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The leader??? Of thunderclan?!?!

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“very well, holleyleaf. say what you have to. and starclan grant you don’t regret it.”

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fire scene: ashfather au edition

ive been working on this off and on for months and finally pushed myself to finish it and i kind of hate it but its done and im proud of that fact at least 

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Fire alone will save our clan.

 :)

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Silver and gold, silver and gold Everyone wishes for it How do you measure its worth?

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Might as well post my favourite warrior cat art Ive made.

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But I am fine with where I am now

This home is home, and all that I need

But for you, this place is shame

But you can blame me when there's no one left to blame...

Oh I don't mind

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favorite wc map challenge - day 6

Always Gold by @warriorsproject

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Hey there!

I just recently had to take my cat to the vet, and I have had to pay around $1,600! I am currently unable to work because of Corona Virus, and am still unclear on whether I will be receiving unemployment aid. This means I am rather low on funds, and have already had to use over half my savings in vet bills. 

Because of this, I am going to be opening simple 10 dollar commissions for Warrior Cats original characters. I will still be continuing my regular commissions, but these can be done quick so that I can faster pay off my bills! If you’re interested, feel free to pm me! I am also available at all times if anyone has any questions about these commissions as well!

They are ONE CHARACTER per each ten dollars! Examples are the images above!

Thank you so much!  

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i wanted to do the toon me meme going around on twitter so i did it w a picture of my cat bc shes infinitely prettier than me

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what if. over time as generations pass the villains are warped into mystical evil creatures by the clans because tall tales grow ever taller

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when firepaw enters the forest, he hears from the other apprentices of the One-Eyed. little is ever said about what he looks like, but he is described as a hulking, otherworldly creature, the size of a dog with feet like an owl, with massive teeth and a pelt so matted it had hardened like a tortoise’s shell, and only one eye that never blinked but could see in every direction. the One-Eyed, they say, led an attack on the early clans, the first true outer evil they ever faced.

do you think, said firepaw, he had a family?

i don’t know, said graypaw, biting into the breast of a sparrow. i think they said he was the last of his kind, or something.

they say when he died, five-petaled flowers grew from his grave.

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when squirrelpaw is at the right age, dustpelt tells her about the river banshee. it quickly becomes her favorite story of all time, and day after day she tells it to the other apprentices.

a demure molly gave birth to three kittens one day, but ultimately they were cursed- every storyteller has their own variant on what exactly was cursed about them. some say they had unnatural pelts, some said they had two faces, and even some say they were born with fins like a fish. exiled by her clan, she attempted to get the kittens to cross the river, only for them to sink, becoming the smallest stones in sunningrocks.

that was when she changed. in anger, her eyes grew red and her fur grew spiked, like pine needles. her white tail turned into a white, red eyed snake, and she attacked clan members one by one until the smallest cat in the clans ripped her apart in one clear leap.

do you think she’s still watching us? said a nervous leafpaw, a tremor in her voice.

i dunno. why would she?

behind squirrelpaw, in the distance, lay two amber eyes in the treetops, glittering.

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when bristlekit is small, cloudtail, his memory withering away like november leaves, tells her of the scourge, a beast he encountered when he was young.

he was like a snake, he says. small and smooth. his eyes were so blue and so sharp, that looking at them alone would make your paws feel as if they had been dipped in snow. he had the shape of an adder, the head of a cat, the claws of a leopard, and one paw that was once white but had been colored red with blood.

but the worst part, he says. the worst part were the rows and rows of teeth and claws that rose out of his neck.

when bristlekit next sees squirrelflight, and her one bright paw, she stares for ages at it. what is it? asks thriftkit.

i don’t know, says bristlekit, and before she can remember what she was going to say, she bats at a moss ball, and the topic is never brought up again.

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CATASTROPHE TWO: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO CONTRIBUTOR APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN ! We are running a zine celebrating our favorite cats and pride! Contributor applications will be open until December 23rd! Please take a look at our GUIDELINES before APPLYING! We look forward to hearing from you all and seeing all that wonderful art! GUIDELINES / RULES / SPECS: [ x ] CONTRIBUTOR APPLICATIONS: [ x ]

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Unlikely Scenarios

Why ableism, sexism, and ‘peltism’ is implausible in a clan setting.

