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Description Sup guys! Before I go back to disappearing and working on math homework, I wanted to post my entry for 's Contest.

Contest Theme: Draw your favorite book scene on a square shaped canvas. (at least 500x500)

Well I chose the scene where Hollyleaf ran down the tunnels to escape from her clan.

WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT READ SUNRISE

Don't get pissed at me if you haven't read Sunrise and read the next part :3

Why this scene? Beacuse along with the fact that it's the best scene in the best book (Sunrise XD), it's really a scene that spoke to me. I mean, I can see why many disliked her, she killed Ashfur, told everyone at the gathering any ways, and tried to murder Leafpool.

But can you blame her?

She was almost killed by a clan mate, found out that she had been lied to all those years about the identity of her mother and father, on top of that her mother was medicine cat and her father was of Windclan. She was strict to the warrior code, and all that news just crushed her. I wouldn't be that drastic if I found out that news, but we all assess situations in different ways. Her's was telling and then running away.

I think she regretted doing all that, and what better way to express it with art? Though it was hard to do Holly's pose, the lighting, and the fact that I had never drawn a cave till now. I think I did pretty well overall (cept the tunnel entrance -_-). What do you think? Took me Hours to finish over a span of a month with 32 layers.

Good luck to all the contestants!

(c.) Art solely belongs to TREETAIL. Please respect Copyright laws and do NOT post ANYWHERE. NO ONE HAS MY PERMISSION TO RE-POST THIS.

(c.) Jayfeather, Lionblaze, and Hollyleaf do NOT belong to me. Sole ownership of the characters belongs to the Erin Hunter's

NOTE: I accept critiques and actually encourage them. But if you do decide to just comment, please no one worded comments.
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Comments: 70

Ivypool-Is-Cool [2013-03-19 05:48:42 +0000 UTC]

Yeah. Hollyleaf. BE GUILTY!

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calicocats45 [2013-03-13 17:09:27 +0000 UTC]

May I please use this in a Youtube video? It's very well done

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Treetail In reply to calicocats45 [2013-03-14 17:31:01 +0000 UTC]

Sure Just please remember to give credit. And if you don't mind link me the vid when done. I'd like to see it.

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calicocats45 In reply to Treetail [2013-03-14 18:15:22 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much! And here you go

[link]

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Artmac98 [2012-10-28 18:15:22 +0000 UTC]

Wait is Hollyleaf not part of the prophecy?? I got confused in the end.
P.S. I love the picture! XD

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Treetail In reply to Artmac98 [2012-11-12 00:35:46 +0000 UTC]

(very sorry for the late response.)

Unfortunately not. She thought she was one of the three because her brothers were.

thank you! ^w^

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Raycat43 [2011-10-01 19:36:56 +0000 UTC]

i dont feel sorry for her she brought it all on her self and she killed ashfur for no reason

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Treetail In reply to Raycat43 [2011-10-02 05:23:00 +0000 UTC]

Ah, well we do have different feelings toward main characters. In the beginning I did hate her (Well I hated Ashie till he was killed, even a lil after that.) But over the next few re-readings, I began to empathize with her. Idk what made me change, I guess cause all the crap she and her brothers went through. (Not saying I forgive her for murder and giving out a long kept secret. )

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Raycat43 In reply to Treetail [2011-10-03 02:45:28 +0000 UTC]

well yah but i think she was being really dumb XD!!

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Treetail In reply to Raycat43 [2011-10-03 02:48:03 +0000 UTC]

XD Yea, She wasn't thinking too strait eh? XD

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Raycat43 In reply to Treetail [2011-10-03 03:02:35 +0000 UTC]

why did she kill ashfur? it makes no scents X( !!!

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Treetail In reply to Raycat43 [2011-10-03 04:09:17 +0000 UTC]

Cause he was going to tell everyone at the gathering that Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw were not the real parents of Holly Jay & Lion. So I'm guessing either to protect herself and her brothers, or to keep him quiet long enough to figure out who their real parents were. Or some other reason that was looked over XD

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Raycat43 In reply to Treetail [2011-10-04 10:43:37 +0000 UTC]

yah your right!!!XD

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Treetail In reply to Raycat43 [2011-10-05 06:45:34 +0000 UTC]

XD It's going to be interesting if she pops back up again in OOTS.

"Gee, Hollyleaf, where ya been all these seasons?"

"Oh no where in particular, just hanging in the underground tunnels. Ya know, till this whole, "telling all the clans that mother was a thunderclan med cat and father is a windclan cat" drama llama was over."

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tigerthecat1 In reply to Treetail [2012-01-15 04:50:26 +0000 UTC]

some guy at a book store told my dad there was a new warriors book they din't even have

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Treetail In reply to tigerthecat1 [2012-01-18 01:16:50 +0000 UTC]

The newest warriors book is The Forgotten Warrior C8 I got it a couple of weeks ago

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Raycat43 In reply to Treetail [2011-10-08 02:12:42 +0000 UTC]

HaHa that would kill me!!!! i would die!!! xD

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Treetail In reply to Raycat43 [2011-10-09 21:21:51 +0000 UTC]

XD The recent books are pointing to her returning, but I'm pretty sure she's not going to say that XD (damn)

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Raycat43 In reply to Treetail [2011-10-10 23:34:05 +0000 UTC]

ha that sounds cool XD!!!

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LurkingShadoww [2011-09-29 11:10:01 +0000 UTC]

Lol, I'm just on this part in this book
I feel sorry for Holloyleaf.
She's one of most fave cats

nice job!

