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I might work on this some more. Some of the sizes seem...off, compared to other animals. For all of the species, I went by length. I don't know if my sources were wrong, or I just drew them wrong. Anyway, this is a *decent* representation of all of the MAJOR species in the book series Redwall according to real-life size.I also might go back and add a bit of detail. But this is it for the moment.
On the left side, you have the "vermin" or the bad creatures of Redwall. From top to bottom:
Wildcat
Fox
Pine Marten
Ferret
Stoat
Rat
Weasel
On the right side are the "woodlanders" or the good creatures. From top to bottom:
Badger
Otter
Hare
Red Squirrel
Hedgehog
Mole
Mouse
Shrew
Please leave critiques and if you know one of the sizes is wrong, let me know.
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I might use this as an extra reference if/when I end up drawing one of these animals again.
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Go right ahead! Eventually, I will use it as a reference too, when I finally get around to making fan art 
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Yeah, the books are awesome! Thanks!
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This is awesome, its cool to see the (life size) differences between the animals!
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Oh, can I use this as a reference (to glance at and compare lengths) as I attempt to show how I believe the Redwall creatures are related to each other in size in the book environs?
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Sure! That is what I made them for originally. Some day I will add my own interpretation of how I think they look in the books, but go ahead and use this as a reference!
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You should do one like this with reptiles and amphibians.
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I probably should. Everybody always thinks of the warm, fuzzy creatures when they think of Redwall. The cold blooded creatures do play a big role, though. I should also do the birds. There are quite a few birds in Redwall, too!
*benalene puts it on her list of things to do*
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Yeah, I kind of forgot about the voles. The voles are kind of weird, though, they never really seem to be good or bad. The good guys always trust them, but the voles usually end up being bad. Anyway, I probably should have put them in here, but I just forgot about them
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I think Bank Voles are usually the same size or smaller than mice.
Water Voles are bigger.
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Very neat! I have always liked to draw Redwall characters to a realistic scale, so this is right up my alley.
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Thanks, I am glad you like it!
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Perfect! But you forgot the Wolverine and possibly artic foxes and wolves? the last two im still iffy about but I know that Wolverines were evertually introduced (gulo the savage)
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I think a wolverine was mentioned in one of the earlier books, but I was trying to get main characters. Wolverines were not a main character until the last or second to last book, which I had not read at the time that I made this. Not trying to make an excuse, but that is the reason why I didn't do a wolverine. I can't recall any arctic foxes, and the only wolf that is mentioned is dead and being worn by a fox.
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Urgan Nagru is possibly an Arctic Fox.
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Ah yeah. I'm not too sure about the artics either...lets forget i said that :3
But I get yer point. This is a very helpful chart either way
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I think that for the purpose of the redwall books, the smaller creatures get a little bigger, but still not as big as a badger. I personally am a big fan of David Elliot's imagining of the creatures, as seen in many of the books. He is (I think) the official illustrator.
I'm not saying this is bad though, it's actually really nice.
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Yeah, like I said in my original comment, I was just looking at "real-life" size. Jacques takes a lot of liberty in his books, I believe. Eventually I will do some fan art, this was maninly just a reference for me, but it has been really popular! Thanks for the comment!
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is a weasel really smaller then a rat?
didn't know that
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From tip of nose to tip of tail, a rat is longer, which is how I ordered these, by length. A weasel actually has a bigger body.
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Well there's still ermine and Wolverines on the evil side...
ooh, and that thing... 'Dirgecallers' Though he may've made that up. I don't remember which book that is, but I remember liking it.
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the dirgecallers were ermines and it was in the book "The Bellmaker"
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The Dirgecallers were ermines.
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Oh
-shot- I didn't know that, I always wondered. Thanks!
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Yeah, I was trying to get the most mentioned creatures. And I was confused when Jacques seems to make a distinction between stoats and ermines. Technically, they are the same animal. Stoat is typically used when the animal is in its brown coat, and ermine is used when it is in its white coat, but it is the same animal.
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I am well aware of that fact.
Okay then.
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I also like the ancient manuscript effect you have going on here
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Thank you! I don't like putting drawings on just a blank white background. Too boring!
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um... otters are a little bit bigger than badgers, but the art is AWSOME!!
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Really? I was under the impression that badgers were slightly bigger, but I have never seen any in real life. Thanks for the comment! I am glad you like it (despite the flaws!)
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Actually that depends, they're usually about the same size, unless you're counting river otters...
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yeah badgers and otters are about the same but otters are just a little bit bigger somtimes, but badgers are deffintly more ferocious than otters wich is why there are more badger lords in redwall lol
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Not being any sort of authority of the dimensions of various animals, I can't speak to the specifics of the sizes, but they certainly seem to visually make sense. As to the piece, I quite like the paper texture used for the background, as it reminds me of the illustrations on the book more than a little. The sketching reminds me of a field guide, which is a good thing. Also, I'm just surprised how it never occurred to me the complete contrast of sizes. I mean, even between squirrels and mice, much less the badgers.
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I am thinking that either the hare is too big or the pine marten and ferret are too small. Not sure which. I am now working on drawing the characters like they are portrayed in the book, but I am going to try to keep some of this style. I think the author took a lot of liberty with sizes, and I am too in my drawings. There is no way that a mouse (Martin) could have taken on a wildcat (Tsarmina) in like in the book Mossflower.
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Sure he could. he's MARTIN THE WARRIOR!
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Perhaps Jacques was trying to use the concept of heroism strengthening someone literally? Probably not though. You know, I actually started reading the series with Mossflower. Well, Good luck with your depictions, I'm sure they'll be great, size nonwithstanding.
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