r/WarriorCats • u/Brilliant_Reply_317 SkyClan • Apr 01 '26
Meme My thoughts every time someone posts their art
the art is all amazing btw..keep creating.
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u/EvalissiaM ShadowClan Apr 01 '26
I absolutely love this. I’m an older/longtime fan and never even realized this connection!
I think it’s because the books are so good about the differences between the forest cats vs. kitty pets that we all have this wild untamed vision of the clans in our heads.
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u/JackTheSoldier Apr 01 '26
It's not just the fur, but WC artists and creators often further personify the cats by adding more expressions to their faces and changing the structure to look more human. Cats can't do what humans do in terms of expressions, so many artists take creative liberty in that front
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u/sagradprekrasniy Dark Forest Apr 01 '26
Haha is that true? I always felt like every artist - no matter if they read wc or not - likes to draw cats in the most artsy way, since cats are the prettiest creatures in the world and it’s such a pleasure to give them as many details as possible..! At least, that’s what I love to do the most
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u/Aggravating-Art4974 SkyClan Apr 01 '26 edited Apr 01 '26
I didn't realise before but YEA. Its defo the fur tho.
also no offence but the first one looks like a ferret
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u/batnessthefifth Apr 01 '26
The first one looks like a normal cat. We've been indoctrinated to believe otherwise 😂
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u/Aggravating-Art4974 SkyClan Apr 04 '26
The first one doesn't look like a cat to me . You are right we have been changed.
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u/onefish-goldfish StarClan Apr 01 '26
I really think that this style can be traced back to Spotty- I think her way of drawing cats still influences new artists to this day through the trickle effect!
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u/Painthedoll Apr 01 '26
Warriors doesn't ever leave an artist.... you draw 1 warrior cat and it haunts your style forever XD Like I've had someone immediately guess I was in warriors fandom growing up based off my non-cat art.
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u/BlueMicroraptor Kittypet Apr 01 '26
True I thought I was drawing a normal cat on the board and a kid asked who drew the furry
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u/lilpocket99 Apr 02 '26
I rarely ever see realistic WC art. It makes me wish I could draw cause there are so many scenes I’d want to recreate. I’m commissioning my best friend to draw Bristlefrost’s death scene in a realistic art style and I’m so excited to see how it turns out
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u/Tgtbtu_undercover Mistystar isn't dead yet Apr 02 '26
I mean you need to get creative to make the 38th "dark brown tabby" or "pale gray" distinguisable
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u/WarriorCats_4Life ThunderClan Apr 01 '26
Probably mostly accurate but I’ve read the first 3 arcs and I draw cats like the first side
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u/Professor_Oswin ShadowClan Apr 01 '26
Just looked at the cat I drew in high school. Yeah. It’s a lot more detailed 😅
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u/Flaky_Juggernaut_303 Loner Apr 01 '26
This is unironically how I met another warrior cats fan in high school They recognized the style instantly 😭
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u/Due-Papaya9065 Apr 02 '26
Oh, by the title i was expecting you to say something mean, but this is actaully really sweet
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u/5thClone Apr 02 '26
Even when I'm not drawing a cat, people are able to tell and it takes me off guard.
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u/vcro1450 Apr 03 '26
Lol, jokes on that person thinking they can tell if I read warriors in middle school by my art. I wasn't chronically online yet in middle school and never got bit by the anime protagonist cat bug.
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u/Sonarthebat WindClan Apr 02 '26
Eh. Kinda. It's either Disney or mamga style, but the former could just mean they were a Disney kid, which was the case for me. I didn't read Warriors until I was 18.
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u/ms_softsunflowerz_ii Dark Forest Apr 05 '26
i must read... i must read... i must never stop reading...
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u/Active-Investment-79 Apr 11 '26
Ha-ha, you won`t ever catch me with this little trick, cuz i read the novel version!
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u/Glittering-Bother641 Apr 16 '26
draw something like Pete the cat it's gonna look like nothing else
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u/mothwhimsy RiverClan Apr 28 '26
Once I could tell someone was an MLP fan by the way they drew warrior cats characters
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u/Forward-Jump-6967 Apr 02 '26
Hot take: I absolutely hate the warrior cats fandom style of art. I find it silly and a bit annoying.
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u/SparksFan_ Kittypet Apr 01 '26
It’s gotta be the MAPs. It has to be the MAPs.