local Dawnpelt defender

sup, i'm Lost. i go by she/her. i figured this could be a good way to practice deisgns and poses. atm i'm focusing on requests and redesigns. background/obscure cat requests are always open. all the designs are free to use w credit. icon art by: @cat-soap-opera

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I'm gonna be focusing on redesigns, request cats, and random characters i wanna do, for a while. I probably won't be posting that consistently tho.

I have requests open for background or obscure cats. Generally avoiding pov characters, but I'll make an exception for field guide ones as not many ppl have read those.

the request list so far:

Flywhisker

Dawnstripe

Toadfoot

Runningnose (not a request, just a cat i wanna design)

Houndleap (same as Runningwind)

And here's my list of cats i plan to redesign/touch up at some point:

Antfur

Antpelt

Applefur

Appleshine

Archeye

Ashfur

Barkface

Barley

Berryheart

Bigteeth

Billystorm

Blossomfall

Blossomkit

Bluestar

Brambleberry

Briarlight

Brightheart

Brindleface

Broken shadow

Brokenstar

Cherrytail

Clawface

Cloudstar

Plumstone

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Buster i've finally gotten to Buster! my beloved boy! granted, it's mostly headcannons, but all the same.

this guy was a warrior during the whole Darktail fiasco. he's actually Needletail's uncle. he's part of a huge family with 8 siblings, 4 are dead, and one's deputy. after darktail, he ran away from the clans to become a kittypet. he ran away when Alderheart found him, and doesn't seem to want to see his family or for anyone to know about his past as a clan cat.

i'm so fascinated with this guy. i think he's one of the few sensible cats in the series who decides to become a kittypet, and good on him for that ngl. he's been through a lot.

i hc that he's gone from being more brash and outspoken, to anxious and quiet. he was generally more pro Darktail when he showed up, but after what all that led to, he wants to put the past aside and have a fresh start, even if that meant never seeing his family again.

he has befriended Loki and Zelda though. they've agreed to keep his past secret from the other kittypets, and they help each other deal with what they went through. i picture them as a sort of qpr.

i also like to think Buster befriended Velvet and Fuzzball. i hc Velvet's given him her mouse for the time being as a comfort item. he really appreciates it. he plans on giving it back whenever his owners get him some new toys.

anyway's that's my rambles on this dude for the time being. he's always living rent free in my head ngl.

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hiii, ik i'm behind on request designs, buuuut, i have a Buster redesign lol. this started as a little doodle where i was gonna experiment w some new looks for him, but i ended up loving this on the first go. he's got a little bun now hkhjk. this is supposed to be after he's been a kittypet for awhile. and really settled in.

i made him more of a yellowish white, so now he inadvertently sticks out from his other family members i've designed. i'm redoing Berryheart at some point, so maybe i'll make her more yellowy. or maybe he just gets it from wherever Yarrowleaf got her ginger fur.

anyway, i feel like this design suits his early characterizations better. works for meaner Buster, and softer Buster

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Hollytuft

i generally agree she should've been given Nightheart's whole "stop comparing me to a dead cat" deal tbh

also, she def seems more conservative. especially w the sisters and her siblings becoming kittypets

anyway, as a CinderHolly enjoyer, there's def something about Cinder naming one of her kits after Holly <33

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Goldenflower

a Goldenflower that isn't big and bulky is like an angel without it's wings <33

anyway, her shpae was pretty easy, but yellow cats will be the death of me. trying to find any colors that look remotely correct is an absolute nightmare. i like this one, but it's probably gonna look too much like Mothwing. ig i'll cross that bridge when i come to it lol

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how about dawnstripe from tallstar's revenge? :D

added!

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since i'm nearly caught up, anyone got more background/obscure cat requests? i love working on these :]

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Shrewclaw

b-but, i thought you loved my constant bullying, Talltail??

did you guys know he's Mudclaw and Tornear's dad? i toatlly forgot. it makes perfect sense tho tbh

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Could I have hollytuft or either flywhisker design please? (It okay if it took long I will be very patient) ^_^

I'll add em! Flywhisker is def a fav of mine!

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Sunstrike

i was heavily inspired by keblestone and costalracoons designs for her! i mean seriously, they're just so so pretty!

i love Sunstrike. she's just got a fun name n design! i wish we'd gotten to see more of her! relationships between the df trainee's was criminally unexplored.

