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Published: 2010-11-19 07:11:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 8394; Favourites: 115; Downloads: 238
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This took me just about forever...buuut I am pleased with how it came out. This is Honnou she is not the nicest kitty around. In fact she sorta sounds like this most of the time: [link]Related content
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I appologize, but the tail keeps throwing me off. I'm about to ask something and only because i love folklore and mythology. So am curious about this.
Isn't a Bakeneko supposed to have 2 tails? Are there cases when that isn't the what happens?
That aside, i love this style, you did amazingly!
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That would be a nekomata, their tail splits when they reach 100 years old. And they usually specialize in necromancy. A bakeneko is a straight up goblin cat. They're old but not quite close to 100 years. They tend to eat people then shape shift into them to take their place. But they do a bad job of it since their behavior tends to be that of a stray cat. That and the stink of the bones they hide under the floorboards. Also thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed!
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Wow. After I saw this image it hasn't gone out of my mind. o__o I've been making a bachelor's thesis for anthropology on transforming animals and kami and whenever I run into bakeneko this springs into my mind and I feel like I want to know MORE about it. 
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Wow thank you! I'm thrilled you like it so much~ I'm a big fan of asian folklore myself and I try to reference some of the old school scroll paintings when I do pieces like these. Good luck with your thesis, you picked an awesome subject to research.
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Thehe, it's really well done, the colours are in perfect balance! And thanks, I'm going to present my thesis this Thursday to the class. I think Japanese folklore and kami are just mind-boggling.
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The fur pattern you gave her is fantastic. Great drawing!
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Thanks! I used my cat Lucius as reference for the pattern. He's such a sweet boy I could roll him over and check his tummy for the proper patterning and everything~<3
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It always helps to work with a cooperative model.
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^^ I love the bakeneko! that's one of my favorite yokai!! Yay!!! Amazingly done!!
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