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myrtlebloom

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bayshine

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On average how long does it take you to finish a warrior cat’s design/drawing, because you post them super fast?

probably about 20/30 minutes for these guys! though theres reason for that!

i purposefully cut out the part that takes the longest for me (lineart) bc i dont like doing and its just much easier for me to get burnt out when i do decide to use lineart on long term projects. ive also been doing lineless art like this for over 5 years, so ive learned to refine it! and just as a whole im excited about this!! since im so close to done i have been really motivated to work on this project, and when im artistically motivated i can just keep going lol

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wasp

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feather of flying hawk

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How do you draw the bodies? As in what do you do to make a bases?-

this is my base layer sketch! its all very simple shapes that way i can add a cleaner more defined cat!

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Do you have any advice for running a design blog that features so many characters? Your designs are all so expressive and distinct from each other.

i think the main thing it all boils down to is "get a little silly with it", in particular mess around with different shapes bc thats the big thing that makes characters look different at a glance. im not even talking shape language (warriors has too many cats that dont speak more than a couple words for each character to have unique shape language), but using different features to make each character stand out

facial features in specific have a lot of range, nose types, eye shapes, eye brows, ear shapes, you can do so much! and just mixing and matching traits can give you so many outcomes and that helps with distinct character design.

take a look at animal crossing characters, all characters of the same species have the same model, but each character has a very unique face. and the devs arent scared to give characters traits that a lot of people consider """"""ugly""""" and i think character designers should feel similarly! (obviously some people want their characters to be what they consider attractive, which is fine! as the character designer you have full control of what you do. but if you want your characters to be distinct i think you have to be willing to deviate from your personal definition of attractiveness for the sake of having unique faces) have fun!! dont worry what others will perceive the design as, do whatever you want to do

same goes for body types! every body part can be customized to fit whatever you want the character to be, fur/hair length, torso length, body type, etc etc. go nuts!!!

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breeze that rustles the leave

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velvet

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ajax

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tree

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jasper

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dragonfly

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redesigned :3333

mothwing

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zelda

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