FAQ: Q: What program is this? A: It is Firealpaca, which is a free program. I also use it for animation. Q: What brushes do you use for shading? A: I mostly use the firealpaca default watercolor brush and mix tool, but from time to time I also used the lasso fill tool, blend tool, and bumpy art pen brush. My shading method involves creating an all white multiply layer and then painting on it with my chosen shading colour(s).
I must say, the fourth drawing is such a noticeable improvement from all the other mosskit drawings before it. Good god, it just exudes desolation, and this feeling of an uncaring void swallowing up a barely lived life. Even if you had little to no knowledge of warrior cats, you could look at this drawing and still emotionally resonate with it.
Dude. The improvement here is INSANE. I especially like the Feathertail one, you definitely improved on the lighting. The old one was a bit like “Where is the light source coming from??” and now thenew one. is. LITERALLY. STUNNING.
Mosskit’s piece is so good. I don’t even understand the whole pallet of emotions it’s giving me. It’s heartbreaking, lonely, creepy, isolating and yet calming, hypnotizing even. If there was an ost for each drawing I’d say an old Russian lullaby would suite this one the most.
I think you've unlocked something I also had to learn by doing a lot of art and examining my own relationship with it: sometimes messy is better. Sometimes the idea of detail is better than spending hours and hours actually putting it in. There's a reason people go nuts over Monet even though all of his work is just big splashes of color and it's because shape and light are all you need to sell something. Letting yourself get messy and experimental with it I think helped you produce some really stellar, visually impactful work. I'm glad you're having fun messing around with art and trying new things and also I'm glad you aren't doing it out of some weird feeling that you're Obligated to continuously improve. These pieces all look like you had genuine fun making them, and that's not something you get when you're forcing yourself through the motions. In less serious news when you started sketching Mosskit and just had them face down in the snow I audibly chortled. It's not funny but it's very funny.
I agree with this completely! I’ve started to chillax with my art for the past year (avoiding going over the top with details and allowing stuff it be a little messy, which does fit my style since I do a lot of digital crayon styled pieces!) and it’s been so fun! I can just focus on creating fun pictures I like rather than stressing if it’s too messy and if I should add a lot of details
Bruhhh, I never had much care for Spottedleaf’s second death, but your redraw here completely changed my whole perspective on it. Firestar desperately clinging to her as she slips away from him for the second and last time…quite literally being pulled away into nothingness…Absolutely gorgeous and so very heartbreaking in a way I never anticipated. The improvement here has me floored.
The improvement from 2022 to 2024 is absolutely insane, especially with the brilliant colors, backgrounds, posing, and just general composition. I am in love with the pieces of art so so much and I aspire to have such talent
I started digital art at age 25 and I appreciate you mentioning older beginners. Luckily- folks are a lot nicer in the current year than they were back in the day. Insane improvement btw I think the feathertail one turned out particularly good
I’ve felt like I was too old to start trying digital (or any drawn) art for a few years now. Except, I literally turned 18 only a month ago so videos like this and comments like yours really do inspire me. Thank you
@@chxrryfxygo3630 thank you! I’ve been doodling traditionally my whole life but only started digital animation last year. Better late than never I suppose!
@@RossThePuppyCat oh I'm in a kind of similar situation haha! Currently 20 and I've been drawing all my life but I wanna get into animation, but I'm super scared of how judgemental people are nowadays, especially considering I'm decent at art but horrible at animation.
the improvement in just TWO years IS INSANE????? esp with backgrounds, like bro the backgrounds in the 2024 pieces are GORGEOUS and make the center subjects stand out in a way that looks really good while also not detracting from them
I love Mosskit and Badgerfang's drawings! They feel so somber and isolated compared to the others. Feathertail may be alone in her piece but no cat would jump into a falling stalactite if not to save someone else. Even though Mosskit had her family in her drawing, she truly looks abandoned in it. Though looking at her, I can't help but think it looks like she's faceplanted into the snow lmao
I think, out of all of these, Mosskit's gets to me the most. seeing the poor kitten face down in the snow, a life barely lived snuffed out, while its mother and siblings continue on without it, the snow covering its body bit by bit, just crushes me. I have a sensitivity to cat death in general, but that one. that one *really* got me. very well done on all them! you've improved a ton!!
The way you drew the cats in Cinerpelts drawing really made me jealous or your style! I’ve always aimed for more realism in my art, but I have a hard time getting the proportions of the face right. Either the muzzle is too big or small, or the same problem with the eyes. Thanks so much for making this video! It actually helped me get a better idea of cat anatomy haha.
There’s definitely improvement in your drawings, but not just in the way you compose the pieces or depict the characters. There’s also a development in the storytelling!! Take the Feathertail piece for instance. In the 2014 and 2020 pieces you had Feathertail falling facing the ceiling, and in 2022 and 2024 you changed it to be more realistic and true to a cat leaping and not having time to twist its body around. That’s poetry. And seeing the progress between your Spottedleaf pieces, it felt like watching a sequence with Firestar finding her, the two talking to each other, Spottedleaf reassuring him, and then her finally passing away. It’s genuinely impressive how you’ve managed to incorporate new ideas and techniques into your art and bringing it to life in so many ways! :D
I have to give props to you that you ended up doing this again! Knowing you have been animating and drawing also other stuff out of Warrior Cats stuff, your talent in doing cats is just as incredible and I do see improvement on each piece you did this year! ❤ I have to specifically mention that your improvement in matching the detailing of characters *and* the backgrounds is INCREDIBLE! North Warrior Cat content quaranteed for 2024!
