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Old page! New text! I think this being different from the last ones will end up pissing me off but I was so happy with this page I just... couldn't give it up lmao. Entirely new page next week!

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Forgot this was uploading today!! It’s hard to tell but I did redo the art with the lasso tool… it’ll be easier to see in the coming pages!! Since this one is so similar to the original page I’m considering uploading a second page this weekend… but we’ll see how far I get on the pages I’m working on before I decide!!

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Whattttt a page...new AND old??!?!?!?!

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Whattttt a page...new AND old??!?!?!?!

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I should have known if I brought up wc I’d have to talk about. But it includes of a lot of issues with feral/furry designs that use feathers in hair. I don’t necessarily know why the conversation only started and stayed in the wc fandom when horse/wolf/lion feral fandoms are still doing the same thing.

Now having feathers in the design isn’t a racial attack first thing off because there’s a lot of context around what feather’s are used, the shape, and where they are placed. If the look is anything like "rave Coachella looking tribal fantasy feathers and beads" it’s probably insensitive. I’m not to sure why it has to be feathers, I honestly think the wc fandom are holding themselves back when it comes to forwarding designs in a unique way. Tail feathers are also left out in this conversation as well, one or two feathers or feathers in the shape of a birds tail are fine but bunched together feathers are leaning to close to how we have our horses wear feathers. This is in the context of the design already looking like a "medicine cat" already its bad. it’s like those yt girls wear feather head bands but animal addition.

I’ve talked about this before but silhouettes are so important, like Native American stereotypes are on the global scale you cannot escape this silhouette you just have to avoid it. There’s no "but it’s in so many other cultures" no it’s not it’s totally unique to our people that’s why people flock to it because it’s so "mysterious, sacred" whatever their weird twisted up reason is. There’s so many unique ways to break this silhouette you just gotta be more creative. And I feel like instead of being more creative and coming up with totally different ideas it’s just easier to lean on these visual native stereotypes to get across "wild mythical nature fantasy"

I could get into the horse fandom and the weird situations they’re doing over there but that’s another crazy thing. I should say because someone will ask, ostrich feathers on like show horses or knights or puss in boots style is fine not the same thing (breaking the silhouette) they’re not related.

And it comes down to understanding what you are drawing and where this imagery comes from, I’m not gonna get my feelings hurt because of your design but I’ll question why are you drawing stuff like that. You cant remove that cultural/stereotypical imagery, and if you don’t care about it then you don’t care about the history or how it looks on your character and art.

I made it this far on the internet but if you want to be conscious about these things good on yea it doesn’t take much☺️👍

Edit: can’t believe I gotta say this but yes other cultures utilize feathers, if people are using feathers that are used in their culture then don’t harass them. That’s weird have some common sense. Ostrich feathers, peacock feathers it’s actually so interesting how native birds to an area affect the culture there.

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Little appetizer to show some of the concepts I've been cooking up. This is all pretty wordy and you don't NEED to read this to understand what I'll be writing, but it's fun world building. Style lightly inspired by Jumalanpelko, specifically in my use of the lasso tool and... not really the style. I really liked using the polygon lasso tool!

My goal is to start uploading pages in the first week of June, maybe 1 page/week or so. Some pages you'll definitely recognize from my first attempt! I'm going to edit some and add some more pages for Moon 0 to round out the story!

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Ridgeclan- Moon 0 Page 3 edit, New Page 4, "New" Page 5

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Re-upload of page 3 with an added frame as well as a brand new page 4 aaaaannnnnddd Old page 4 (which is now Page 5)! I was flipping between pages 3 and old 4 and felt like something was missing, so I added a short fight scene to fill in the gap. Glad I did, too, because it REALLY bothered me. Also I think it flows a lot better!

I definitely like the new page 4, but I feel like there's a few things I'm not a fan of that I may or may not go back and fix in the future...

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Ridgeclan Moon 0 - Page 5

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Womp Womp

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Ridgeclan - Moon 0 Page 3 | See NEW AND IMPROVED PAGE HERE

BY STARCLAN WATCH OUT!!! HERE COMES GOLDSILK WITH THE STEEL CHAIR!!!!!!

I debated adding a "GROWL" or "YOWL" or something to this but... in the end I wanted it to be a sneak attack/slow motion attack?? Idk if that translated well.

Also Greenstar is old and has hearing loss that is why he did not turn around. Or react. YET.

Unfortunately this may be my peak I may have to quit after this. No filter version below. If you even care. Significantly less cool. But I'm sosososo happy w how Goldsilk turned out so I would be remissed not to share a version where he's more easily seen.

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