#Cyrus reimagined

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The wait is over! This is a redesign of what Cyrus, the character from the Angry Birds movies, would look like. I've made three designs, as always: in the classic style, the Toons style, and the Angry Birds Reloaded/Friends style (although the latter doesn't look that different from the rest).

One of the main reasons I decided to make Cyrus was because of a perhaps somewhat controversial topic for you, and that is that I personally feel that Leonard works much better as a villain than as an ally to the birds, since his charisma lies in his villainy. That's why I find it very strange that Leonard can still be used as a playable character alongside the birds in Angry Birds 2.
To address this concern I have and perhaps others have as well, imagine that his perfect replacement would be Cyrus, since he would have the exact same ability: sneezing (Until now, I don't know how Rovio didn't think of this).
The idea behind this is that even if, hypothetically, Cyrus does replace Leonard in the game in the future, Leonard won't leave forever, and Leonard will now be a new pig boss in the game levels (as he already is in Angry Birds Reloaded). Because in my mind, it looks better, meaning the pigs are supposed to play the role of villains (I know there are exceptions, like that pig prince in Angry Birds Epic, but they're minor cases; I feel like the pigs are better as the antagonists of the series).

And in any case, if there were a "King Ping mode" in an Angry Birds game, meaning where birds are swapped for pigs as playable characters, in this case, Cyrus would obviously be Leonard's counterpart, having the same ability.

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I've already defined what Cyrus's personality would be like in the flock, feeling like he'd fill the gap between a laid-back but more lazy character, a character who likes to sleep a lot and tends to get sick often, something like a fusion of the dwarves Sneezy and Sleepy from Snow White. Cyrus would have a personality blend of both of them, like a character who's always sleeping but always sneezes when he's awake.
It's abundantly clear that Red wouldn't get along very well with Cyrus, but he'd tolerate him to a certain extent for his help defending the eggs, lol.

For her design, I was heavily inspired by the movie, but also a bit by the "male" version of Matilda from the first game (before they added the pink feathers and such, I feel like it would be an interesting way to justify that inconsistency, that all this time, Cyrus was actually the "male" version of Matilda, perhaps being her cousin or a relative, given the resemblance).

As a spoiler, the next bird I design will also be from the movies (Not all the birds I make will be from there, but right now I'm focusing on the movies because I feel there are some really interesting characters there).

unborn forum
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You can’t have Peckinpah without his trusty assistant (who’s more of a footstool if anything)

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Once again, W art

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unborn forum
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I give this five big sneezes

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ACHOO 🤧

shrewd ferry
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Bless you

quasi pond
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I love this!!! Always thought Peckinpah and Cyrus were the best new birds from the movie so seeing them in these classic styles is so cool! I would be fooled if you told me it was real Reloded or AB2 art!

distant stirrup
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love this

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languid plume
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I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks Cyrus can work in the classic ab style good work

plucky pebble
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Tbh Cyrus would be perfect as a replacement for Leonard

graceful gyro
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I do think Leo can be still used in Egg Hunt and be slightly different from gameplay of Cyrus tbh, or in levels where they're temporarily allied. But indeed since we have Boom Pig being the evil counterpart of Matilda with altered abilities we should have the counterpart for Leo to not find excuses to make him be with birds every time but to keep the gameplay mechanic intact outside of Egg Hunt

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That's a very great solution

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But!

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Just like Boom Pig that has a lot of small specific gameplay differences from Matilda we should make Cyrus be somewhat different from Leo, not just a reskin/texture

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# graceful gyro Just like Boom Pig that has a lot of small specific gameplay differences from Ma...