Reevaluating warriors as an adult and realizing the (likely accidental) colonialist vibes it can give off is such a mood 😭 also i adore these pieces, it feels like you have really developed both a well thought out style and philosophy to your art the longer youve gone on and its really inspiring to see :)
They all look so much more intense and dramatic. You nailed the atmosphere in every single one of these, and your anatomy has improved so much too. I love this series!
This is amazing I feel like no one ever recognizes that amazing artists like Northflowo didn’t just pop out of the womb with insane talent, they earned it. Sometimes I hate my art so much, but I feel like every time that happens, someone pops up in my UA-cam notifications mentioning how much they love my art. Some people on the internet are jerks, a fact proven time and time again, but some people keep your morale going. Also… HAPPY 2024!!!
Mosskit's drawing is gut-wrenching. The composition and lighting is beautiful. In September 2022 I rescued 2 5-week-old kittens from the outdoors. Seeing what could've been their fate had no one found them brokemy heart. Now they're 1.5 years old, and have a nice warm home for years to come
Here before the Premiere! Happy to see you make another piece of Warriors content as well as you branching to through Rainworld! Can’t wait to see what’s up next for 2024! 💕
This was a BIG improvement (in my opinion) the background for feathertails death is amazing and the spotted leaf death was also outstanding!The top ten saddest death 2020 version was how i even found you so its great to see how much you have gotten good at drawing muder kitties ❤
I adore the use of colours in these recent drawings! The sorrow in the Mosskit one, the chaos in Cinderpelt's, the drama that is in Feathertail's... very well done!
normally im actually not a huge fan of warrior cats and realism but i really like the way you did it for these drawings. i often dont like it because i find people focus more on the realism than the characters and it takes away from their personality, but you still preserved that in your drawings and it lead to an overall improvement since the colours, lighting, and details came together so well :)
OH MY GOD THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING MORE WARRIOR CATS CONTENT! I was disappointed and kinda sad that you had suddenly shifted over to Rainworld because i didn’t even know what it is, but either way, this improvement was AMAZING. I swear to GOD, one day your art pieces will literally be in an art museum. And I genuinely agree that warrior cats should’ve had more stuff contributing to forest cats building their own religions and such. The first series was honestly the best one, leaning into the world-building-together kind of story. But then it just kinda got tangled up into the stupid stuff where it’s only about StarClan and the dark forest and some dumb stuff and there’s not much to see anymore. P.S: i actually didn’t think fat Spottedleaf was a bad thing, I argue that it’s actually a good thing, as if she’s curled up and dying, and not F*CKING STRETCHING OUT. Also next time you draw these, make sure to add a little bit of Sharptooth’s body in there as well. You don’t have to draw his whole body, just make sure he’s somewhere in there as Feathertail falls with the stalactite on top of him.
north, you have honestly inspired me so much as an artist, i dont even like warriors, never read a single book in my life. i subbed to you a long time ago because your art was a HUGE inspiration to me, iv also been really working to improve my art this year, and just seeing these piece's make me feel so inspired and happy. the consents your talking about are also stuff iv been trying to work on, and watching you draw is such a wonderful learning experience. i love the fact that your keeping to this challenge every year for so long now, you have grown so much as an artist and it is truly inspiring to see you come so far. i cant wait to see what this year has in store for you! iv been watching you since the first time you redrew these piece's, and every single year you continue to impress me even more and more with how fricken talented you are!!!!
The two kit ones.. dang. They arent even real cats but the way Mosskit just has her face down in the snow, it really does portray that "lifeless" feel.
Okay, first of all, it’s AMAZING to see how much you’ve improved over the years, and I must say that I was even starting feel a bit emotional when you were talking about how new artists should just keep drawing because it will help them improve either way. Something I did notice is that each drawing, from the first to the last, looks almost like a sequence of action! Like for the Feathertail drawing it’s almost like a slow-mo of her reaching out towards the stalagtite, for the Badgerfang one it’s like he’s slowly curling up on the grass and accepting death, and for the Spottedleaf on it’s like she’s saying her last goodbye before falling limp and fading away. All in all, I love your art and the improvements you’ve made are incredible!
The badger paw redraw is really so wonderfully done, the colors and lighting/shadows are amazing and help convey the emotion of the scene so well! The cat themselves is very realistic and the anatomy is very lifelife!
Hi North, just wanted to say that this video really helped my art in multiple ways. The advice you gave during feathertail’s piece and Cinderpelt’s was genuinely really helpful! I love the new style you went with here, especially the whole “realistic cat” look. I too miss the way old warriors wrote cats, thank you!
Badgerfang hits deep and always has, ever since I read it the first time. The OG team had TALENT and they sucked me into the series. I tear up just thinking about the little guy. :,) Your Mosskit drawing is phenomenal and honestly, the finished product _oozes_ heartbreak and abandonment. A little dead kitten in a snowstorm and its mother walking away, her hunkered form barely visible and fresh tracks still showing in the fiercely falling flakes. I like how the light shines on Mosskit as if the moon is peeking out through the clouds and shining down through the bare trees to that tiny little place while Bluefur continues a dark, cold, and untrodden path. And then Badgerfang peacefully sleeping exCEPT HE'S NOT SLEEPING. MY BOI--
my HC for most starclan cats is that they're all slightly overweight or chubby from the good hunting in starclan. dark forest cats are skin and bones while permanently suffering from the illness or injury that killed them (ie hawkfrost have the stake permanently in his neck, tigerstar walks around trying to keep his innards from becoming his outards because scourge straight up gutted him, mapleshade still has teats and a slightly fat body from suckling kits and recovering from birth, plus a permanently bleeding neck wound that killed her etc). i am so thrilled to see chubby spottedleaf!! fourth one is absolutely my favourite improvement. its so tragic and desolate and SAD, even more so than badgerpaw's death.
