#nightcloud

the scenes are connected by the branch (the branch bridge in the fire scene vs the gathering tree's branch)

the star frame spins and turns into a square to represent holly's feeling of importance/being one of the three spirals away and she becomes like any other cat but Worse (yew branches grow around her square)

Grid is also meant to show how she wants everything orderly and in place/in her control, but as the gathering scene gets more chaotic despite (and because of) her attempt

from holly's mouth grows yew berries, both to indicate her next actions to confront leafpool with them but also i made one berry 'drip' down like blood to show she's still hiding the secret of killing ashfur

and ofc the paper burning away squirrel in the fire scene to reveal leafpool (in my mind this is leaf when she's in the med den being confronted by holly)

AH FORGOT TO MENTION: everyone else has yellow teeth except holly: yellow for fire scene = lies, and white for gathering scene = truth, as holly has this very self-righteous perspective that she's doing a good thing speaking the truth and while everyone else has been doing bad.

- I LOVE genetically accurate warrior cats stuff, especially little hungry warrior’s video’s, but that autistic urge is warring with the equally autistic urge to make everyone every impossible colour and pattern on the planet’s surface, along with the fact I know very little (like, I think lionblaze being ginger is possible, but correct me if I’m wrong)

- tortie squirrel torbie leaf because NOW THE THREE CAN FEASIBLY BE FROM EITHER OF THEM BASED ON THEIR COAT COLOURS!! YIPPEE :DDD

- poor hollyleaf has to look like a carbon copy of her loser dad, same with breezepelt

- hollyleaf and lionblaze both inherited leafpool’s ‘mane’

- curly cur squirrel and lion because they’re cute <333

- I saw someone say squilf clone jayfeather and it would not leave my mind. As sketch it was more obvious I just traced the squilf layer when I got to him lol their face shapes are identical

- I gave nightcloud and breezepelt some low white because nightcloud deserves some pizazz and that trickled down to breezepelt, same for her lashes

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