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Part two of the Ivypool's Heart cats: All of the wildcats! Spoilers under the cut.

OKAY SO I thought I would have a harder time trying to make SIXTEEN tabby wildcat designs, having never drawn a design for this type of wildcat ever before, but I actually had fun with it. Had to do a couple practice sketches in my notebook to get the overall shape and feel down, but I think they came out alright. I found that image at the very end on a TikTok of someone talking about the European Wildcat (assumed to be the ones in the books), and I thought I'd put it here since it was a big help to me for designing these guys. If you look you'll notice that some of the wildcats look less like the 'pure' European wildcat; Strike Slash with his white underside, Purr Roll's bouncy fur, and some look more; Bound Hunt and Leap Growl. The thought process here was that over time with Galestar's line and other hybridizations the wildcats would become more hybridized, slowly drifting away from the 'pure' European wildcat. Bound Hunt is, in this respect, an example of what a completely non-hybridized wildcat would look like, and follows much of the image from that TikTok.

ANYWAYS, to start we have Tumble Leap and Stalk Purr, the first two wildcats the traveling cats meet, and their three kits Pounce Whisper, Stretch Blink, and Hunt Leap. Then is Bound Hunt, Galestar's second mate. And after is Strike Slash and Wish Stalk, who are also mates, and Claw Stretch and her daughter Hop Scratch. Then the elders Prowl Sleek, Hunt Growl, and Spring Claw. And finally the spirit guides of Whisper Claw for Pounce Whisper, Leap Growl for Tumble Leap, and Purr Roll for Stalk Purr.

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Part one of Ivypool's Heart cats! Spoilers under the cut:

First up is Galestar of Stormclan, formerly of Windclan. She might be one of my new favorite leaders y'all... I put her and Stripestar's unnamed kits here, bc I figured any content made of Galestar would at least include her first litter as well. The hair and tail are supposed to be curled at the ends there, it was difficult for me to draw it so hopefully it translates lol. Next is Stripestar of Stormclan, formerly of Thunderclan, and Rosebush who might be named Shadebush? Idk, I went with Rosebush since that's what the wiki has. Rosebush was Thunderclan before Stormclan. Then Whitebreeze and Swiftwing, who were both Windclan before Stormclan. All of them with living eyes even though we only see them in Starclan. Next up is Slate and Beach, sons of Flurry from the Sisters. Beach has a scar on his flank from the infected wound. Y'all don't even know how disappointed I was to read that he was a dark tabby, I was so sad, I had a sand-colored design drawn up before I had even gotten the book :( At least I could bring over the fluffy hair tuft and freckles. After them is hostile kittypet gang No. 200; Pumpernickel, Zeke, and Curry. And finally is Jake the Other One, and Sweetums, whom Tempest was said to take a liking to. Jake wasn't described with a fish hook earring, but I wanted to give him a little something extra to help differentiate him more from the expansive list of black and white cats. It was going to be a crab claw at first, but I changed it.

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Okay look, I know I usually put the old version of the design first, so it's like reading it from then to now, but that means when I get a notification on the post, the old art is what shows up in the thumbnail, and it kinda throws me off, sooo I'm changing it. New art first.

Anyways first up is Tawnypelt!! She is one of the most redesigned cats, I have such a hard time getting a design I like for her. Sorta same story as in the previous post; I like her old design, but not enough for her as a protagonist, if that makes any sense? If she stayed as a side character then I think I'd be fine with the old design the way it was, but now that's she's a protagonist I wanted to change it. Then is the one and only Moonpaw!! :3 Her body design has stayed pretty much the same throughout design testing. Next is fixing up the new kits to follow the Super Edition's allegiances preview thing. I put Leafkit on the new one even though her design didn't change so that I wouldn't need to pull up two separate images in any drawings. Branchkit and her are now twinsies! And Grasskit is described as auburn?? Gave that a shot, most of her body design is taken from Branchkit's old one, I thought it was a better blend of their parents than Grasskit's old one. Then is Rapidkit, Floatkit, and Troutkit. Rapidkit and Floatkit pretty much swapped most of their design elements, and Troutkit got some spots and color changes. And thennn Russetfur!!! Wow! I did NOT like her old design, so here's a much better one.