I'd say my favorite piece out of all the ones you made this time around has to be the one of Badgerpaw. It looks so good! The lighting really adds a dark and dim type mood that really gets me. The shades of green are so beautiful and the detail on the grass is gorgeous. Seeing Badgerpaw look so cute while also being dead is heartbreaking. I really love this piece.
I Remember watching all the other ones and was so excited to see this one! Massive improvements especially since your first drawings!! The end actually made me kinda emotional. Keep up the great work!
This is undeniable proof that we need more North Warriors Content. This is FUCKING INCREDIBLE! THE LIGHTING THE SHADING THE COMPOSITION THE CATS THEMSELVES!!?? HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE! Impossibly perfect work, North!
Each time one of these comes out I think “it can’t really get better than this, these drawings are amazing” but then another comes along and I am proven very wrong. The amount of improvement with just two years here is wild
I'm so happy you uploaded another on of these, the second drawings where one of the main things that got me into warrior cats! You've improved so much and I absolutely love your art :)
The improvement is insane! I'm so excited for each part of this series, its so inspiring to me So yea, thank you North, and also thanks for that speech, I think too few people actually pay mind to that..
Chonky Spottedleaf is hereby the best headcannon and I am in love. Seriously, you've been one of my biggest art inspirations my entire life and seeing how far you've come will never fail to inspire me! I only hope I've managed to grow just as much. Thanks for another beautiful redraw! Wishing you many much good inspo and improvement this year! :]
The backgrounds in your drawings are incredible!! Your redraws have always been so inspiring to me, and I am absolutely in love with the improvement here!
Going back to look at old art really helps show how far you've come! I really enjoyed all of your redraws that you've done every year you've done it. I hope you continue your journey as an artist, this was amazing! 💚😺
The improvement is insane. Your use of color and composition is so impressive. The Feathertail drawing looks so much more horrific, the Mosskit drawing looks so much more lonely, etc
i've been watching you for probably 6 or so years at this point and it's so so so cool to see how much you've changed, north. you were an important staple in my childhood and i love seeing you now
Who else has been here since the first re-draw? I keep accidentally finding the re-draws of this EVERY TWO YEARS. I watch the re-draw, forget about the channel, 2 years later find the new re-draw and the cycle repeats... Anywho, I love your art and you've improved SO MUCH over the years! I'll see you again in 2 years time
I think this is my sign from the heavens to reread Warriors. I just went through all my book boxes and sorted them out onto shelves, and seeing all the books really made me want to go and read them again.
I am in love with the spotted leaf one. It’s so gorgeous. I’m obsessed with her fading into the moon. It so soft yet it portrays the sadness of it. And I like how Firestar is laying on top of her rather then fat away. He loved Spottedleaf and I think it’s fitting that he’s so close to her as she’s fading/dying. Also wow the Mosskit drawing genuinely made me sad because the small little kitten surrounded by this huge background make the kitten seem so small and that they are innocent in a cruel world. It made me tear up a tiny bit as well 🥹 Great job on all these pieces they’re absolutely gorgeous
6:04 about the scars on the cats, it is true, my uncle lives in a village where there are many cats that are ours, although they are already wild (they come to eat at home but they hunt and live/sleep outside the house) and sometimes they fight. I have seen cats with scars and yes, especially when they are on the legs/back where there is a lot of hair, the scars are almost not visible, only hairless parts are visible :) EDIT: I finshied the video and omg it's all so pretty, you can see how you have improved, and just by making the backgrounds it changes completely, it is very good hdsbhfdb
Holy hell the new Mosskit and Badgerfang drawings are so good they convey the emotion so well they truly look so small and alone and sad you did such a good job
I love the feathertail drawing is a giant step up, since I’ve not reached her death in the books, I thought she fell off a floating stone lmao, but the newest piece shows amazing motion of the stone fall, because there are those shattered pieces at the top instead of the side
Outstanding! Your artwork is amazing. Each drawing I felt the emotion you incorporated into the scene. Like the Cinderpelt drawing you can feel the tension and chaos! And in the Mosskit one I can tell as Bluefur/Bluestar is patting away I can feel her unbearable grief.. And just how the snow has beautiful shading! GAH! Can't wait for next year to see what you do (I'm hoping you will continue this art series. I just love seeing the progress over the years. I look forward to seeing more of your work on your channel Goodnight. Goodmorning. Goodbye ❤
You literally made my childhood. Every day I’d watch your videos over and over, even if I’d watched them before. I don’t know how many years ago. Then, I moved on from warrior cats. I found new interests. But seeing this video in my fyp today gave me so much nostalgia and I’m going back to rewatching your videos again and again lol. You’ve improved so much north
The IMPROVEMENT is genuinely just SO so good. Everything just looks so finished with so much thought put into it. A background and planned out composition in itself really just goes miles alone
ive never ever stopped to take a look into the warriors cats lore, but i remember seeing animation memes and fanart all over including yours and of course being the good art kid i was, cats angsty art was something i was always down for
I love these compositions so much omg!! Those backgrounds and beautiful and to me they convey more emotion with colors and composition, without needing the facial expressions as much, and they hit harder for sure!