Ableism and sexism is shamefully rampant in canon. Both of these biases, along with ‘peltism’ are also very prevalent in the fandom. Now, while it’s sadly true that such biases exist in our human societies, they’re very implausible in a clan setting.  

Why?

Keep reading

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please like and reblog!!

please dont repost without permission

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Never-never mind Bleeding heart, bleeding heart -Regina Spektor

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Hi I just stumbled on your blog and I gotta say, I’m lovin your designs n art style in general. Do you mayhaps have any tips/particular methods for drawing cats ? Other than just looking at references acourse

first of all TYSM!!! I have so much fun with this stuff and it means so much to me that you guys enjoy it. but im going to hit you with my personal and possibly controversial hot take on ‘art styles’: it doesnt actually exist lol

what people call ‘style’ is just your personal shorthand for translating what you see into artwork. it’s kind of like handwriting imo. so taking Style Inspo from another artist might give you some particular look you like but you’re not actually learning to draw the thing you’re trying to draw, you’re learning to draw/imitate other people’s shorthand for the subject, which can work in the short term but is also the root of same-face syndrome, stagnation in your anatomy, etc. and theres really no reason to limit yourself to a specific style anyway because versatility is awesome

THAT BEING SAID THOUGH!!! that isnt quite what you asked and although i wont give a step by step cat drawing tutorial id be happy to show you all how i break down/stylize cats!!! bc learning how to analyze subjects from photos or from life is absolutely a skill you can hone. this won’t be a comprehensive guide by any means bc i am Not An Expert just some stuff ive learned

one thing thats really important to remember about cats is how fluid and graceful their bodies are. keeping your art from being ‘stiff’ is a hard habit to break, i’ve found that exaggerating curved lines in cats bodies and contrasting them with straight lines can work wonders for making your art flow 

(this is a good tip in general but is especially important with cats! this is an amazing tutorial by andrew shek on straights vs curves in animal art, i found this tut like 5 years ago and i still refer to it lol)

photo -> trace of straights vs curves -> my freehand sketch

you can right click & open these in a new tab to see them bigger! obviously i dont draw like this every time, but this is how i usually break things down in my head. you develop a ‘shorthand’ by paying attention to little consistencies in how you can draw lines.

for example: cat’s backs are usually very round and pronounced when sitting and very flat when standing. the front of the legs (both front and back) make a good ‘straight’ plane to contrast the curved back of the leg. making the top of the tail flat and the bottom more rounded or scruffy can add to the illusion of gravity (this can apply to anywhere with fluff)

OF COURSE ON THE OTHER HAND rules are made to be broken! my blackstar and barley designs are great examples of this:

theyre both big, bulky black and white cats, but blackstar is made up mostly of straight lines while barley is mostly curves. this makes blackstar look sturdy and tough, but barley looks soft and gentle despite his size.

another thing you can do to help your cat drawings flow is make sure your lines ‘follow though’. for example:

paying attention to lines that continue through different parts of the body can make your poses more fluid, more readable, and easier to exaggerate! let’s compare the drawing above with the one on the left here, where i focused on drawing each bit of the cat correctly instead of drawing them as parts of a whole:

even though the blue drawing is technically correct I hope its apparent that the movement isnt as strong and doesnt have that fluidity that just screams ‘cat’ the way that the red one does! this is also a good tip for animation lol

ONE MORE THING ILL GO OVER BC ITS IMPORTANT AND FUN IS FACES! cats are great because they have a huge range of appearances but can all still be broken down into the same simple parts.

my usual process for faces is head shape -> snout and ears -> features, like so:

and you can change the cats face by changing any of these. here’s some traces of cat faces for your consideration

and if you prefer a toonier look you can just push your shapes a bit more and simplify your lines however you like

that applies to everything ive said!! you can take whatever you like from these tips and push them as little or as far as you enjoy depending on how stylized you want to go. my work tends to be on the more realistically proportioned side of toony so best advice i can give is about that technique

hopefully you guys found this helpful!! if this post is useful to anyone at all it was worth making for me. happy drawing and remember to be confident in yourself, art is a skill that takes practice and as long as youre trying youre doing a great job

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false prophet. // sun stealer.

(do not repost. reblogs>likes. commissions are open.)

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Leafpool. Before Cinderpelt’s death.