Tawnypelt design extras under the cut

Y'all,, okay, so Tawnypelt's design gave me so much trouble omg.... You can see I started tweaking it in May, three months ago. All of these were Tawnypelt design concepts that I didn't like for one reason or another. I knew I wanted some yellow in there for her mother but that was kinda it. I know split face is popular with her, but with Moonpaw being split faced already I didn't want to make Tawnypelt also one. Too much white in the face was the problem with the first two, then not enough, then I took a break and came back at it with a full page of just throwing stuff at the wall (and a scrapped Branchkit idea hehe). I sorta wanted her to also have some brown, but I couldn't get it to look right so I scrapped it, then I tried a sort of lykoi style, which I thought looked cool but ultimately decided against, then got to the last two where I was trying alternating black and brown, and I liked how the first one on the end looked on paper, but when I put it in digitally there wasn't enough black so I ended up going for all black instead. And here we are now 😁 I very much hope that I like this design enough to keep it around for a while.

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Redesigns! Yay! This batch is of Leafstar and her family, plus Echosong. When I saw that Leafstar was one of the protagonists for The Elder's Quest arc, I wanted to go back and touch up her design. And that led to doing everyone else's also lol. For Leafstar, I really liked her first design here, so I kept most of it, like 90%, just made some of the markings simpler, easier to draw. Also I changed the colors slightly. Billystorm is pretty much the same as well, again changed the colors and made the red on the side of his face curve downward. Also redid the body shape, this one is more what I had intended before, just did it better here. Harrybrook got a different fur shape on his head, and a much lighter light color. Firefern is slightly more orange, added the flame mohawk and lighter flame pattern on her tail. Also extended the neck marking. Stormheart I darkened the orange, added a neckline to share with her sister and mother, made the other paw grey, and changed the face marking to look a bit more like Billystorm. Then Echosong. Her colors changed, and her face markings got completely redone, but her body is mostly the same. Originally she was more blue, like the old version, but I worried she looked too much like Feathertail, so I made her more warm-toned.

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Haiii, couple more redos and also new kits from Wind! First is Ashfur, literally the only thing I changed in his main design is the fur length on his head, everything else is exactly the same. I've been drawing him with this kinda longer fur style for a while, I've just made it official. Also went ahead and made a version for him in TBC, the way I do Starclan and Dark Forest cats meant that he probably had special features, I just didn't want to figure out what those were until now. Technically all Starclan cats should have a white glow and all Dark Forest cats a red, but I usually don't put it in for simplicity's sake. Next is Flametail, again the only thing that really changed was I made him fluffier. And ever so slightly changed his colors. The main reason why I wanted to do him was because everyone else in the original got an update, so I felt he should get one too.

Veeeerrrrryyyy light spoilers for Wind under the cut:

Wind gave us new kits!! I'll probably need to draw them again once they get full names but oh well. First are Rapidkit, Floatkit, and Troutkit of Riverclan. They are Haven and Sneeze's new litter, making them Splash and Fog's siblings (MEGA INTERESTING 👀👀👀). Rapidkit has a mullet like their big brother Splash :)) Then are Grasskit, Branchkit, and Leafkit of Windclan. They are Feather and Oat's new litter, making them Flutter, Song, and Whistle's siblings. Only Leafkit has a canon description and gender of all six so far, so we'll see how accurate my predictions are.

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Redesigns! I was kinda debating on holding off on these until after Wind came out (I'm hearing there are some new characters) but eventually just decided to post them now. First up are the twins and their other sibling, Spottedleaf, Redtail, and Willowpelt. Wanted to try out Spottedleaf Dark Mode, it was fun putting in a bunch of hearts in her design. If Spotted is Dark Mode, then I wanted Redtail to be Light Mode, and ofc Willowpelt can't miss out on all the wacky cheek fur action. Brackenfur's next, and his has been a long time coming. I think I liked his old design for like a week before it started to bother me, but I could never think of how to make it better. The chest fur is meant as a reference to his father, and I did most of the color picking from Honey and Seed. Then is Clear Sky/Skystar, and Thunder(star). I drew like 10 slightly altered versions of Clear Sky for this, and ofc the second one is what I go with. Cut down heavily on the white spotting, also tried to keep in the 'bloodsplatter' white on his face, it's just shifted over. Also one of the books described him with tufted ears which I thought was a wild idea, I'd like never seen any designs of him with tufted ears, so idk where they got that from. Generally if I do tufted ears, the ears are longer and pointier already, but I couldn't part with this particular ear shape for Clear Sky, so here we are. If I was changing Skystar I knew I would have to change Thunderstar. Most things stayed the same, actually, but I added stuff too. Tried to do a lightning bolt on his tail and above the paws, the tail took me like 100 tries to get right so we'll see how long that lasts. His white marking on the face is also meant to be lightning bolt-esque, while also looking like Clear Sky's white marking, just to make the two look more alike. Because seriously. How does grey cat + grey cat = bright orange/red??? They had no reason to make Thunder's mother a grey cat, she was alive for like one book and had no other ties to the clans. Clear Sky and Thunder also have a similar body shape, except Clear Sky is shorter than his son.