I remember watching the previous of these videos and I thought I was recommended an old video. But IM SO GLAD AND SURPRISED THAT YOU CONTINUED WITH THIS YEEAAS
This is the first video from this series where I have genuinely no idea how you could improve most of these paintings. They're beautiful. PS. Fat Spottedleaf is now my new favourite Spottedleaf headcanon
every time i see badgerfang’s death drawn i will cry. north stop this madness pls i will weep /pos THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL THOUGH. I will never get over how well you shade and these BACKGROUNDS! The improvement throughout the years is CRAZY
I can't believe I've been here long enough to see this video... I think I found your channel when the first redraw video was relatively recent. I haven't been able to watch yet, but I definitely look forward to it - it's been a joy to follow along on this journey.
All of the 2023 drawings are great. The lighting, detail, and most importantly clarity, are excellent. They are dramatic with appealing colors and anyone looking at these peices would get somewhat of an idea of what's going on. However, the one that resonated with me the most (imo) was the Mosskit one. It is genuinely haunting. She is so small compared to everything, one could easily miss her among the snow. Mosskit's pose as well really cements the tragic and almost disturbing atmosphere. The red shadows make the environment seem all the more dangerous. The fact you can also see Bluefur and her kits in the distance is the cherry on top. Well done, Northflower. Can't wait to see what else you got in store!
I’m so glad you said that, I was a child who was a beginner artist but had come across those videos that made fun of beginner artists, it made me quit, to not try out of fear. It left a big scar on my mental health and I still can’t bring myself to draw out of fear. Not using or developing my skills, the quality of my drawings tanked and made my fear worse. This not only effected my art hobby but my whole life, anytime I’m learning a new skill or trying something new I have to alone in order to do it or else I get too anxious and not try all together.I hope one day I’ll be able to get over that fear but I’m afraid that’s not anytime soon :,(
I've watched every Top Saddest Warriors Deaths video from it's release, and im always so impressed with your Drawing, but this time i acctualy started crying on how beautiful your art is. And i think you just inspired me to go on my own journey by Redrawing the one painting that inspired me to become a Artist. Thanks
Holy smokes!! Prepare for the paragraph… WOW HOLY HECK WOWOWOWOWOWO!!1 you have inproved so so so sooooo much!1 I have been following along with this series like forever! I love how you have shown such a cool improvement with your art style going from a anime manga like style to a realistic painted style! Your background skills are beautiful, and I love how much your lighting skills have improved! Keep up the amazing work!
I just wanted to say that you're one of the first artists I ever really started watching, and you were an insane inspiration to me when I first started out drawing as a warrior cats obsessed kid. I remember how encouraging you were about drawing and it was so nice to hear as a growing artist, especially with how hostile the environment online was back then lol. Even though I've def grown out of the series (I'm a junior in highschool now oh my goddd) it's so crazy to see your improvement, it kinda feels like I grew alongside you in a weird way??? Idk but I think it's really cool either way. Thank you for still making these videos, it's very nostalgic to a sentimental person like me who likes to check back in on people I used to watch :') (also these drawings are SERIOUSLY AMAZING, the jump in visible improvement between this year and the last redraw is really cool to see)
FAQ:
Q: What program is this?
A: It is Firealpaca, which is a free program. I also use it for animation.
Q: What brushes do you use for shading?
A: I mostly use the firealpaca default watercolor brush and mix tool, but from time to time I also used the lasso fill tool, blend tool, and bumpy art pen brush. My shading method involves creating an all white multiply layer and then painting on it with my chosen shading colour(s).
Another little question. Do you use mobile or computer?
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Q: why are you the best artist in the world?
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Okay can we just talk about how Cinderpelt's changes makes her look progressively more brave each drawing? I absolutely love that unintended detail
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@@Swiftmakesrandomstuff the GOOD ENDING!
I must say, the fourth drawing is such a noticeable improvement from all the other mosskit drawings before it. Good god, it just exudes desolation, and this feeling of an uncaring void swallowing up a barely lived life. Even if you had little to no knowledge of warrior cats, you could look at this drawing and still emotionally resonate with it.
ikr, aswell, i love how limp the mosskit looks, it just screams dead kitten
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hello i know absolutely nothing about warrior cats at all and i agree , it looks so emotion-filled it hurts D:
At this point i feel the top 5 saddest warriors deaths video is a staple of this channel
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Dude. The improvement here is INSANE. I especially like the Feathertail one, you definitely improved on the lighting. The old one was a bit like “Where is the light source coming from??” and now thenew one. is. LITERALLY. STUNNING.
As much as i love your cartoony style, the semi-realistic cats are GORGEOUS, Badgerfang being a more realistic kit actually almost made me cry 😭
Mosskit’s piece is so good. I don’t even understand the whole pallet of emotions it’s giving me. It’s heartbreaking, lonely, creepy, isolating and yet calming, hypnotizing even. If there was an ost for each drawing I’d say an old Russian lullaby would suite this one the most.
