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Here's a small collection of 2 redesigned character headshots and 3 few new ones (one being a fullbody..) You can tell I drew them at different points from the varying lineart styles.

Liar has been in sore need of a redesign since the moment I drew his first reference honestly - I just wasn't able to nail down his markings or eyes in a way that I liked. With this redesign, he's looking a lot better and the concept I had with his eyes is a lot clearer. (They're meant to look confusing and unnerving, like two pairs eyes overlayed on top of themselves.) Stop's redesign was less reconstructive and more revamping the art for him.

(In regards to Liar and Stop, I'm planning on making a fullbody reference for them some time, which will hopefully contain their in depth lore in the description. So I'm not going all out explaining them here.)

Anyways, here's the brief lore about all these guys:

-- Liar --
Liar is a large, lanky, long-furred cat with a tortoiseshell and white coat. His eyes are unnerving and bizarre, seemingly a pair of light blue eyes and a pair of otherworldly black and red eyes layered overtop each other. The pupils move in sync, but the eyelids do not. It's difficult to tell which pair is conveying his real expression, not helped by the deceptiveness all cats sense just looking into them.

An unaligned wanderer of PAIN, cursed with the ability to tell lies from the truth, but conversely he emanates an aura of untrustworthiness. Anything he says sounds like a lie or as if he's up to something nefarious - no matter if he is telling the truth or not. It's made him quite standoffish.

-- Stop --
Stop is a stocky black tuxedo cat, covered in numerous scars. The most noteworthy scar is the jagged scratch that cuts down from the top of his head to the bridge of his nose. His eyes are striking cherry red, his pupils visibly crossed out. His gaze is distracting.

Another unaligned wanderer of PAIN. Cursed with the power to freeze (or stop) cats in place when they look into his eyes. He has a decent level of control over stopping and releasing cats, though it takes some mental effort from him. A stopped cat is held in their exact position, unable to be moved or manipulated from their stopping place. Their mind is also halted, so they aren't perceiving anything that happens while they are paused. Once stopped, Stop doesn't need to maintain eye contact to keep the stopped cat in place, though the longer Stop holds a cat the more of a headache he develops. In theory he could stop a cat forever, but he hasn't done this nor is really interested.

Now onto some new characters...

-- Gore --
Gore is a soft, round light cream cat with large, blood red eyes. Her gaze has an unnerving, unnatural depth to it, as if her pupils cave into a bloody abyss. She has a very kitten-like face and eyes, almost making her cute. Almost.

Fear's group does not trouble itself with rules... except for one, rarely spoken code. Something of an honor system, a respect to the leader's namesake. "Fear is worth more alive than dead." The most efficient kill is worth nothing to Fear's cats. To kill an enemy instantly, from behind instills no fear in them. It's a coward's tactic. No, when you mean to fight another cat, you look them in the eyes, so they know they're in a fight for their life. Whether they die or you die or no one dies or both die, that's a fight worth having. A real fear for one's life instilled. An actual proving of your skill, of your worthiness to follow - or to die by - Fear.

You might be scoffing when you first see Gore among the ranks of Fear's other followers, but make no mistake she's earned a surprising level of respect in the group. Why? Just look into her eyes, and when blood starts seeping out, your mind will stall as you're struck with visions of yourself gored a hundred times - a hundred different ways. Her smile never faltering as you back down from the fight - just to save yourself from experiencing a hundred more.

It's just an illusion conjured by her blithely twisted mind, yet no cat has been able to withstand it all at once. Beats being actually maimed and mutilated at least. Besides her curse, Gore has a very outwardly sweet disposition, which is a stark contrast to the rest of Fear's group's aesthetic and has made her something of an amusing oddity to the group. Even when she could definitely be killed by other members (they'd just need to avoid looking into her eyes.)

She sticks around because she likes to watch the bloodshed, never joining in the fighting herself. And new members are egged on into challenging her, looking into her bloody eyes until they inevitably surrender just like every one else.

-- Beak --
Beak is a short, fluffy blue-gray cat with a grotesquely modified muzzle - the bone and teeth bare, stretched and curved and sharpened into something resembling a beak. Their eyes are dark, reddish brown, gaze shadowed in nervousness.

Just another pitiable member of Bear's group, Beak's curse has made it difficult for them to speak and so they rarely do. They're shy and flighty, keeping to themselves.

Though, in the quietest and calmest moments of Bear's group, you can hear them off in the distance, humming and murmuring a pleasant song. Their singing voice is beautiful.

-- Loom --
Loom is a dark blue-gray cat with small white markings and paws. Chest up, their form is distorted - neck stretched unnaturally high and slanted. Her neck and face are perpetually shadowed. Eyes of piercing light yellow in a wide, empty and unblinking stare. You don't need to see her to feel her gaze on you. It's skin crawling.

A member of Love's group, Loom is a quiet one, cursed with curiosity about anyone and everyone. She can't help but watch others as they go about their business, ears ever open, listening in on conversations she wasn't invited into. With very low self-esteem, she insists she doesn't have much to add... she just likes to observe.

She isn't interesting at all. As much as other seem intimidated by her attentive gaze and looming presence, she knows that inside she's nothing at all. Nobody.

(side note: Beak is a background character I've had in mind for a long time and finally got around to designing. They were named Bird before I decided to lean into how freaky the beak could look. Meanwhile, Gore and Loom are new.)

