Hey 👋

Pfp from @whatlurksbean !

[stressingcosmos]

I love your art style — do you ever plan on doing commissions?

Ah, I just saw this now, sorry for the late response!

This is a very flattering ask, thank you!! I'm not planning on it at the moment, but that may change with my schedule :) I will definitely keep it in mind!

[stressingcosmos]

was lurking through comment section of wac and saw ur eggy boy pfp. wonderful. joyous. I love him I just wanted to say... snoot :)

Thank you - good comic taste!! Good snoot.

Also, as somebody specializing in paleontology, I like your username a lot :) The holotype of Tiktaalik is in a museum in my home city!

[stressingcosmos]

Design entry for @direclan's contest :) This is still my second ever Tumblr post but the last entry I did was so fun, I wanted to do another.

Willowreed's colors are in-betweens of the ones on her sprite and on her parents. Her name made me think that she should be long and slim, and her trait for keeping things tidy made me want to make her look deliberately groomed. She also has a willow leaf behind her ear that vaguely resembles Skykestrel's accessory (with the added bonus of looking a bit like a side ponytail). A confident & silly girl, full of joy and whimsy! Kits would probably love her.

[stressingcosmos]

Design entries for @ranchclan's contest! This is actually my first ever Tumblr post, so I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing, but I fell in love with these guys and just had to give it a shot lol.

More information under the cut!

Marigoldpaw's colors are in-betweens of those on her sprite and those on her parents. I tried giving her traits from both Coldstep and Pumpkinleaf as well as a general flowery motif.

Since she was noted to be protective, I imagine the little scar on her nose came from some goofy kithood accident, like trying to defend a denmate or a littermate from a big scary bug and getting stung or bit on the face. Something along those lines haha

The accessory behind her ear was intended to be a marigold, but it's pretty vague and is mostly just there for a splash of color. It doesn't really matter towards anything.

Pigment!!! I had the idea to have him be a hairless cat immediately, and from there I thought, 'what if his scarf was a sweater?' and I think it turned out cute.

I tried to make his markings look kinda paint-splashy, the markings on his knees and face are meant to resemble those art palette things, and the lil ends on his bandana are shaped like paintbrushes. Also, on that note, his patterns are all symmetrical except for his face.

In my head I've been envisioning him to be a v artistic and creative soul. He has a unique perspective on the world and can find beauty in almost anything. As a wandering loner, his sweater and bandana are both things he picked up from different kittypet friends over the course of his travels. He's a silly quirky guy!

That's about all, I believe? These got a bit complicated, so if either of em win then obv feel free to simplify - but this was very fun to work on either way!!