I think you've unlocked something I also had to learn by doing a lot of art and examining my own relationship with it: sometimes messy is better. Sometimes the idea of detail is better than spending hours and hours actually putting it in. There's a reason people go nuts over Monet even though all of his work is just big splashes of color and it's because shape and light are all you need to sell something. Letting yourself get messy and experimental with it I think helped you produce some really stellar, visually impactful work. I'm glad you're having fun messing around with art and trying new things and also I'm glad you aren't doing it out of some weird feeling that you're Obligated to continuously improve. These pieces all look like you had genuine fun making them, and that's not something you get when you're forcing yourself through the motions.
In less serious news when you started sketching Mosskit and just had them face down in the snow I audibly chortled. It's not funny but it's very funny.
I’m not laughing! It’s not funny! Stop calling me out on it 😅
wow i like the use of big words, possum!
I agree with this completely! I’ve started to chillax with my art for the past year (avoiding going over the top with details and allowing stuff it be a little messy, which does fit my style since I do a lot of digital crayon styled pieces!) and it’s been so fun! I can just focus on creating fun pictures I like rather than stressing if it’s too messy and if I should add a lot of details
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Bruhhh, I never had much care for Spottedleaf’s second death, but your redraw here completely changed my whole perspective on it. Firestar desperately clinging to her as she slips away from him for the second and last time…quite literally being pulled away into nothingness…Absolutely gorgeous and so very heartbreaking in a way I never anticipated. The improvement here has me floored.
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The improvement from 2022 to 2024 is absolutely insane, especially with the brilliant colors, backgrounds, posing, and just general composition. I am in love with the pieces of art so so much and I aspire to have such talent
I started digital art at age 25 and I appreciate you mentioning older beginners. Luckily- folks are a lot nicer in the current year than they were back in the day. Insane improvement btw I think the feathertail one turned out particularly good
I’ve felt like I was too old to start trying digital (or any drawn) art for a few years now. Except, I literally turned 18 only a month ago so videos like this and comments like yours really do inspire me. Thank you
Just looked at some of the posts on ur channel, you started at 25????? Your art is AMAZING omg
@@chxrryfxygo3630 thank you! I’ve been doodling traditionally my whole life but only started digital animation last year. Better late than never I suppose!
@@RossThePuppyCat oh I'm in a kind of similar situation haha! Currently 20 and I've been drawing all my life but I wanna get into animation, but I'm super scared of how judgemental people are nowadays, especially considering I'm decent at art but horrible at animation.
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the improvement in just TWO years IS INSANE????? esp with backgrounds, like bro the backgrounds in the 2024 pieces are GORGEOUS and make the center subjects stand out in a way that looks really good while also not detracting from them
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Gah your style has improved so much! And the backgrounds are breathtaking! Gives me hope to keep drawing backgrounds
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I love Mosskit and Badgerfang's drawings! They feel so somber and isolated compared to the others. Feathertail may be alone in her piece but no cat would jump into a falling stalactite if not to save someone else. Even though Mosskit had her family in her drawing, she truly looks abandoned in it.
Though looking at her, I can't help but think it looks like she's faceplanted into the snow lmao
I think, out of all of these, Mosskit's gets to me the most. seeing the poor kitten face down in the snow, a life barely lived snuffed out, while its mother and siblings continue on without it, the snow covering its body bit by bit, just crushes me. I have a sensitivity to cat death in general, but that one. that one *really* got me. very well done on all them! you've improved a ton!!
The way you drew the cats in Cinerpelts drawing really made me jealous or your style! I’ve always aimed for more realism in my art, but I have a hard time getting the proportions of the face right. Either the muzzle is too big or small, or the same problem with the eyes. Thanks so much for making this video! It actually helped me get a better idea of cat anatomy haha.
I cant draw not realism 💀😭💅
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I love the colors you used, it's so vibrant compared to previous drawings! Feathertail has got to be my favorite this time around.
There’s definitely improvement in your drawings, but not just in the way you compose the pieces or depict the characters. There’s also a development in the storytelling!!
Take the Feathertail piece for instance. In the 2014 and 2020 pieces you had Feathertail falling facing the ceiling, and in 2022 and 2024 you changed it to be more realistic and true to a cat leaping and not having time to twist its body around. That’s poetry.
And seeing the progress between your Spottedleaf pieces, it felt like watching a sequence with Firestar finding her, the two talking to each other, Spottedleaf reassuring him, and then her finally passing away.
It’s genuinely impressive how you’ve managed to incorporate new ideas and techniques into your art and bringing it to life in so many ways! :D
I have to give props to you that you ended up doing this again! Knowing you have been animating and drawing also other stuff out of Warrior Cats stuff, your talent in doing cats is just as incredible and I do see improvement on each piece you did this year! ❤
I have to specifically mention that your improvement in matching the detailing of characters *and* the backgrounds is INCREDIBLE!
North Warrior Cat content quaranteed for 2024!
Reevaluating warriors as an adult and realizing the (likely accidental) colonialist vibes it can give off is such a mood 😭 also i adore these pieces, it feels like you have really developed both a well thought out style and philosophy to your art the longer youve gone on and its really inspiring to see :)
They all look so much more intense and dramatic. You nailed the atmosphere in every single one of these, and your anatomy has improved so much too. I love this series!
I love how Badgerfang looks a little bit like he's in a nest now. It makes the scene even more tragic
I love how much more painterly you got with the drawings from this year. It definitely conveys the understanding of lighting and shadows and color
This is amazing
I feel like no one ever recognizes that amazing artists like Northflowo didn’t just pop out of the womb with insane talent, they earned it. Sometimes I hate my art so much, but I feel like every time that happens, someone pops up in my UA-cam notifications mentioning how much they love my art. Some people on the internet are jerks, a fact proven time and time again, but some people keep your morale going.
