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Bircfallstar — Detective Cats Cover NEW

Published: 2010-08-16 20:25:38 +0000 UTC; Views: 3341; Favourites: 38; Downloads: 0
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Old Cover: [link]

Next (Prologue) : [link]

The new cover is finished and took A LOT longer than the old one.
Old one: 3 hours
New one: 9 hours

I spend a ton of time on this and I AM HAPPY with it.

Now let me explain the symbolism in this cover.

The top area, with Jena, Walker, and the Rats represents The prologue - chapter 5. And btw, starting in chapter 4 Jena actually looks like how she does on this page. That is the result of the rat attack.
She will look like that the rest of Issue 1 and half of issue 2 then she will look normal again. We also have the glowy eye rats in the trees forming the Kuro Akai Yoru symbol.

Um the bottom half, the reason this is in a forest is because part of this story takes place in that forest. I can't say much about it or why it is there but we will learn about it soon.

Also we have the six cats who will go on a mission in this book.
I put the MAIN characters of the cats (Darkstripe, Tiny, & Starbuck) on the tree stump highlighted to show they are more important.

On Tiny's side, is Birchy and Rivka. They are cousins, and Rivka is a good friend to Tiny and Darkstripe while Birchy is Tiny's mentor.

On Starbuck's Side is Azure his friend who he shares a sad past with that will be told in Chapter 8.

But trust me this cover is EXTREMELY symbolistic of the Entire Issue 1 of Detective Cats.

BEFORE ANYONE ASKS WHY ICE/BLACK IS NOT ON THE COVER LET ME ANSWER IT HERE.
You see, there are hints in this book that Ice will be important someday but he won't really start to be a big time main character until the second half of Issue 2, then he slowly becomes extremely important.

I also want to thank *Monarchstar-SCCS for teaching me a new and better crying techique. Yes, Jena actually is crying. I can't say why yet. We will know at the end of chapter 4.

Also even though I tried, ~PshNya tought me how to do mist. I tried and liked it, but the problem is it took away highlights from the characters and was a bit overwhelming.

CHARACTERS:
Jena - Top left corner. White brown tabby she-cat (Purple)
Walker - Top right corner. white brown tabby she-cat (red)
Darkstripe - Middle of tree stump. Brown tabby she-cat
Starbuck - our right on tree stump. Silver tabby tom
Tiny - our left on tree stump. Calico she-cat
Birchy - our left of tree stump. Brown somali tom (blue scarf)
Rivka - our left of tree stump crouching. Brown somali she-cat
Azure - our right of tree stump. Main coon she-cat.


Now excuse me while I rewrote ALL the pages to lead to this page as "first"

Tiny is copyrighted by and has been given permision to be used in this comic.

Detective Cats and its characters are copyrighted by
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Comments: 68

Bircfallstar In reply to ??? [2010-12-28 20:32:26 +0000 UTC]

Yeah he is.

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Blueyblue66 In reply to Bircfallstar [2010-12-29 00:22:44 +0000 UTC]

when will he will show up?

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Bircfallstar In reply to Blueyblue66 [2010-12-29 00:25:44 +0000 UTC]

Chapter 7 he will show up a bit, then he will be talking somewhat in Chapter 8 and further

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Blueyblue66 In reply to Bircfallstar [2010-12-29 00:27:30 +0000 UTC]

Awesome! I think he will say some stuff like: owo i want my kai pai plushie now.. or nyaaaa.

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Bircfallstar In reply to Blueyblue66 [2010-12-29 00:58:23 +0000 UTC]

Nah thats outside of Detective Cats Birchy relating more to myself. Detective Cts Birchy wouldn't know what that would be. And its more Pickle who says "nya"

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Blueyblue66 In reply to Bircfallstar [2010-12-29 02:05:40 +0000 UTC]

oh, i see. so, while not being in the series, birchy is like u, but in the series hes more serious.

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Bircfallstar In reply to Blueyblue66 [2010-12-29 02:17:12 +0000 UTC]

owo A bit... In some ways yes in others no... it depends on the topic, mood, area, and cats.

