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Well well, look who grew up? Yes, this is my cat!
I've been referring to them fondly as Catradiction, which is the closest this outcome has to a real name.
All these different ideas of a feral/war-like backstory are rad - although I'm afraid I don't have such a story to tell! In hindsight I wish I had gone with something with more depth, but I'm so glad people liked the outcome enough to hope it did have a story to go along with it anyways!
As for my creation process...
I wouldn't have been able to pull of an elaborate concept like some of my teammates - so instead as I was doodling I decided to challenge myself to try and piece together different features and attributes which otherwise might have contradicted each other in some way. That heart-covered fur wouldn't match those sharp-looking claws in a conventional design, or that torn-off ear (which I suppose also contradicts the other ear?), and clearly the eyes themselves don't match up, where one is light and the other dark.
The yellow-y eye also actually comes from my fursona!
Linus shares the same eye colour - I always knew I wanted to put a bit of him in there somewhere. He's a dog too, so we have a hidden cat =/= dog contradiction going on as well.
Hence,
Catradiction.
Puns, amirite? 8DEither way, I'm so glad to have come home to all these lovely comments about my kitty! Thank you everyone <3