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the color palette used in this art by @rosemist50 is super pretty!! rosemist also has an adorable artstyle, i really love the joy in the characters' (berrylight and harvestfern) expressions. very cute art of two gals here <3

be sure to check out the original post and show the artist some love!

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Few more redesigns, yippie!!! First up are the twins, Hazeltail and Mousewhisker. I have been growing dissatisfied with Mousewhisker's design, and figured if I was redesigning him then I had to redesign Hazeltail as well. So I did. Next is Antpelt! There's a PMV on YouTube of Antpelt set to the song 'Brave as a Noun', and I seriously think it might be one of the best Antpelt designs I've ever seen. The color palette was inspired by that. I've seen some designs where his tail looks like an ant body, so I added that on as well :3. The main reason I wanted to redesign him was because I was tossing around an idea to make a Furzepelt PMV with the song Perfume by Lovejoy, and Antpelt was going to show up a lot at the start, so I had to go look at his design and yeesh. Up next is Tigerheartstar! His design really didn't change, I just wanted to fix up the colors. I had to pull up his reference for a drawing and the color palette I used originally really bothered me, so he got added to the redo list. Tried to make him more red-toned, like his father. Then finally is Pouncestep. Pouncestep has the exact same design, all of her other siblings had an update so I figured it was only fair to give her her own as well. Made her colors slightly warmer to match her mother's new slightly warmer colored design.

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Some redesigns!! Finally got some time to do these. First up is sisters Dovewing and Ivypool. Dovewing's actual design didn't actually change all that much, the main thing I wanted to fix was the shapes, also put in some form of freckles. Ivypool changed completely, basically what happened was like months ago I sketched out an Ivypool design and thought 'yeah this is a lot better'. Also fun fact Ivypool and Dovewing share the same palette here :3. Then I also changed Thriftear a lot. Some people like to draw Bris as a sort of tortie, but I could never really get behind that. But I can get behind Thrift being a sort of tortie. Flipclaw is also basically the same, the main thing I wanted was the little heart on his forehead. Also adjusted the lighter color to be warmer, and changed his eye color to match Ivypool's. Then next is Frecklewish from Thunderclan, I never really liked her first design, and it was more a placeholder than anything because I couldn't figure out how I wanted her to look. But I figured it out now! Gave her the eyebrows so they don't skip a generation. And finally are Ruby and Socks, Scourge's littermates. I wanted to make Ruby a tortie, but like obnoxiously orange/red coloring. Toned it down a little at the end, but the vision is still there. For Socks, mostly just wanted his foreleg markings to extend up so it looks like he's actually wearing socks, I don't know how the color change happened.

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Designs for new cats in A Starless Clan: Thunder! They're all Cats of the Park. First is Rook and Scruff, Riverstar's No. 1 fan and an old guy that's kinda cool actually. Next is Wafflepaw!!! And... Wasp? The two that Frostpaw and Nightheart took back home. After is Bee, Frostpaw's therapist, and Molly, a cat with "a clever sense of humor". Then Chalk and Firefly, both ex-kittypets, implied to be mates but could also be taken platonically which is cool. Firefly's tag is meant to be that Minecraft firefly that was never added that was just two pixels. Firefly was pregnant and said she'd name her kits Frost and Night, so I just threw them in there too, why not. Then is Lark and Marlow, and Lark's kits Weevil and Peg.

⚠️ BIG spoilers under the cut (and in the tags): ⚠️

Finally here are four she-cats that had minor design changes relating to the plot, two aren't from the book but I thought I'd just put them in anyway. These design changes were much too minor for me to justify making whole new fullbodies, so headshots it is 👍 We got Squirrelstar (flight), Sparrowstar (Fur), and Nightstar (RC) for new/confirmed leaders, and Curlfeather with the rare honor of being a Dark Forest cat AND a woman. I think it's just the absolute coolest that Sparrowstar and Owlstar are siblings and became leaders of different clans, not only leaders but both are the 2nd leaders of their clans. You can just feel the potential!!!!