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Blueyblue66 In reply to Bircfallstar [2010-12-29 02:21:29 +0000 UTC]

Ok. owo i see. (im always saying i see)

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Leafehspeckle [2010-11-07 13:21:52 +0000 UTC]

I think this one is an in improvement to the other one. The moonlight and sparkles are a unique touch and makes Darkstripe and her friends stand out from the slightly dark background and other cats. ^^

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Bircfallstar In reply to Leafehspeckle [2010-11-07 21:27:32 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. And well, Starbuck isn't really friends to Darkstripe, but the Three, Darkstripe, Tiny, and Starbuck are main characters as opposed to the other three, Birchy, Rivka, and Azure. >w< Thank you so much~

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Leafehspeckle In reply to Bircfallstar [2010-11-12 11:48:10 +0000 UTC]

No problem. ^^

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ZetaSkiddles [2010-08-25 00:24:00 +0000 UTC]

How cool!

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Bircfallstar In reply to ZetaSkiddles [2010-08-25 00:25:45 +0000 UTC]

Oh thanks :3

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ZetaSkiddles In reply to Bircfallstar [2010-08-25 00:27:08 +0000 UTC]

I just don't get why there are so many pictures of crying animals being made today. Who knows? They could be sweating from their eyes! xD It's SO hot out!

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Bircfallstar In reply to ZetaSkiddles [2010-08-25 00:28:26 +0000 UTC]

owo there are? Well I made this a few dayas ago not just now >A< poor crying and or sweating animals

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ZetaSkiddles In reply to Bircfallstar [2010-08-25 00:29:59 +0000 UTC]

Teehee!

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ShadowTika [2010-08-17 22:05:06 +0000 UTC]

Tight cover you really have worked hard on it ...

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Bircfallstar In reply to ShadowTika [2010-08-17 22:22:48 +0000 UTC]

owo~

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Kittylove39 [2010-08-17 12:29:46 +0000 UTC]

It is nighttime? oops sorry.

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Kittylove39 [2010-08-17 05:31:04 +0000 UTC]

There is much to say; I could tell you put out much effort into this.

First, Jena with the wounds that she's bearing and the dramatic look of anguish on her face, the tears, unbelievable.

Walker, the look of concern and apprehension.

The glowing rat eyes in the forest, I didn't realize at first that some of the eyes formed the kuro akai yoru symbol until you pointed it out, good job.

The detail on the trees and sunlight shining through.

I like the shining rhinestones on Darkstripe's hat!

Starbuck with the look of serious business on his face.

I think its cool azure is a maine coon cat, I forgot to tell you though. Interesting that there is a connection between her and Starbuck. I look forward as to seeing how in the future.

So birchy and rivka are cousins! Really cool. Rivka is one of my favorites. She is really cute and probably loves to have fun! I love her name too.

Tiny is well drawn too. Looking forward to seeing her charcter develop.

Much applause over your new cover and congratulations!!!!!

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Bircfallstar In reply to Kittylove39 [2010-08-17 05:37:07 +0000 UTC]

@A@ I remember when Jon used to give comments this long.

owo Jena yeah it is sad, she undergoes much stress in this comic.

Walker yup pretty terrified actually not concerned.

owo' I don't think anyone knowtices the Kuro Akai Yoru symbol until I point it out.

omo' Mom.... that isn't sunlight... thats moon light. it is night time.

>w< Darky's hate is sparkly!~

owo And yeah I like Azure, and her past with Bucky is pretty sad.

owo I developed a lot of family around Birchy.

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TomorrowsPromises [2010-08-17 01:55:15 +0000 UTC]

What happened to Jena? D:

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Bircfallstar In reply to TomorrowsPromises [2010-08-17 01:56:19 +0000 UTC]

Someone didn't read the description~ =w=

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TomorrowsPromises In reply to Bircfallstar [2010-08-17 01:57:31 +0000 UTC]

;D
K I just did.