Well, there doesn't necessarily have to be a change; there can be, but it's not necessarily a rule.
If there were to be a change, I imagine it would be in the explosion. Leonard literally explodes when he hits a structure, pushing the structures back. That is, in the game, Leonard doesn't leave his body bruised (I imagine, according to Angry Birds logic, it's because pigs are more fragile, and Leonard, not being a bird and less resilient, directly explodes upon impact with a structure). However, Cyrus might not explode upon impact, but his body might be bruised after impacting a structure.

graceful gyro
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But i think what you provided is cool

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Compensate less power to have AoE and his own distinct feature

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I love it

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Someone should definitely mod it in or something

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@upper needle

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It's okay, but I could be wrong, and that's normal (I got a 9-minute delay for saying something rude. Sorry, here in Peru we usually say "salseo" to liven up conversations, lol).
In my defense, I've never actually played that Angry Birds game mode where the birds are replaced by pigs. I remember it was called "King Ping mode," which you could find when you found a golden egg, I think, in the first game, but I'm not entirely sure.

Personally I feel that it would be a good mechanic for a possible Angry Birds 3, where you can not only play with birds against pigs, but you can also play with pigs against birds (similar to Angry Birds Star Wars 2), moreover, in the arena mode of angry birds 2, instead of being paired with another player who also uses birds, your opponent could use the pig variants of the same birds that you use and vice versa, to make it feel more ´´natural´´ ´´organic´´ ´´coherent´´ that birds and pigs face each other.

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# graceful gyro Well Boom Pig had a several differences. Plus Leonard was the same in power as T...

You know, I'd like to one day create a mod with my vision of how Angry Birds could improve as a franchise by implementing truly fun things, not silly things like 20 more hat sets or repetitive levels.

I'm talking about clever things like introducing materials with new interactions, like metal that can conduct electricity and wood that can conduct fire; having a sandbox mode where you can create and share levels (like Mario Maker); and having different types of multiplayer modes—not just an arena mode where you compete for points, but other modes, like a real-time mode where you literally use your birds or pigs to destroy your opponent's characters (like using Bomb to destroy Foreman Pig while your opponent uses Chef Pig to destroy Matilda, all in the same level).

Make it clear that Angry Birds is fun because of the destruction and demolition you can do in the game which (at least for me, is the essence of the game, with the little colored birds demolishing everything in your path and massacring green pigs) (of course and add a little story, as Angry Birds Reloaded does)

graceful gyro
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Yes, but you know that they are only for Apple Arcade, as a poor Android user I cannot enjoy those games (and to be honest, I like the games, yes, but as a graphic designer, in the visual section there are some things that should be improved, for example, the issue of character sizes and the design of some of them)

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For example, in the episode where Mighty Eagle meets Zeta and they get married, there's a problem here.

First, they use the design from the first Mighty Eagle game, a design that's already too old and outdated. They should have created a more polished design closer to "AB Friends" or "Reloaded" (I made my own).

graceful gyro
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They at least read what people say

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(Well, actually, this is a more updated redesign in the classic style of the first games. If I wanted to adapt it to the Reloaded style, I would have to change the color of the edges a bit first.)

silver ginkgo
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Yeah i know that the Mighty eagle is the same as the Classic design being reused too long

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Maybe instead they use better the Angry Birds Epic design

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And another problem is the issue of size.
Supposedly in the lore, eagles, although they are birds, are characterized by being gigantic. The fact that Zeta is portrayed as the same size or similar to the other birds in the flock is a huge mistake, since she, being an eagle, should be enormous, just like Mighty Eagle. What's the problem? In the cinematics of those levels, to make everything look "coherent," they had to make Mighty Eagle smaller so she could look good alongside Zeta, instead of making Zeta much larger to match Mighty Eagle.

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These are the kinds of things in the design section that bother me, I'm very perfectionist sometimes, it's part of my university career xd

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graceful gyro
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Unlike other Rovio devs they talk with us every day

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Fish Pig literally has a pigsona and draws fanart for fun

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They're good people

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Or at least they'll explain why they can't do it reasonably.

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Tbh I think it's too late bc game established style and it has been this way for a year or two

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But still worth a try

stable oxide
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Dude, it's been years since fans have been complaining about the removal of classic games, the excessive microtransactions, the Battle Pass they put in AB 2, and the games being exclusive to Apple Arcade.

