Art Journal

( Because I cannot brain today I cheated again and just did some sketch/concept work. )

The stockier one with partial colors I based on the bobcat and lynx. It needs polishing but I like the idea of a short-tailed photocat, and for in-verse reasons, a shorter tail would be better in a colder climate. Less chance of breakage, and I'll have to look up the noble gases again and see how they do in lower temperatures to see if the photocat developing lights on its face to make up for the lack is valid. Need to work on how they communicate and signal each other to begin with anyway. All in all, just messing around with the different cat types that I can translated into a Cybertronian critter. 

 The other two are exercises in movement and posture, keeping the cat dynamic and seeing if it works in what I've developed so far. And I really need to solidify a general design on their climber hook claws, these guys aren't predators like our Earth felines so their primary function is to get the photocats high as possible where they can soak up the most rays and anything else is secondary.

There's  a larger scene of photovoltaic cats in a "forest" of their trees I was trying to work on instead today, so that might come up later this month when I can focus on it longer than a minute at a time.

Also, if there's anything I do with Cybertronian wildlife that doesn't seem to work right or make sense or even if it seems like I'm ignoring some awesome aspect of the Earth animals these are all based on, please let me know. While this is "just" fanart, I want these to be as believable and as amazing as our own fellow earthlings. Course, if something is too Earth-like, I'd like to know that too.

(Why do I do this to myself? I'm barely two-thirds done and I'm floundering... bad.  *weeps frustrated artist tears*)

Bored. Bored, bored, bored, bored.

( Have some art. )

And because I'm feeling random, have a gas mask bra. Exactly what it says on the tin. Guys are screwed though. Still bored.

( Image cut. )

The Photovoltaic Cat or, as is known by domesticated models, the Photovoltaic Pussycat is a native species of Cybertron capable of generating it's own energy through solar power. As with most creatures found on our planet, it's origins are unclear.

As popular as they are as pets, very little has gone into studying them. As always, where do they come from? How is it they can sustain themselves almost solely on solar power? What kind of solar energy do they use? Why do they behave as they do? It is my goal as a member of this science academy find answers to these puzzles, and to find more vital questions that need to be explored.

--Record Log 47.3A, first entry.


[I borrowed a couple things heslestor has in their headcanon (some I haven't shown yet) and tweaked them to fit my own headcanon. I wasn't sure as to where to start with these, but this feels like a good intro. And this is similar to what I have for the moosebot study, so I hope this format works. Which I should just start posting parts of, I've been refraining as I know I'm still working on solidifing all cybertronian critters, but I think I'm just going to warn that there'll be modifications and changes as I try to get them just right. As changing and all over the place as the actual canon is, I want to at least have these kept to a standard.]

( GlowCat )

Playing with various colors for the photocats. They should be diverse; after all, look at the 'human' counterparts of the planet. The glowing tail hit me completely by surprise, that sort of thing isn't all that helpful for a stealth hunter if it isn't a lure. But... thinking of their tails as storage batteries probably led to it.

The glitchmouse doesn't look alien enough, will revise.

( Tabletbot and Photovoltaic minicat )
*And I just realized how random my words are today, so here's to you guys understanding me regardless.