-upon guy". It's not like a role/profession like the original english word "Once-ler", or else it would be like "Umavez-or" or "Umavezador" (like the words "contador (accountant), atuador (actuator), educador (educator)) , he's the "Once-Upon GUY". He's UMA-VEZ-ZILDO.
His mom doesn't call him "Oncie" in brazillian portuguese, she calls him "Zildo", or "Zildinho" (diminutive or affectionate and adorable way of referring to someone like "little Zildo"). Which is funny, because cutting the "Uma-Vez" part of his name, turns it into a normal masculine name a guy would have: Zildo.
Edit: I made a small research and discovered that the meaning of the name Zildo is "shadow" or "the winner"/"the victorious". This is from those websites that tells people the meaning of their names. The meaning of the word was already explained by me.
In the brazillian portuguese version of the Seuss book that I own "O Lórax" (the 2012 movie is called "O Lorax" without the accent), Onceler's name is "Erumavez" (from "Era Uma Vez"). The book calls the Thneeds by the word "Não-Cessidade" which is a pun with the words "não" (no) and "necessidade"(need). So the Thneed is called "No-Need". But in the movie they still have the original Thneed name with no translation or change.
My version of the book was printed in 2022 so the translation wasn't based on the translation of the movie.
Everybody here has watched The Lorax at some point at school and our "How Bad Can I Be" is actually translated to "Am I That Bad?". We love the dub of the song. It's a classic.
@aikoidiota we love our brazillian Zildinho.
long time no see, huh?
I drew my sona/oc cosplaying the onceler! I'm participating in a dynamic where I had to draw my oc cosplaying a character, so nothing fairer than my husband's fit ^w^ and yes, onceler and my sona are married (greedler era) !
-bonus of oncie in the corner xD
LORAX LOST MEDIA FOUND?
today I was scrolling through tiktok when I found a post made by the user @/blushonceler informing that, back in 2011, a rough trailer from the lorax movie was leaked on a chinese website under the name of sina (probably it doesn't exist anymore), but it was enough to get people curious over it on 2023.
so, a youtube channel called "blú ball animations" found this iconic trailer, which contained a few deleted scenes that haven't been seen by the lorax fandom, or at least the majority, until it was recovered by the channel. can we consider it a good day to the lorax fandom now? 🥹
a few screenshots I took while watching it:
to anyone who want to watch it, it's still avaliable on blú ball's channel and here is the video:
edit after a while, aah 😭
hewwooo, not a edit but I wanna promote my inst4gram account, where I am more active (interactions, posts, edits, etc.) and sometimes I post some stuff only there :)
be free to follow if you want to <3
hello !! it's been a while xD
fresh edits <3
aaah, I finally tried rendering for the first time (and doing a background too) !! I'm a beginner in art, btw :D
I wanted to do a little thing for my selfship and here it is !! and, taking advantage of this, I want to introduce my ship called onceko (onceler x aiko)
(if you don't like selfship, please just scroll.)
Saí do armário e aceitei que sou onceling 🫶🫶 faz parte né (demorei mas decidi me aceitar) e ainda virei fã de vários outros trabalhos do Dr Seuss, é mole?
adoro suas edits, queria mto amigar, ainda mais pq tem poucos fãs br na fandom 💗💋
sério? :00 eu fico muito feliz em saber !! seja muito bem-vinda ao fandom (caótico, eu diria kkkkk) e eh muito bom ver mais brasileiros entrando, até pq infelizmente não tem muitos kKKK
e muito obrigada pelo elogio, anjo 💗💗 seria um prazer amigar com vc‼️
~ I'm lazy to translate the tag, I'm sorryyy :( but in short she said that she is oficially in the lorax fandom now! and I'm greeting her, it's nice to have more brazilians like me in the fandom <3
fresh two silly edits :3
that's probably one of my fav edits idk why it's funny to me how I came up with this idea lmao
(and yeah I edited the whole background 😭)
not my fav but okaygyhh
Oiee! Fã do oncie BR aqui! Ainda não saí do armário na questão fandom do lorax, então vou ficar no sigilo 🙏🙏
oieee‼️eh bem raro achar fãs brasileiros de lorax infelizmente, mas eu fico feliz de ver nem que seja só umas 5 pessoas xD
bem-vindo (a) ao fandom e "descubra-se" no seu tempo 🫂🫂
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ask's transl: "heyy! Brazilian fan of oncie here! I haven't come out of the closet about the Lorax fandom yet, so I'll keep it a secret 🙏🙏"
my reply: heyyy‼️ it's very rare to find brazilian fans of the lorax unfortunately, but I'm happy to see them even if it's just 5 people xD
welcome to the fandom and "discover yourself" in your own time 🫂🫂
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I might be focused on doing video edits 😭😭
(don't repost)
woah, I randomly remembered about this edit that I made in the beginning of the year... quality isn't the best, sorry :(
oncie without his apron, such a silly fella :3
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and I just wanna thank you for all the support y'all have given me here, I really, really appreciate that!1!1! 🩷🩷