#hawkstorm wc

[simbasomba]

I noticed I haven’t posted art here in a while! Here’s some art for one of my fav wc fanfics “Flesh And Bones” by @newromantics101 :))

(Based off the fight scene in chapter 2)

[ljesak]

some refs for my own guys

[to-skit-or-not-to-skit]

personally, i find it fascinating how the warriors fandom deals with aus. anything goes usually, and most of the time people come up with really cool ideas for these little battle kitties. it's really interesting because it follows this pattern of bad books where the books do not utilize its full potential, so the fandom has to do it because the canon just wasnt good enough. and the truth is the books COULD have been good. in all honesty, the premise of kitty cats worshipping cat god and fighting in the woods really isn't that bad? it makes for some interesting scenarios.

but since the erins are stupid and don't think about what they write, we get kittypet xenophobia and ableism and misogyny and no self awareness. without all the horrible writing and shit character moments and discrimination, these books could be something to look fondly back upon for their writing, but they're not. the fans have to fill in the gaps in the erins' writing with maps and aus, because the books are so bad that it leaves readers wanting more than the erins are willing to give, because they honestly don't care about readers. but the fandom does, and the fandom makes aus and maps and art of this silly little battle cat series. and i think that's great

[saintpallis]

are you alright with wc requests? (or map wc requests like hollyfawn, hawkstorm, etc) (asking as anon for now) (also map as in multi animator project!!)

Sure! :D

[papacrunchymilk]

savior

[voltaicfox]

Warrior Cats Inktober: Day 8 - Kit

Hey! Today I decided to do Tadpole, using the wonderful design from this AMV. I love it! He's one of the most memorable kits to me. The MOST memorable- the one that traumatized me as a child- is being saved for a later prompt. Enjoy!

[ornerycattery]

Hawkkit | Hawkpaw | Hawkstorm

Hawkstorm is nobody's favorite guy around camp. Arrogant and short-tempered, he’s well known for being a huge stickler for the warrior code... but only when he can find a way to make it suit himself. He can't help but feel that Dapplestar made a grave mistake in choosing sickly, weak hearted Sandnose to be her deputy instead of someone like himself or Tangledpath.

He's fairly sure that the new apprentices Pondpaw and Bluepaw are his kits, but he isn't particularly interested in knowing either of them. Their mom Snakebelly gave him the scar on his muzzle and he probably deserved it tbh. I'd still fight him.

[wc-confessions]

hi its the original cheetz animator anon again and SO SORRY for kicking off drama then dipping for days. however, this is gonna get LONG.

cheetz' entire work model screams offloading shit onto other people so they can produce as much as possible in the shortest amount of time.

Weekend maps (baby's first crunch culture), 200-part maps with 3 collabers on each one (literally 0 problem with collaboration and its very cool [even if its solely because of the insane crunch], but I'll get to why Im bringing it up), and TRAILERS for their maps to generate as much hype as possible for them. What these create is hundreds of videos about The New Cheeteh Z Map, thus boosting cheetz in the algorithm MASSIVELY.

To break it down, each of the 200 map part creators will post a video with the map title in it, pushing the topic out to as many people as possible. the trailer is there for the existing subs, making SURE they watch at the premiere and again putting the "X Cheeteh Z MAP" topic as smth that anyone who vaguely likes maps needs to watch Right Now. Premiere happens, everyone watches, maybe skims the part playlist, and subs to cheetz (or at least flags to yt that theyre interested in their vids). Because this happens every 3 weeks, it's a consistent stream of content running back to them. its the exact same content-farming dr**k did lmfaoo

The same thing happens to hype the animators for The Next Big Project in the server. I think it was hollyfawn that had a 10-day @/everyone spree with like? a scavenger hunt? to tease that the next project was coming, prepare to apply!!11! To add onto it, they literally dont even do the storyboarding themself. They recruit like 5 other people to do it and cheetz'll help out. This is why the visual language is as disjointed as it is, and no hate towards the board artists! Its just that everyone has different styles and cheetz isnt exactly there to unify it aside from some meaningless symbols (does anyone actually know what hawkstorm's wings mean. anyone?)

Now that we've dissected my perspective on cheetz' content creation style, I've done a wee bit of research on my end with the analytics of my vids.

DISCLAIMER: I am a smallish channel with a few hundred subs and I only upload once every couple months. in fact I'm in the process of divorcing myself from wc so its prolly gonna have a massive subdrop as soon as I upload original animations. I am also one person and have not corroborated my findings with any other animators. Part 2 of the disclaimer: Tigernoir was never finished. After the controversy and threats against the host+animators we agreed to call it off and unlist/priv/delete our parts.

The difference in analytics between my TN part and my other unrelated parts that have a fairly large amount of views within the same amount of time is Notable. This is based on the 4-day mark of each part being up (the numbers are accurate because these were recorded then, and not pulled up Now):

The unrelated part got 1.8k views by then, TN got 2.3k. the difference is the interactions though. By the 4-day mark, the unrelated part had 36k impressions, accessed thru the sidebar (a 5% watchrate), and TN had 10k impressions (23%), accessed mainly thru the playlist. TN had 4 comments by then, Unrelated had 12. Unrelated gained me 50 subs, TN gained 10.

Obviously 2 vids from one person can't be Concrete Evidence, so my theory for this is that people are just skimming through the playlist without actually Intending to watch the videos. With the algorithm, even though a smaller percentage clicked the video, the views clearly had their eye caught and chose to check it out. This meant the viewers were actually engaged with the content and chose to see what else the uploader had going. TN's part on the other hand was just kinda There and automatically watched, then likely skipped onto the next part when the process section began.

In all, the focus is not on the animator when it comes to a cheetz map from what I've noticed. It is quite literally All About Cheetz, and he doesnt do anything but PROMOTE that with their content creation style and how he interacted with the people that work for him. Downright disheartening, and this style becoming fairly mainstream + their fans mirroring it is a very large part why im packing my bags from the warriors animation scene. Once again, sorry abt the length! but that anon did drive me mildly berserk and I needed to delve a bit deeper into my stance.

all i can really say is that that sucks man. i'm glad you're trying to pursue something that makes you happy tho! i really hope you gain the traction you desire along your journey! ik all the animators on cheeteh z's maps are like super fantastic so like i can already imagine how good your content will be..

[legionairemutt]

Some artfight paintings for members of ITS Starting top left: Ravenmist (SC) Eggpaw, Ospreypaw, and Cricketkit (WC - Also my character Rootbright’s family / a portion of it) Lostsun (TC warrior who lost his best friend) Lovepaw (WC apprentice - Rootbright is their mentor) Falconwhisper and Fadedheart (otherwise known as the stinky couple in WC / ForFeit)  Tigerbelly (RC deputy, also my character Redstorm’s son) Hawkstorm and Lichenwhisper (otherwise known as the crippled warrior with heart eyes and the oblivious mute medicine cat)

[beelas-bees]

Glad I’m not the only one who’s weirded out by the lack of prominent female characters in most of Cheeteh’s maps. I was perplexed by the absence of Mothwing in Hawkstorm, and it’s weird to me that the only prominent female character Cheeteh has made maps about are villains. I love female villains, but can’t we have a map with a female hero?

It frustrates me, because I’ve seen some people in the fandom say Cheeteh can write Warrior Cats better than the Erins, but at least the Erins have prominent female characters at all.

totally agree anon, I want women in my wc maps :(

[simbasomba]

Hawksteom request by none other than the one, the only, @deity-of-moffs