If they don't listen to the fans with those complaints, I highly doubt they'll listen to my pleas for at least the Angry Birds games to have way more fun content than just another boring set of hats (I swear I hate hats, I don't even wear them xd ChuckCanny ).

silver ginkgo
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Did i miss something?
Probably someone forgot the design of Mighty Eagle was only in Angry Birds Epic, unless the design reused through only in the Bootcamp advirsments

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graceful gyro
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Fish Pig made fanart for anniversary himself bc higher ups ignored Reloaded one. Not for PR. Just because he likes it. To make people smile

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You can see him very often in the chat

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Well, I'm going to consider your advice, I don't promise that I will do it because on the other hand I'm also a bit lazy to do it (what's more, I haven't published many Angry Birds drawings here, I really have many, MANY done, between alternative Space versions of some birds, among other redesigns, but they are already old designs that I made around 2021 approximately)

graceful gyro
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He supported Brandon for his art and even took his art of his character for a steam profile picture

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graceful gyro
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He asked if he can do that mind you

graceful gyro
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He is funny

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He has a pigsona oc lol

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graceful gyro
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I just explained that the developer never did something without permission

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He's trustworthy

stable oxide
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I understand what you mean, I mean, don't use other people's art without permission. I don't know what you're getting at exactly ChuckCanny

graceful gyro
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He's a creator of Reloaded

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tremendo

graceful gyro
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This is not just an artist, he's a developer. That's the thing. But he's close to the community and players

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# graceful gyro This is not just an artist, he's a developer. That's the thing. But he's close t...

After doing several fan art pieces about birds, another thing I'm planning on doing is fan art about pigs. One problem I always have, ALWAYS, is that you may have noticed that many of the pig characters in the franchise are basically Minion Pigs with accessories. That blond pig who follows Gale around is basically Minion Pig with a wig, Ross the Pig is another Minion Pig but with a cap and a wrench, etc.
They don't usually have a distinctive anatomy; the only ones that do are King Pig, Chef Pig, Foreman Pig, Corporal Pig, and Chronicler Pig, because they have different body shapes, eyes, noses, ears, they're not just Minion Pigs in a costume (This has nothing to do with Fishpig, it just came to my mind and I wanted to share it, it's my humble opinion)

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Well, and also that pig who is muscular and has abs.

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I don't know how this character doesn't appear in the games, it's a waste with the good design it has.

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graceful gyro
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Strong Pigs are from Stella game

stable oxide
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Yes, I plan to do fan art of pigs in the future too, but ones that really look different, with distinctive expressions and bodies.

graceful gyro
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Actually

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graceful gyro
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trainer too

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Wait, one is Muscle Pig and the other is Goliath Pig (all my life I called Goliath Pig Muscle Pig)

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The names are confusing, pigs should have proper names and not just nicknames 🦔

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idk

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Fred

graceful gyro
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But I would like them to have to be honest

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graceful gyro
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(I know he supposedly appears in Angry Birds Bounce as a boss, I saw that one too, but that's not Hambo by any stretch of the imagination, visually he's just another huge minion pig with a workout headband)

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Ah, all this time I thought that was his real name (like I said, in Angry Birds Bounce there's a pig with that name, I don't know?)

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Oh wait, what about Ross? Technically, he'd have an official name too, I think.

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or the other pigs from the second movie that appear in Reloaded, which are Gary and the other little pig who wears headphones (I don't remember her name)

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Seriously Rovio, I don't know why you didn't put this amazing character as a new boss in Angry Birds 2, he's an amazing character ChuckUncanny

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graceful gyro
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Rules are different

stable oxide
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That's why I like Angry Birds Reloaded, I think it's the only game where all the stories are unified (I insist that there's no prime universe or main line where all the important events occur and are recorded).

graceful gyro
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On the other hand Space existed beside it ..