ive seen a lot of people say that they wish the acara had a tail and furred paws and no flesh horns, and i was always like 'but wouldn't that just be a cat???'; so i decided i had to try and visualize it. it made me sad, so then i tried to make it a little less sad by giving it some basic markings, and the darigan acara's hard horns to replace the floppy ones.
no shame if you like either of these edits; i did try to make them look nice and its still appealingly cute, but doing this really made me appreciate the canonical acara design.
the pink feet matching the ears make it feel harmonious, and the horns sort of balance out the negative space behind its head in a way that doesn't make me feel like a tail is missing- its weird traits make it distinctive!! i could imagine the 2nd horned cat image in any petsite or fantasy game, but the Acara is more memorable for being a little alien