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@warriorsproject (I'd like to apologize for your design)

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@eggfeather (I also apologize if I did your design dirty)

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hjkjhj i just had to do the design challenge again when i learned there was a canonical wc character called Scooby! i think these are the first designs that ppl have done so far. rly fun takes! i can't wait to see more! honestly might do this again if i get enough Scooby designs lol. i rly enjoy doing this challenge!

anyway, here's a fun fact! The actual character Scooby Doo gets his prefix from a cartoon seal character by the same name. they actually have the same va too! Don Messick. he gets the suffix from a song that went "dooby dooby doo"

here's all the dif artists!:

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Part 3 of Riverstar's Home bc I ran out of tags. Also included are some DotC kits from the Warriors website family tree. Again, slight spoilers below the cut.

Starting off with Kite Wing and Finch Song. Kite Wing was a loner by the name of Kite, and joined Riverclan while actively giving birth to her kits Willow Stream, Trout Fur, and Snow Tail. Finch is Owl's daughter, and was living with the Cats of the Park until she met Riverstar. The two became mates and later had Ripple Shine, Dusk Smoke, and Arc Shadow. Pale Sky and Tiger Tail are Bright Stream's unborn kittens she had with Clear Sky when she died, and Rumble and Lightning are Clear Sky and Storm's kits, Thunderstar's siblings.

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Part 2 of Riverstar's Home cats! Again, small spoiler warning for some discussion below the cut.

To start out with, we have Cleo and her mate Casper, and their kits Hunter and Scout. The marking on Casper's back is meant to look like a ghost. Also I tried to make Hunter look like Hunter from TOH, but I don't think it worked super well. Next are Hopper and Scooby, two cats who joined the Cats of the Park, and then Sparrow, Grub, and Snail. Sparrow and Grub were in Slash's group, but joined the Cats of the Park, and Snail was in Slash's group and stayed a rogue.

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Riverstar's Home cats! Small spoiler warning for light discussion of the cats below the cut.

First up is a few redesigns of Dart, Shine, and Flutter because now they aren't just featureless characters that are mentioned once and never again. I really liked Dart's design, so I kept it mostly the same. Shine got a good change, and Flutter had a complete overhaul. I liked Arc's design the way it is, so I didn't change it. The Cats of the Park elders are next, with Owl, Rust, and Midge. Owl's daughter is Finch Song, she's in the next post. After them is a few more CotP, with Magda, Squirrel, Stoat, and Moth. Moth is described as both "soft-spoken" and "cheerful, sparkled with energy", which I thought was a bit strange. Up next is Mist, Night's brother, and Hawk, a rogue who bullies River Ripple and then disappears. I was pleasantly surprised when Mist stayed alive the whole book, he seemed like the perfect candidate to just die at some point. He and Night look very similar. After them is Hollow and Croak, two loners from proto-Riverclan that officially joined. I love Croak's name. And finally after them is four loners from proto-Riverclan that did not end up joining; Whistle, Silver, Sage, and Woodlouse. It was mentioned that Silver was the first one to start decorating the dens with shells and reeds (probably) and other stuff like that, so I gave her an accessory bc if she likes to decorate dens then she would probably like to decorate herself. Found out a little too late that a 'woodlouse' is a roly-poly/pill bug.

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Even MORE redesigns haha. First up is Heatherstar, I never really liked her original design lol. I wasn't feeling super inspired and just had a hard time trying to find markings for her, so I kinda just slapped something down, called it a day, and made a note to redesign her sometime in the future. Which is now! Next is Breezepelt, his old design was just ugly lmao. Same with Sootfur, who is with his brother Rainwhisker. I didn't really mind Rainwhisker's fluff, but I think I like it more toned down like this. And then are Lightleap and Shadowsight! Can't really think of too much to say for them, glad the heart on Shadowsight's chest made a comeback, I kinda forgot I did that lmao.

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More redesigns :3 First is Mousefur and Runningwind. I've wanted to redo Runningwind for a while, and also make Mousefur's design more interesting. Then is Finleap, who I also wanted to redo for a while. Then is Feathertail and Stormfur, Alderheart, and Whitewing. Alderheart's design is pretty much the same, I just really wanted to adjust the colors.