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HAPPY 2024!!!
Mosskit's drawing is gut-wrenching. The composition and lighting is beautiful. In September 2022 I rescued 2 5-week-old kittens from the outdoors. Seeing what could've been their fate had no one found them brokemy heart. Now they're 1.5 years old, and have a nice warm home for years to come
Here before the Premiere! Happy to see you make another piece of Warriors content as well as you branching to through Rainworld! Can’t wait to see what’s up next for 2024! 💕
I remember watching you remake it for the second time :0
God have you improved so well
This was a BIG improvement (in my opinion) the background for feathertails death is amazing and the spotted leaf death was also outstanding!The top ten saddest death 2020 version was how i even found you so its great to see how much you have gotten good at drawing muder kitties ❤
I adore the use of colours in these recent drawings! The sorrow in the Mosskit one, the chaos in Cinderpelt's, the drama that is in Feathertail's... very well done!
rain world fundamentally changed you as an artist and im so here for it
normally im actually not a huge fan of warrior cats and realism but i really like the way you did it for these drawings. i often dont like it because i find people focus more on the realism than the characters and it takes away from their personality, but you still preserved that in your drawings and it lead to an overall improvement since the colours, lighting, and details came together so well :)
OH MY GOD THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING MORE WARRIOR CATS CONTENT! I was disappointed and kinda sad that you had suddenly shifted over to Rainworld because i didn’t even know what it is, but either way, this improvement was AMAZING. I swear to GOD, one day your art pieces will literally be in an art museum. And I genuinely agree that warrior cats should’ve had more stuff contributing to forest cats building their own religions and such. The first series was honestly the best one, leaning into the world-building-together kind of story. But then it just kinda got tangled up into the stupid stuff where it’s only about StarClan and the dark forest and some dumb stuff and there’s not much to see anymore.
P.S: i actually didn’t think fat Spottedleaf was a bad thing, I argue that it’s actually a good thing, as if she’s curled up and dying, and not F*CKING STRETCHING OUT. Also next time you draw these, make sure to add a little bit of Sharptooth’s body in there as well. You don’t have to draw his whole body, just make sure he’s somewhere in there as Feathertail falls with the stalactite on top of him.
I’m so excited, the other versions of this video were so good
Dude she improved SO much and it looks amazing, good job on the realistic effect North
north, you have honestly inspired me so much as an artist, i dont even like warriors, never read a single book in my life. i subbed to you a long time ago because your art was a HUGE inspiration to me, iv also been really working to improve my art this year, and just seeing these piece's make me feel so inspired and happy. the consents your talking about are also stuff iv been trying to work on, and watching you draw is such a wonderful learning experience. i love the fact that your keeping to this challenge every year for so long now, you have grown so much as an artist and it is truly inspiring to see you come so far. i cant wait to see what this year has in store for you! iv been watching you since the first time you redrew these piece's, and every single year you continue to impress me even more and more with how fricken talented you are!!!!
It's amazing seeing people like you who support every artist but still make master pieces you made my day and you have a great week
The two kit ones.. dang. They arent even real cats but the way Mosskit just has her face down in the snow, it really does portray that "lifeless" feel.
Okay, first of all, it’s AMAZING to see how much you’ve improved over the years, and I must say that I was even starting feel a bit emotional when you were talking about how new artists should just keep drawing because it will help them improve either way. Something I did notice is that each drawing, from the first to the last, looks almost like a sequence of action! Like for the Feathertail drawing it’s almost like a slow-mo of her reaching out towards the stalagtite, for the Badgerfang one it’s like he’s slowly curling up on the grass and accepting death, and for the Spottedleaf on it’s like she’s saying her last goodbye before falling limp and fading away. All in all, I love your art and the improvements you’ve made are incredible!
The badger paw redraw is really so wonderfully done, the colors and lighting/shadows are amazing and help convey the emotion of the scene so well! The cat themselves is very realistic and the anatomy is very lifelife!
BADGER’ *FANG*
Hi North, just wanted to say that this video really helped my art in multiple ways. The advice you gave during feathertail’s piece and Cinderpelt’s was genuinely really helpful! I love the new style you went with here, especially the whole “realistic cat” look. I too miss the way old warriors wrote cats, thank you!
Badgerfang hits deep and always has, ever since I read it the first time. The OG team had TALENT and they sucked me into the series. I tear up just thinking about the little guy. :,)
Your Mosskit drawing is phenomenal and honestly, the finished product _oozes_ heartbreak and abandonment. A little dead kitten in a snowstorm and its mother walking away, her hunkered form barely visible and fresh tracks still showing in the fiercely falling flakes. I like how the light shines on Mosskit as if the moon is peeking out through the clouds and shining down through the bare trees to that tiny little place while Bluefur continues a dark, cold, and untrodden path.
And then Badgerfang peacefully sleeping exCEPT HE'S NOT SLEEPING. MY BOI--
You’ve Improved so much!
21:40 That last drawing…
I hope she doesn't ship ashfur × scourgy 😭
my HC for most starclan cats is that they're all slightly overweight or chubby from the good hunting in starclan. dark forest cats are skin and bones while permanently suffering from the illness or injury that killed them (ie hawkfrost have the stake permanently in his neck, tigerstar walks around trying to keep his innards from becoming his outards because scourge straight up gutted him, mapleshade still has teats and a slightly fat body from suckling kits and recovering from birth, plus a permanently bleeding neck wound that killed her etc). i am so thrilled to see chubby spottedleaf!! fourth one is absolutely my favourite improvement. its so tragic and desolate and SAD, even more so than badgerpaw's death.
