#salmonfleck

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Happy (almost) one year to TWH!!!

I made my first post to this account on October 27th, 2023.. It was the original cover, so I decided to redraw it!

Thank you all so much for such an incredible year, I’m so thankful for everyone here, whether you’ve been here since the beginning or you only just found me today— thank you for being here and reading my little cat comic! I still feel baffled when I think about how many people have seen my work and decided to stick around, it’s so unreal!!! I’m forever grateful. You’ve all shown me so much kindness, compassion, and patience— I couldn’t ask for a better audience ❤️

Now, for the cover!

One of the biggest differences is… there are three additional cats in the new one! Wavestrike and Rampaw, of course, but also… Sailor! (who has an updated design) All three are very important characters within the story, and they deserved a place on the cover.

Other differences are Lambpaw’s design— his markings are different and the grays are slightly darker… this is his ‘teenager’ design! A lot of important plot points happen when he’s a teenager, and I wanted the cover to reflect that.

Aaand the last major change is the flower/plant that Lambpaw is holding. In the original cover, he was holding yarrow— which DID have plot significance at the time… but I’ve since changed a couple things and it lost its relevance. The new plant, however, is very very plot relevant. Yay!

Over the past year, I’ve managed to draw ‼️112 PAGES‼️

Here’s to a whole year of TWH, and to hopefully many more !!

✦ 🐋 ✦ 🫀 ✦ 🐚 ✦

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ch 03 : p 24

it was fun including a lil callback to the beginning of the comic.. i even used the same shading color & settings :3 i think ive improved a bit since starting this comic!

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ch 02 : p 22

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ch 03 : p 01

guess he was sleepy!!!

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ch 02 : p 01

good ... morning?

WE'RE BACK !!

the inside of the apothecary looks SO different in this page than it did in ch 01 p 15.. honestly i think it looks a lot better now. i fixed some of the issues i had with it in that page :D there will definitely be a lot of inconsistencies with the dens and the camp as i'm still getting used to drawing it!!!

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ch 01 : p 04

yay orcastar appearance!

lambpaw has never been a huge talker- salmonfleck knows this. he's just not entirely sure how to navigate it yet. he knows that lambpaw has always preferred to be left to his own devices... and since he's never had to help lambpaw through something like this, his first instinct is to leave him be. and of course, lambpaw doesn't have the words to ask him for help.

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ch 02 : p 09

always twilight

we finally get to see lambpaw IN the place he visited!!

huh. the place lamb went was definitely pretty foggy. and not very twilight-y either. huh. wonder why

this page didnt exist originally so i scripted and sketched it from scratch.. usually i have every page of a chapter sketched before i go any further. all of the planning for this was on one canvas and i spent almost four hours figuring out the script and the composition of it 😭 overall pretty happy with the result, even though it was... very spontaneous!!!! (trying to make the next page now and im stumped.. i've been staring at a blank canvas with no luck! but we will prevail.)

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ch 02 : p 07

surrounded

DISCLAIMER: lambpaw is imagining all of this!! he hasnt been to starclan so he doesnt know what it looks like! this is all in his head :)

this page features a LOT of cameos- every starclan cat except for the one at the bottom is a cameo!

owners of the OCs are on instagram- they're all tagged in my post over there ^^

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