Description
Here's a small collection of 2 redesigned character headshots and 3 few new ones (one being a fullbody..) You can tell I drew them at different points from the varying lineart styles.

Liar has been in sore need of a redesign since the moment I drew his first reference honestly - I just wasn't able to nail down his markings or eyes in a way that I liked. With this redesign, he's looking a lot better and the concept I had with his eyes is a lot clearer. (They're meant to look confusing and unnerving, like two pairs eyes overlayed on top of themselves.) Stop's redesign was less reconstructive and more revamping the art for him.

(In regards to Liar and Stop, I'm planning on making a fullbody reference for them some time, which will hopefully contain their in depth lore in the description. So I'm not going all out explaining them here.)

Anyways, here's the brief lore about all these guys:

-- Liar --
Liar is a large, lanky, long-furred cat with a tortoiseshell and white coat. His eyes are unnerving and bizarre, seemingly a pair of light blue eyes and a pair of otherworldly black and red eyes layered overtop each other. The pupils move in sync, but the eyelids do not. It's difficult to tell which pair is conveying his real expression, not helped by the deceptiveness all cats sense just looking into them.

An unaligned wanderer of PAIN, cursed with the ability to tell lies from the truth, but conversely he emanates an aura of untrustworthiness. Anything he says sounds like a lie or as if he's up to something nefarious - no matter if he is telling the truth or not. It's made him quite standoffish.

-- Stop --
Stop is a stocky black tuxedo cat, covered in numerous scars. The most noteworthy scar is the jagged scratch that cuts down from the top of his head to the bridge of his nose. His eyes are striking cherry red, his pupils visibly crossed out. His gaze is distracting.

Another unaligned wanderer of PAIN. Cursed with the power to freeze (or stop) cats in place when they look into his eyes. He has a decent level of control over stopping and releasing cats, though it takes some mental effort from him. A stopped cat is held in their exact position, unable to be moved or manipulated from their stopping place. Their mind is also halted, so they aren't perceiving anything that happens while they are paused. Once stopped, Stop doesn't need to maintain eye contact to keep the stopped cat in place, though the longer Stop holds a cat the more of a headache he develops. In theory he could stop a cat forever, but he hasn't done this nor is really interested.

Now onto some new characters...

-- Gore --
Gore is a soft, round light cream cat with large, blood red eyes. Her gaze has an unnerving, unnatural depth to it, as if her pupils cave into a bloody abyss. She has a very kitten-like face and eyes, almost making her cute. Almost.

Fear's group does not trouble itself with rules... except for one, rarely spoken code. Something of an honor system, a respect to the leader's namesake. "Fear is worth more alive than dead." The most efficient kill is worth nothing to Fear's cats. To kill an enemy instantly, from behind instills no fear in them. It's a coward's tactic. No, when you mean to fight another cat, you look them in the eyes, so they know they're in a fight for their life. Whether they die or you die or no one dies or both die, that's a fight worth having. A real fear for one's life instilled. An actual proving of your skill, of your worthiness to follow - or to die by - Fear.

You might be scoffing when you first see Gore among the ranks of Fear's other followers, but make no mistake she's earned a surprising level of respect in the group. Why? Just look into her eyes, and when blood starts seeping out, your mind will stall as you're struck with visions of yourself gored a hundred times - a hundred different ways. Her smile never faltering as you back down from the fight - just to save yourself from experiencing a hundred more.

It's just an illusion conjured by her blithely twisted mind, yet no cat has been able to withstand it all at once. Beats being actually maimed and mutilated at least. Besides her curse, Gore has a very outwardly sweet disposition, which is a stark contrast to the rest of Fear's group's aesthetic and has made her something of an amusing oddity to the group. Even when she could definitely be killed by other members (they'd just need to avoid looking into her eyes.)

She sticks around because she likes to watch the bloodshed, never joining in the fighting herself. And new members are egged on into challenging her, looking into her bloody eyes until they inevitably surrender just like every one else.

-- Beak --
Beak is a short, fluffy blue-gray cat with a grotesquely modified muzzle - the bone and teeth bare, stretched and curved and sharpened into something resembling a beak. Their eyes are dark, reddish brown, gaze shadowed in nervousness.

Just another pitiable member of Bear's group, Beak's curse has made it difficult for them to speak and so they rarely do. They're shy and flighty, keeping to themselves.

Though, in the quietest and calmest moments of Bear's group, you can hear them off in the distance, humming and murmuring a pleasant song. Their singing voice is beautiful.

-- Loom --
Loom is a dark blue-gray cat with small white markings and paws. Chest up, their form is distorted - neck stretched unnaturally high and slanted. Her neck and face are perpetually shadowed. Eyes of piercing light yellow in a wide, empty and unblinking stare. You don't need to see her to feel her gaze on you. It's skin crawling.

A member of Love's group, Loom is a quiet one, cursed with curiosity about anyone and everyone. She can't help but watch others as they go about their business, ears ever open, listening in on conversations she wasn't invited into. With very low self-esteem, she insists she doesn't have much to add... she just likes to observe.

She isn't interesting at all. As much as other seem intimidated by her attentive gaze and looming presence, she knows that inside she's nothing at all. Nobody.

(side note: Beak is a background character I've had in mind for a long time and finally got around to designing. They were named Bird before I decided to lean into how freaky the beak could look. Meanwhile, Gore and Loom are new.)