Orchid Sprig wrote:And now I'll give the short explanation for why I made the cat the way I did!
So first I decided to make a fluffy tail because I hadn't done it since my staff dogs, and I enjoy how they look. I referenced the tail off of the squirrels I made a few years ago since I thought it would look cool having that big of a tail curled over the back of the cat line art.
I actually had a different design before this one that was 100% done. Then I decided I wanted to pay homage both to my older pets, and to a special event that happened in my life. I actually got married at the end of May! And we had a galaxy inspired wedding (check out our cake). I thought it would be cool to tie in the idea of galaxy theme into my cat with the stars and moon. And thus after some tweaking here and there, my squirrel kitty was born!
A fun fact though about me; my husband and I have animal nicknames for each other. For example, I call him a goose frequently because he acts like a 'silly goose'. Well, he likes to refer to me as a squirrel because I squirrel away chocolate in various places (I love it but it takes me a long time to eat it), and I have an appetite that is more fitting to the size of a squirrel's stomach.
It makes me so happy you did a squirrel, Orchid! ^o^ There's 3 whole families of squirrels that live in my backyard (Ironically I was just visiting them 3 minutes ago) so I'm glad to see one in the form of this years litter.
Well, there's our confirmation from Orchid.