My Piece for @harriertail 's Ultimate Guide Zine!
I got Sasha and her kits <3 I had sooo so much fun!!
Below are some wip pictures + my thoughts behind the piece!!!
the RGB Version! The lineart isn't colored in properly here.
Some earlier Concepts + sketches!
Many Sashas.. and originally the leaves were supposed to be golden, but it didn't fit well.
Some thoughts:
What i love about Sasha is just how tied to water her life is-yes i enjoyed her Manga a lot, my poor little miserable women <3
First off all, she leaves her happy life as a ships-cat to raise her children. Tadpole drowns early in their lives, putting a Shadow over their happiness. They leave for RIVERclan- where Hawkfrost will die in the Lake while Mothwing lives out a life she is not the happiest with. Its why she is looking at a Star-she may be the last one alive and at first, a life as a medicine cat seemed to be everything she wanted, until she found out about Hawkfrosts Manipulation.
Tadpole holds a star because he is the strongest kit, yet dies first.
The three are symbolised by a feather, the evolution of the frog and death's-head hawkmoth- symbols of death, obviously.
Willows grow around bodies of water and are often symbols of grief.
Meanwhile Sasha can only look down and with the passage of time (-> moon phases changing) see and know that in the end, her trying to save her children doomed them, and do nothing about it but cry.
Kinda depressing stuff for a little kitty in a book :,D
if you read my thoughts, thank you so much! I hope everyone enjoys their copy of the Ultimate guide zine. Heres a treat for you: 馃惐馃尶 (catnip)
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have u done Sasha's kits? Idk the name of the one who died, the little black one, but could you do them?
(sorry I have dory syndrome)
All three siblings! Hawkfrost has more of Sasha鈥檚 body build and Mothwing and Tadpole has Tigerstar鈥檚.
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Goldenflower + Tigerstar family tree rewrite
Once again not much has changed except Brmbleclaw doesn鈥檛 have a family anymore and Mistlekit has been moved into the GoldenTiger litter!
In my rewrite Mistlekit is the one to be taken by the Hawk, when Tigerstar find this out + the dogs he sent had killed Swiftpaw from darkstripe, Tigerstar uses this as an argument that his kits should be handed over to him at a gathering. He was actually upset when he found this out, so it made his argument more convincing.
Few other things is that Tigerheart changes his prefix to Lynx, and darkly coloured tabbies run in the family along with brown tabbies, it comes from Leopardfoot鈥檚 side of the family!
Family trees that relate to this one:
Hollypelt // Oakstar // Larksong // Greenflower // ToadPoolNettle
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What if Mothwing and Hawkfrost's original names were Caterpillar and Chick? To match Tadpole. I think that'd be cute.
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DarkStripe and Tadpole from the "Sasha and DarkStripe" Au. Tadpole managed to remember DarkStripe after he saved him from nearly drowning, so when DarkStripe was invited to tag along with them, Tadpole couldn't have been more excited.
Basically the two of them form a strong bond and Tadpole follows DarkStripe around like a baby duck follows their mom.
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I decided to draw the warriors characters that still bring me at least a little bit of joy all on one canvas. Not all of them are there because of how they are in canon, some of them I like specifically because of my or other people's headcanons. I've got a list of like... 33 characters? But I think I'll be drawing them rather slowly, so I'll post some of them now.聽
I really like drawing those things that refer to the names or something behind cats' ears...
Hawkfrost is way more fabulous in fandom view than in canon. I like his relationship with Tadpole really much, it's so underrated in the book. I'm not interested in Mothwing at all, so the lost potential of describing Hawkfrost's feelings about his brother just makes me sad.
I don鈥檛 know much about Splashtail, but his similarities with Hawkfrost make him look irresistible to me, I鈥檓 weak :(
I like all the plot-relevant characters from Mapleshade鈥檚 Vengeance who are not Mapleshade honestly. Frecklewish, Ravenwing, Appledusk and Reedshine most of all. Poor babies
Squilf just the best. She鈥檚 cool, she鈥檚 pretty, wish she'd be with Shrewpaw, not with all these freaks.
I don't like the fandom tendency to draw microkits and apprentices, so I draw kits really big (and apprentices like adults but more skinny and shorthaired). That's not a mistake!
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A little doodle of HawkStar from @transfemleafpool 鈥榮 au! (I think it was their au?? I learnt from it from @blimbo-buddy 鈥榮 account)
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