i was thinking, it probably wouldn't be a bad idea to include a back shot and/or 3/4 shot of naked & outlined catra in your reference sheet, because she has three horizontal stripes on her lower back that you can see when she's wearing pajamas, and i'd imagine a lot of people tend to miss that when drawing (they already often forget the visible arm stripes lol).
and semi-related, i find it odd that she doesn't have any stripes on her front torso or legs - is that just me? maybe it would've looked weird for the s1 leggings' holes to be colored differently from the rest of her skin tone, idk.
ok so you're probably right however that means i have to figure out where the stripe placement is 😭 lol which is all the more evidence i should do it but damn i would have to dig through clips of Taking Control and... actually did we ever see them before that?? was there one shot in season four or am i losing my mind? someone tell me what episode that is and I'll consider adding them LOL
to me it's not weird just because if you think about a cat's striping, it typically fades out on their stomach/underside. that just happens to be catra's entire front as a magicat LOL wait sorry post canceled i was just gonna grab an image from the intent and i found this instead
obsessed with this thumbnail sm
anyway stripes are a camouflage adaption and if she as a magicat was adapted to camouflage specifically when running on all fours (which she seems to do when especially panicked/hurried) it makes sense for them to be on her back and outer arms. If she was camouflaged for bipedal walking then the placement makes less sense and is purely based on irl cats XD