I'd say my favorite piece out of all the ones you made this time around has to be the one of Badgerpaw. It looks so good! The lighting really adds a dark and dim type mood that really gets me. The shades of green are so beautiful and the detail on the grass is gorgeous. Seeing Badgerpaw look so cute while also being dead is heartbreaking.
I really love this piece.
I Remember watching all the other ones and was so excited to see this one! Massive improvements especially since your first drawings!! The end actually made me kinda emotional. Keep up the great work!
This is undeniable proof that we need more North Warriors Content.
This is FUCKING INCREDIBLE! THE LIGHTING THE SHADING THE COMPOSITION THE CATS THEMSELVES!!?? HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE! Impossibly perfect work, North!
THE "Artists can just be bad and there's nothing wrong with it" PORTION IS SO BASED
I love these, not just because it’s good art, but because you’re doing it every two years progressively like duolingo is holding you hostage for it
Each time one of these comes out I think “it can’t really get better than this, these drawings are amazing” but then another comes along and I am proven very wrong. The amount of improvement with just two years here is wild
I'm so happy you uploaded another on of these, the second drawings where one of the main things that got me into warrior cats! You've improved so much and I absolutely love your art :)
My first video I watched of yours was redrawing it 8 years later. You’ve improved so much since then, too.
The improvement is insane! I'm so excited for each part of this series, its so inspiring to me
So yea, thank you North, and also thanks for that speech, I think too few people actually pay mind to that..
Chonky Spottedleaf is hereby the best headcannon and I am in love.
Seriously, you've been one of my biggest art inspirations my entire life and seeing how far you've come will never fail to inspire me! I only hope I've managed to grow just as much. Thanks for another beautiful redraw! Wishing you many much good inspo and improvement this year! :]
The backgrounds in your drawings are incredible!! Your redraws have always been so inspiring to me, and I am absolutely in love with the improvement here!
I remember being obsessed with your channel, now I'm in college 😭
Hope you're doing well and these pieces turned out real nice
The improvement is insane! I absolutely love how they all turned out :D
The colours and compositions on all this years drawings are so good!
Going back to look at old art really helps show how far you've come! I really enjoyed all of your redraws that you've done every year you've done it. I hope you continue your journey as an artist, this was amazing! 💚😺
The improvement is insane. Your use of color and composition is so impressive. The Feathertail drawing looks so much more horrific, the Mosskit drawing looks so much more lonely, etc
i've been watching you for probably 6 or so years at this point and it's so so so cool to see how much you've changed, north. you were an important staple in my childhood and i love seeing you now
Who else has been here since the first re-draw? I keep accidentally finding the re-draws of this EVERY TWO YEARS. I watch the re-draw, forget about the channel, 2 years later find the new re-draw and the cycle repeats...
Anywho, I love your art and you've improved SO MUCH over the years! I'll see you again in 2 years time
I think this is my sign from the heavens to reread Warriors. I just went through all my book boxes and sorted them out onto shelves, and seeing all the books really made me want to go and read them again.
I am in love with the spotted leaf one. It’s so gorgeous. I’m obsessed with her fading into the moon. It so soft yet it portrays the sadness of it. And I like how Firestar is laying on top of her rather then fat away. He loved Spottedleaf and I think it’s fitting that he’s so close to her as she’s fading/dying.
Also wow the Mosskit drawing genuinely made me sad because the small little kitten surrounded by this huge background make the kitten seem so small and that they are innocent in a cruel world. It made me tear up a tiny bit as well 🥹
Great job on all these pieces they’re absolutely gorgeous
Badgerfang and Mosskit are my fav new ones but all of them show so much improvement!
The art has improved so much. Thank you Northflowo, for when I am bored, I watch you.
6:04 about the scars on the cats, it is true, my uncle lives in a village where there are many cats that are ours, although they are already wild (they come to eat at home but they hunt and live/sleep outside the house) and sometimes they fight. I have seen cats with scars and yes, especially when they are on the legs/back where there is a lot of hair, the scars are almost not visible, only hairless parts are visible :)
EDIT: I finshied the video and omg it's all so pretty, you can see how you have improved, and just by making the backgrounds it changes completely, it is very good hdsbhfdb
the fact ive been here for every single speed paint you did is crazy, you’ve improved so much
Oh yes, more inspiration for drawing to this year. What more could I say? The progress is just awesome ❤
Holy hell the new Mosskit and Badgerfang drawings are so good they convey the emotion so well they truly look so small and alone and sad you did such a good job
I love the feathertail drawing is a giant step up, since I’ve not reached her death in the books, I thought she fell off a floating stone lmao, but the newest piece shows amazing motion of the stone fall, because there are those shattered pieces at the top instead of the side
Outstanding! Your artwork is amazing. Each drawing I felt the emotion you incorporated into the scene. Like the Cinderpelt drawing you can feel the tension and chaos! And in the Mosskit one I can tell as Bluefur/Bluestar is patting away I can feel her unbearable grief.. And just how the snow has beautiful shading!
GAH! Can't wait for next year to see what you do (I'm hoping you will continue this art series. I just love seeing the progress over the years.