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Treetail In reply to LurkingShadoww [2011-09-29 19:41:50 +0000 UTC]

She's not my personal number one favorite (that position rightfully belongs to Jayfeather XD), but I do feel incredibly sorry for her :c

Thank you very much! ^^

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LurkingShadoww In reply to Treetail [2011-09-29 19:45:04 +0000 UTC]

ok. ^^ I really Like Jayfeather, he's cool. >:3

and your welcome. <3

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Jayfeatherslover123 [2011-09-27 19:32:00 +0000 UTC]

Pearsonly, i think she's alive. Back to the main subject! LUV IT!

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Treetail In reply to Jayfeatherslover123 [2011-09-29 19:39:59 +0000 UTC]

I do too. And Thank ye kindly

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Jayfeatherslover123 In reply to Treetail [2011-09-30 01:08:20 +0000 UTC]

np

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RadiantStar4 [2011-09-27 10:46:22 +0000 UTC]

Very amazing job!

The only thing I can tell you is that the cat's tail is part of the spine, and so shouldn't be behind the backside. It's actually the spine going over the backside and out into a beautiful fluffy thing.

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Treetail In reply to RadiantStar4 [2011-09-29 19:39:30 +0000 UTC]

Ya know, I should have remembered that XD Thank you very much

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ShriekingSouls [2011-09-27 02:37:27 +0000 UTC]

Its pretty good, I like how you made Hollyleaf running out of screen and the perspective is good ^^

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Treetail In reply to ShriekingSouls [2011-09-29 19:38:30 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much ^w^

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Emberheart23 [2011-09-26 22:37:37 +0000 UTC]

;u; <33

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catblush [2011-09-26 21:40:16 +0000 UTC]

Woot! Awesome pic!

Critique time!

Pros: This picture is abosolutley beauitful and I couldn't have done it better myself. So much feeling and depth in their expressions! The cave is beautifully drawn and the shading proportions are great!

Cons: Hollyleaf first; You may want to make her tears closer to her face -I understand she is running and the tears would fly off quickly - But making more will add just a hint more of feeling to this picture. Her back leg is a bit too large and curved. You might want to make that smaller next time. Now for Jayfeather and Lionblaze; they look a little too large for cats. They look like lions almost. So make sure to cut them down in proprtion size. May I sugest making Lionblaze's muzzle a little farther out?

But other than that you did an absolutley fabulous job and keep up the good work!

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Treetail In reply to catblush [2011-09-29 19:38:10 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for the critique! I'll make sure to work on all of that XD

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kankristopher [2011-09-26 21:16:40 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful!
Hwere's a crit:
This is very nice,I love how Lion and Jay's expression ar elike "Sissy!Dun go into the hole!" and Hollyleaf's pose it perfect just as I imaging it in the books!But her back legs is a bit off and her should be dakrer as she is more in the tunnel.But I love how you made the tears go into thin air!

End of crit

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Treetail In reply to kankristopher [2011-09-28 17:50:40 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!
And thank you so much for the critique! I'll make sure to use it next time I do another scene like this.

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Tiber5z [2011-09-18 15:38:33 +0000 UTC]

This. Is. Amazing. .o.

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Treetail In reply to Tiber5z [2011-09-20 22:50:57 +0000 UTC]

Really? Thank you so much!

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CarleySap [2011-09-14 21:49:54 +0000 UTC]

Nice!
Lol Jayfeather's face OOO xD

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Treetail In reply to CarleySap [2011-09-20 22:50:44 +0000 UTC]

XD Thanks.

Why does everyone say that? XD He's supposed to look shocked. But I guess it does look funny XD I'll have to work on my expressions I guess.

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CarleySap In reply to Treetail [2011-09-29 20:41:05 +0000 UTC]

heh. It's cool, though.

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Sharkyfiend [2011-09-14 19:01:14 +0000 UTC]

And there she goes, bursting into the tunnel! I remember this part. I like the perspective you did on this one, really helps to give it a sense of motion. You put quite a lot of detail into her mouth. I meanlike the teeth and stuff ya know XD Ilike the setup of how the grass leads into the tunnel in other news heh. Also I like the way you shaded the tunnel thing! Reminds me of how they look on some various shows I used to watch that I so dun remember the names of.

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Treetail In reply to Sharkyfiend [2011-09-20 22:49:21 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so very much ^w^. Yes, the teeth were easy, it was the tunnel and the tunnel shading that got me worried (glad to know it doesn't look odd to others). But it's always interesting to try something new XD. Hmm really? I wonder what shows they were.

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Sharkyfiend In reply to Treetail [2011-09-21 16:55:27 +0000 UTC]

Really? the teeth weould've been hard for me XD and I think the tunnel looks good c :

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Treetail In reply to Sharkyfiend [2011-09-26 03:17:54 +0000 UTC]

XD It's really easy when you have a very vocal cat to study, though I cant study the inside of a tunnel XD thank you again!

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Pineappa [2011-09-13 18:13:37 +0000 UTC]

Poor kitten...
:c

But its cute.

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Treetail In reply to Pineappa [2011-09-14 03:12:34 +0000 UTC]

8C

Thank you

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Pineappa In reply to Treetail [2011-09-14 16:16:00 +0000 UTC]

lawl. Yo' welcome!
I WANNA SAVE TAH KITTY!

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sodahug [2011-09-12 22:31:03 +0000 UTC]

Tee-hee
The news "crushed" her
I'm so punny. C:

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Treetail In reply to sodahug [2011-09-14 03:12:17 +0000 UTC]

XD Yus, Yus your are

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Dovesplash [2011-09-12 21:19:59 +0000 UTC]

I was angry when you beat me to this sceen, but it is WAY better than what i could do XD

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Treetail In reply to Dovesplash [2011-09-14 03:11:58 +0000 UTC]

Aww XD Thanks

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