huh? wuh?

Every time the cat came, they watched it, peeking through shutters to see it pad gently, so soft and elegant. When the drought was killing their crops, when they were burning up with fever, when the winter was so cold their knee ached and ached til they wished they were dead. They always watched for the cat, and when it came again, they were ready.

Ready to speak to the cat that saved their village thrice already, ready to thank this creature, no matter it’s motivation. But then…then the cat started asking for husbands, for wives, and they couldn’t go before it and hear its proposal. They didn’t want to hear which it would choose, so they stayed away instead.

The harvest is dying when the cat comes the first time. Corn is wilting on the stalk, oats are burning in their pods, potatoes are small and mealy, even the pumpkins are suffering. All for want of water, of course, one little drink, but the season’s been parched and dusty. Every morning for a month the sun’s risen hot and burning, leaving people weak and dumb with its heat, and there’s not much they can do while the sun shines.

The cat is a mangy thing with barely any skin to cover its bones, a lovely colour though, a rich smoke grey. The farmers see it first, lurking on the edge of their wilting crops, eyes gleaming from in between the plants. No one runs out to chase it away, too hot and sticky to do much of anything, but they all keep an eye on it.

Behold a very good boy.

Do you design a lot of characters living in not-modern eras and you’re tired of combing through google for the perfect outfit references? Well I got good news for you kiddo, this website has you covered! Originally @modmad made a post about it, but her link stopped working and I managed to fix it, so here’s a new post. Basically, this is a costume rental website for plays and stage shows and what not, they have outfits for several different decades from medieval to the 1980s. LOOK AT THIS SELECTION:

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A little redraw of a doodle I made a little over a year ago-ish. I can’t exactly tell if I’ve improved all that much but I’m really tired rn