I really am glad that we got the design for him that we did,
From a visual standpoint, I personally think that the second one is too much and too little at the same time
Wearing a 3 piece suit without the third piece is awkward, in my opinion, and drawing the gears all over his top would actually suck + all those gears make that version of the design unbalanced and very top-heavy. Additionally, without his blazer, the only spot of red is the digital clock collar which is a clever idea but it comes across rather garish to me on it's own, I also think the gloves are pretty charming—one of my favourite parts of his design, actually—so to not have them is meh...
As for the third design, I think its better than the second because the blazer is swapped ouy for a coat (which would be clever, fur coat,) and the digital elements are worked in more cohesively along the lapels and I actually really like the second hand in this idea for the clock-hand bowtie
The hat, however, drowns his ears out, which invalidates the entire thing for me. How can you hide a catboy's ears!? Also, I feel as though this design would've gone to a completely different character in terms of personality. It just doesn't feel like him, especially not Timmy. If our Timothy wore that I would think he's cosplaying or something. However I think the idea of him wearing 1920s fashion is rather endearing since kit-cat clocks released in 1932, how clever!
And the only one left, the first one, the one we got, is perfect
The red bowtie with the golden centre is reminiscent of a cat's collar without being too overt and that continues as his blazer is red on the inside so it doesn't feel out of place, the gold themes don't take so much space that the upper body feels disproportionately designed compared to the legs, the golden gears on his sleeves and around the clock being a brighter gold than the slightly faded gears is visually satisfying to me because it creates a distinction + it keeps gold going throughout, the cat lapels are just adorable and the small white details appear again in the claws of the shoes, tying everything together once again and the blazer being plain black is even perfect because the trousers can be plain without being uninteresting, the pink on his paws comes back in his soles as well so that feels complete too, everything comes together to feel like it just belongs that way. I just love this design, because I adore how he literally looks like a tuxedo cat with the black "fur", white face, and white paws.
And finally, I love that his body type is an hourglass—not that I'd have a problem otherwise but since an hourglass is a type of time measurement I really feel like a lot of love went into his design and it really warms my heart. I know that lots of people are bothered by him being a twink but literally what did you expect? Cats are not very big so of course Timothy/Timmy is going to be tiny, he's also one of the shortest in the cast!
For his face, I know that a lot of people think he would look better with facial hair but I DON'T, I think when people draw it it is lovely and he always looks dashing, but officially I think it's unnecessary. If you think about the "werewolf-like" descriptor used, then it makes sense he would want to keep away as much body + facial hair as possible as it may represent Timmy in a way. Additionally, Timmy wouldn't really be able to pull of the "I know I'm cute" shtick with facial hair, I'm sorry but its true. Also, it shows how meticulous Timothy is as a character if hes willing to go through with getting rid of every single hair, and as all we know that man is #autistic af so it just makes sense
I don't have much to say about his face shape necessarily but I love the one we got because he is super cute
As for his hair, the one we got is perfect for the tuxedo cat look but I also really like the first one, I think that could've worked nicely too.
I do not like the second one. But maybe it would work with the 1920s fashion Timothy though... mmhh...
I also think his clock showing 10:10 is such a cool detail because its a mirror number which potentially symbolises the mirror duality of Timothy and Timmy. My friend also taught me that 10:10 is also a common time to set non-functional watches for advertisements and the like because of its aesthetic symmetry, so I thought that was really cool too!! Not to read into it too much, but I imagine that as him advertising himself in a way if people are more used to seeing 10:10 perhaps people find it more approachable, and he wants to be approached because he's lonely... uwahh...
I also think about this tweet a lot:
+ to add onto that, if Timothy hates cats so much then he would have no business adding the little faces on the lapels!
And finally, I know this only exists in this art but the nod to cat eye eyeliner as well is very clever
If you read this long, thank you!!! I love the Tims so much. They're so perfect to me. 🩷🩷🩷
