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Ratha and Thakur from Clare Bell's fantastic Named book series. These were some of my favourite books as a child, and I was so happy to finally get a copy of her latest book, Ratha's Courage.

This started out as just a sketch on my lunch break at work. I liked it enough to flesh it out over the course of a few days and then colour it at home.

Medium: Graphite pencil, red wine, coloured ink, ballpoint pen. Fur colouration was added in Photoshop CS4.

Thakur, Ratha, and the Named series are © Clare Bell (~rathacat)
Artwork is © *MoonsongWolf
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~koolkat027 Mar 26, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
what are the books called? the Named series?
what is it about? it sounds very interesting
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*MoonsongWolf Mar 26, 2013
Yes, they are called the Named series, and there are currently five books (and one short story published in a fantasy anthology). You can see all of the names of the books here: [link] Along with short descriptions if you click on them. The basic premise is that it follows a clan of intelligent prehistoric cats, and their struggle to survive and thrive as a society. :)
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~koolkat027 Mar 27, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
thanks so much! I will check them out!
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*MoonsongWolf Mar 28, 2013
No problem! I hope that you will like them. They are really fantastic books. :)
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~koolkat027 Mar 30, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
thx :D
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=Eraili Feb 25, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
I still love your style *-*
Especially with big cats :heart:
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*MoonsongWolf Mar 16, 2013
Aw, thanks! I'm glad that you've enjoyed my work. :)
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=Eraili Mar 22, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
You're welcome <3
And I really do ^^
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~warriorsfan237 Dec 8, 2012
When I first saw this painting I thought it was Firestar and Sandstorm from the Warriors series by Erin Hunter. Then I read your description and saw that it wasn't, so I looked up the book and started to read them. I love them! If it wasn't for this picture I wouldn't have found out about the series at all. =D
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*MoonsongWolf Dec 16, 2012
I'm really glad that you enjoyed the books! They were some of my favourites as a kid, and I still enjoy them today. :) The author even has a DA account: ~rathacat. And she's working on a graphic novel version of her books, too, which I am really excited about!
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