I look forward to seeing more of your work on your channel
Goodnight. Goodmorning. Goodbye ❤
You literally made my childhood. Every day I’d watch your videos over and over, even if I’d watched them before. I don’t know how many years ago. Then, I moved on from warrior cats. I found new interests. But seeing this video in my fyp today gave me so much nostalgia and I’m going back to rewatching your videos again and again lol. You’ve improved so much north
The IMPROVEMENT is genuinely just SO so good. Everything just looks so finished with so much thought put into it. A background and planned out composition in itself really just goes miles alone
ive never ever stopped to take a look into the warriors cats lore, but i remember seeing animation memes and fanart all over including yours and of course being the good art kid i was, cats angsty art was something i was always down for
When you show all the old drawings, you can really see how much you improved-
Oh I was waiting for a 2024 remake! They all look SO AMAZING NORTH!
Your style has changed so much and you’ve improved so much! Love your art! - Ivykitties
Northflowos voice is so calming and amazing and boy oh boy this art is scrumptious
I love these compositions so much omg!! Those backgrounds and beautiful and to me they convey more emotion with colors and composition, without needing the facial expressions as much, and they hit harder for sure!
I remember watching the previous of these videos and I thought I was recommended an old video. But IM SO GLAD AND SURPRISED THAT YOU CONTINUED WITH THIS YEEAAS
This is the first video from this series where I have genuinely no idea how you could improve most of these paintings. They're beautiful.
PS. Fat Spottedleaf is now my new favourite Spottedleaf headcanon
every time i see badgerfang’s death drawn i will cry. north stop this madness pls i will weep /pos
THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL THOUGH. I will never get over how well you shade and these BACKGROUNDS! The improvement throughout the years is CRAZY
THE STYLE CHANGE?? OMG ITS SO GOOD
WOW, OMG DUDE IT LOOKS SO LIVELY NOW, YOUR PROGRESS IN ART IS JUST BEAUTIFUL
i feel like a proud parent seeing the improvement in your drawings
I can't believe I've been here long enough to see this video... I think I found your channel when the first redraw video was relatively recent. I haven't been able to watch yet, but I definitely look forward to it - it's been a joy to follow along on this journey.
All of the 2023 drawings are great. The lighting, detail, and most importantly clarity, are excellent. They are dramatic with appealing colors and anyone looking at these peices would get somewhat of an idea of what's going on.
However, the one that resonated with me the most (imo) was the Mosskit one. It is genuinely haunting.
She is so small compared to everything, one could easily miss her among the snow. Mosskit's pose as well really cements the tragic and almost disturbing atmosphere. The red shadows make the environment seem all the more dangerous. The fact you can also see Bluefur and her kits in the distance is the cherry on top.
Well done, Northflower. Can't wait to see what else you got in store!
I’ve been here through every of these videos, and every time I watch them I get so inspired and happy ❤
I’m so glad you said that, I was a child who was a beginner artist but had come across those videos that made fun of beginner artists, it made me quit, to not try out of fear. It left a big scar on my mental health and I still can’t bring myself to draw out of fear. Not using or developing my skills, the quality of my drawings tanked and made my fear worse. This not only effected my art hobby but my whole life, anytime I’m learning a new skill or trying something new I have to alone in order to do it or else I get too anxious and not try all together.I hope one day I’ll be able to get over that fear but I’m afraid that’s not anytime soon :,(
Another Warriors video after 9 months?
Nice!
I've watched every Top Saddest Warriors Deaths video from it's release, and im always so impressed with your Drawing, but this time i acctualy started crying on how beautiful your art is. And i think you just inspired me to go on my own journey by Redrawing the one painting that inspired me to become a Artist. Thanks
omg north I haven’t visited your channel in like 6 months and HELLO??? OMG THE IMPROVEMENT IS SENDING ME AWAY TO SPACE??? SO GOOD!!
Holy smokes!! Prepare for the paragraph…
WOW HOLY HECK WOWOWOWOWOWO!!1 you have inproved so so so sooooo much!1 I have been following along with this series like forever! I love how you have shown such a cool improvement with your art style going from a anime manga like style to a realistic painted style! Your background skills are beautiful, and I love how much your lighting skills have improved!
Keep up the amazing work!
One thing i notice whenever i watch these types of videos on your channel i get a bunch of motivation to draw :D
Oh wow that improved is so massive. I absolutely adore the new style it gives so much character to the cats
Most of your videos inspire me to draw after having art block or having lost interest. Love your work, Northflowo!
Having watched all of these videos since 2020 (sorry i was four in 2014), your improvement is phenomenal and really impressive!
I just wanted to say that you're one of the first artists I ever really started watching, and you were an insane inspiration to me when I first started out drawing as a warrior cats obsessed kid. I remember how encouraging you were about drawing and it was so nice to hear as a growing artist, especially with how hostile the environment online was back then lol. Even though I've def grown out of the series (I'm a junior in highschool now oh my goddd) it's so crazy to see your improvement, it kinda feels like I grew alongside you in a weird way??? Idk but I think it's really cool either way. Thank you for still making these videos, it's very nostalgic to a sentimental person like me who likes to check back in on people I used to watch :') (also these drawings are SERIOUSLY AMAZING, the jump in visible improvement between this year and the last redraw is really cool to see)
I absolutely love that you keep coming back :D showing improvements which makes me feel eager with my own art
The improvement that can be seen each time is incredible!
Everyone: wow she has improved so much in just four years!!
Northflowo: *did you think I was done-*