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Bircfallstar In reply to TomorrowsPromises [2010-08-17 01:57:46 +0000 UTC]

^-^~

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BlackWolf75 [2010-08-17 01:03:32 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful! Just awesome!

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Bircfallstar In reply to BlackWolf75 [2010-08-17 01:33:42 +0000 UTC]

owo~ Yaaay

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BlackWolf75 In reply to Bircfallstar [2010-08-17 02:08:10 +0000 UTC]

:3

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Shroudheart61 [2010-08-16 23:57:08 +0000 UTC]

That is coooool~ It is quite the improvement, and I love the background.....

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Bircfallstar In reply to Shroudheart61 [2010-08-16 23:58:03 +0000 UTC]

>w<~ I love forest backgrounds so I put so much into them. owo and yeah, apparently a lot can change in 11 months.

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Shroudheart61 In reply to Bircfallstar [2010-08-17 00:06:59 +0000 UTC]

IKNOWRIGHT

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StickFreeks [2010-08-16 23:13:03 +0000 UTC]

Birchyyyy! This is amazing! I love all the forest scenery, you really spent a long time on it. The details in the characters are really cool as well. owo I'm just not sure about the huge empty void between the stump people and the title with the floating heads... XD

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Bircfallstar In reply to StickFreeks [2010-08-16 23:55:37 +0000 UTC]

owo~ I'm glad you like the details, but I actually feel good about the space between. I think much more would make this cover all overwhelming

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StickFreeks In reply to Bircfallstar [2010-08-17 03:33:48 +0000 UTC]

Hmm... maybe it's just the teeny title.... I feel like the title deserves more. owo

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Bircfallstar In reply to StickFreeks [2010-08-17 03:36:22 +0000 UTC]

>w<~ I dunno...

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starpaw76 [2010-08-16 23:01:59 +0000 UTC]

FRICK MUFFIN AWESOME NESSS!!! my eyes explode from ovrexposure to the coolness of this long awaited picture

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Pan2468 [2010-08-16 22:43:51 +0000 UTC]

Great job!

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Bircfallstar In reply to Pan2468 [2010-08-16 22:50:01 +0000 UTC]

owo ^-^

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Andy-the-fairy-fox [2010-08-16 21:30:45 +0000 UTC]

WONDERRFUL!!!!!!!!

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Bircfallstar In reply to Andy-the-fairy-fox [2010-08-16 21:36:00 +0000 UTC]

owo Thanks.

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Andy-the-fairy-fox In reply to Bircfallstar [2010-08-16 21:40:56 +0000 UTC]

your welcome

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Jayflop [2010-08-16 21:08:51 +0000 UTC]

This is awesone! and you finished it so quickly! Lol!

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Bircfallstar In reply to Jayflop [2010-08-16 21:14:37 +0000 UTC]

>A< Not really.. I did it over a three day period.

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Jayflop In reply to Bircfallstar [2010-08-16 21:48:33 +0000 UTC]

My project things take LONGER :3 But still :3

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PshNya [2010-08-16 20:46:55 +0000 UTC]

Wow. This is amazing! I D:'d when I saw Jena.

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Bircfallstar In reply to PshNya [2010-08-16 20:52:25 +0000 UTC]

>A< Yeah that will be Jena for the rest of the book. Poor Jenny, things are not easy on her.

owo~ I am glad you liked the page. Thanks for the mist thing, to bad it didn't work well.

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xXVodka-VerxXx [2010-08-16 20:43:13 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful, you can tell you took some well used time on this. ^.^

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Bircfallstar In reply to xXVodka-VerxXx [2010-08-16 20:52:42 +0000 UTC]

>w< But it was more than worth it! I love this new cover!

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xXVodka-VerxXx In reply to Bircfallstar [2010-08-17 00:47:43 +0000 UTC]

X3 You and the majority of your watchers I'm sure love it as well.

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Bircfallstar In reply to xXVodka-VerxXx [2010-08-17 00:57:09 +0000 UTC]

=w= I hope so

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