#Twin Larches Nursery

[thebotanicalarcade]

n0_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: Flowers for the hardy garden /. West Chester, Pa. :The Nursery.. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46113925

[spottyissleepwalking]

Oooo spotty can I see my lovely Ferncloud? Or Snowfur whatever one you’d like to do! They are little babies that circle around my brain at all times, they won’t leave. They just do circles around and around-

MOMCLOUD MY BELOVED!!

I’ll draw up Snowfur soon! <3

Design notes:

FLUFFY!! MAXIMUM FLOOF!!! If you pet her, your hand would disappear in her fluff

As this blog is for canon characters, that unfortunately includes canon genetics… So that makes her Snowfur’s granddaughter!! I kept this in mind specifically while designing her, actually - lots of round, soft shapes to compliment her fluff

Her eyes are described as “leaf green” on the wiki (which is where I’m getting most of my physical descriptions from to base my designs off of), but I wanted them to be Bright! I wanted them to really stand out against her darker pelt, and as an additional pop of color, I added some actual fern fronds behind her ears! I imagine she let the kittens under her care play with them a lot during her time as the senior nursery queen

I like to imagine that she got her color not only from her dame-mom, but also her other mom, Willowpelt! ^^ Whitestorm provided the baby batter but his kids got like. Zero genes from him

Not a design note, but more of a personal squick: what the hell were the Erins thinking, killing her off like that?? WHAT WAS THAT REASONING??? She deserved so much better :/

LGBT+ Headcanon: She’s aromantic! Dustpelt is her sire for her first two litters (Spider + Shrew, and Birch + Holly + Larch!), but they’re not romantically involved in any way. She’s also a cis woman who uses she/her, and is heterosexual!

[Image ID: A digital drawing of a right-facing, standing, slightly arching Ferncloud against a translucent background. She is a small, rounded, stocky, soft-furred mostly light-gray cat with rounded, darker markings along her spine and tail, and with darker speckles scattered around her face and sides; her paws, nose, and ears are mostly dark, and her mane, belly, and tail-tip are very pale gray; her eyes are a brilliant, pale green, and her expression is gentle and lax; her ears are small and rounded, with two dark green twin fronds of ferns placed behind each one, and a fluffy tail. Her entire image is outlined in white. Beneath her chest is her color palette: four shades of lavender-based gray that make up her pelt [D1CBD3, 8D848B, 6B636A, 4E4750], a pretty pale pink that makes up her inner-ears and nose [D5A4A3] next to the green of her ferns [4E6450], alongside the five shades of mostly-lime and minty green that make up her eyes [C5E370, AED746, 93DC61, 6DA535, 90FC6A]. Above her back is the word “FERNCLOUD” written in white, all-caps. Across her forepaws and tail is the stylized artist signature of “spottyissleepwalking” written in faded lavender. /. End ID.]