First things first. If I had never done this picture I'd never know how to do lines. Having taken a break from the online fur sites I go to, due to too much drama being around I went to Gaia online, where there are several good artist! I offered at a few places to color, since it seemed to me I was a good colorist. Then I met this girl, who owned an evolving pet shop on the site. She let me be a guest artist, and as a result I finally figured out how to do lines. But that's not all!!!

I also figured out how to do fur!!! Needless to say once I finally got that down my art improved like 10 fold!

Here's the scoop, this is a relined, modified outline I got permission to do from that friend, the coloring is all mine, the lining is all mine all of it mine *chuckles* Only the sketch that I started with as a guide wasn't mine. I used the bangel cat as my source of reference for the markings. All of this was done with a mouse in photoshop though, I so wish I had one of those pad things. Took me about 9 hours and 32 ish layers. But well worth it. *Smiles*

Anyways, This is what my character Aponi (Native American for Butterfly) looks like in her quad form, she's able to shift into an anthro form as well. I really liked how it turned out. I finally figured out how to do decent lines in Photoshop so I'm happy, and I got myself some new brushes which i used on the tail and the rest of the body to give it something of a furry 3D look instead of looking flat.

Side note: Originally this image was going to be for a male character named Gizmo, but later I changed my mind on that. Anyways. Aponi is here to stay, hope you all enjoy.

I did not sign this piece of work because while I colored it and modified the original image with the owners approval, the original concept and style isn't mine.

However the character Aponi = mine!

PS, aren't bangal cats so adorable *Definitely colored this one better than I did with the Tenchi painting*