Nix Pardus Inter Astrum (Alternatively: Sub Duo Kalendis)
Snow Leopard Amongst The Stars
Alternatively: Under Two Moons
All Hallow’s Eve. A night of magic and whimsy.
Sneppermint here has made full use of the day. Halloween parties, drinking, dancing, watching Train to Busan with friends for like the fifth time, and copious amounts of candy and autumn treats.
At night, she takes to the stars. Gone is the costume of the day, only her witch’s hat and her trusty broomstick.
She marvels at the scene around her. Everything’s so… beautiful, so peaceful up here, under the light of the full moon and the stars. Clouds drift by in the distance as Sneppermint smiles. This is where she’s meant to be right now.
Her broomstick, on the other paw? It’s not so focused on the beauty around it. It does its sacred duty as a magical companion, but the big cat is no light witch to carry. A second, plusher moon has eclipsed its frame tonight.
This absolutely stunning piece was done by the trusty, talented @snepfeathers! I’m still in awe with how beautifully this turned out. The linelessness, Sneppermint’s expression of joy and wonder, the magic of a full moon, the twinkling of the stars. It’s evocative in both its playfulness and its picturesque depiction.
I keep coming back to that tail, that beauty of the patterning and the fur itself. It’s stylized, it’s pretty, and I could have asked for nothing more.
To touch the stars, to feel the wind in your fur, to embrace the night.
…to hoping your beleaguered broomstick can make it to another All Hallow’s Eve.
May your Halloween be magical. 🎃🧙♀️🧹🍬🍪