Ivypool thinks it's a shame she's in the df since she seems so nice. after that Sunstrike dies in the great battle. i wonder what she though was going on or what her motivations were. i like to think she was mostly there to make friends lol.

anyway, this cat is definitely a lesbian i really can't imagine her not being one. cannon to me

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Olivenose

she's from the young generation of shadowclan in oots that basically got wiped out. it's a shame too, i would've like having those guys around tbh.

olive was actually one of the cats on the ice when Flametail died. that's def gotta be rough.

i think i'm gonna hc Pinenose as her sister. i think it'd be funny with them having the same suffix

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Larkwing

she takes after her mom Sedgewhisker :]

kind of wild that she trained in the df. two of her aunts died in the great battle, and not to mention Antpelt's death, and the fact one of said aunts was close to Antpelt. litterally what a time to be a windclan cat

in Crowfeather's trial, her parents glare at her, but she's seen working with her grandma Gorsetail a few times. Gorse doesn't like the df trainees, so i wonder what they're relationship was like. she was still an apprentice in the last hope, so she would have been made a warrior right after. so she's was pretty young for all that. it's a shame we'll never get to know more about her family's dynamic

i appreciate that she has no cannon mate. she's doing her part to not have so much inbreeding in the clans 💪💪. i like to think they're from a half clan relationship, cause i'm a sucker for anyone in Gorsetail's linage having one.

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Kestrelflight

i know he's supposed to have white spots, but i wanted him to look like a kestrel, so he has black spots now. his flowers are Lungworts, since that's the plant Puddleshine needed from windclan in avos.

i'm glad he's finally got an apprentice, although him pulling a Barknose would have been funny. anyway, him and Willowshine were mlm wlw solidarity <33

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Jayfeather

taking a quick break from request cats, surprisingly to do a main character. i just got an idea for a Jayfeather design based on a Steller's jay and wanted to try it. i figure i can tweak or redo this design later if i want to.

overall i think it's pretty good! he has a dandelion for Lionblaze and a holly for Hollyleaf.

i don't really have any strong feelings on Jayfeather tbh. i hate jayhalf though. cause like, the reincarnation plot is dumb, and i don't care what the Erins say, Half Moon was in love with Jay's Wing, not Jayfeather. personally, i would like to know more about Jay's wing outside of Jayfeather possessing him y'know?

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Mistpaw and Graypaw

i feel like when it comes to siblings of protags, their dynamic is either a main focal point, or the books forget the siblings even exist. Mistpaw and Graypaw fall into the latter category lol.

the bit in the first asc book, when they Cuddle Frostpaw after their mom's death was cute, but they haven't done much since. i really feel for them though. they're also going through a lot.

also, given Curlfeather's scheming, it is absolutely hilarious that she has a kid called Mistpaw. i wonder how intentional that was. if she gets named Mistfoot i'm gonna lose my shit

for Mistpaw, i was originally gonna make her more of a tortie, but the calico look ended up really cute. she's also probably the biggest of the siblings, and the only one w coloring from her mom.

Graypaw gets more of his shape from Curl, and some of his light markings match hers (i'm gonna be basing her off a shiba inu). his flower is a pink carnation, which according to my very brief google search, means mother's love.

both of them (and Frostpaw) get the curly tail from their mom lol. under the cut is them + my wip Frostpaw design. i think they at least somewhat look like siblings. i hope it came across

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Oscar

he was so real for that (mocking cats starting a clan)

i tried to stay simple with his design, but i added a little white toe for some flare lol

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Batear and Fenneldust

i swear they used to have pages on the american wc wiki, since that's where i got the prefix bat for one of my ocs. as it stands, i got my info for them by google translating a dif wiki page lmao.

i've decided they're divorced, cause that's an extremely funny dynamic for df cats to have, and anyway, they're barely cannon as is. basically ocs to me <33. i do wish they still had pages on the american wiki tho, i mean, there's some other Su cats that still have one

anyway, i did one design for Batear based on Bunnicula. i realized he looked sprt of bunnyish, and with the bat prefix it was the perfect opportunity <33

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hii :) i’d love to see a goldenflower design by you i think your art style is really neat

somehow i missed this ask?? i'll def add her! :]