#piper has socks like ella did while alice does not

[dksartz]

Sketching some kitties from photos :)

Top left is a stray black cat in the sun, below him is another stray cat, a tabby I call Alice. Below that is my sister's cat Piper being goofy ^_^

Top right is my first cat, Ella (male) who was a gorgeous classic tabby with no brown tones to his fur at all, below him is my current ginger boi Edison, and at the lower right is another of steph's Piper 😊

#sketching #cats #cat art #drawing #pencil drawing #pencil sketch #sketchbook #its so interesting how diverse 'black mackerel tabby' can be btw like the difference between Alice and Piper is wild #pipes has such dark stripes and so many of them that areas are almost black and then has brownish and tan areas #whereas alice is a very grey-brown with much fainter stripes except on her legs #ella being a classic tabby would of course have very different patterning but i always thought it was cool how cool toned his fur was #most black tabbies have a lot of brown tones to varying amounts but ella was grey #but he wasnt a grey tabby bc his stripes were Very dark and bold #and greys have much lighter stripes overall #also he had this very distinct blaze like a horse lol #piper has socks like ella did while alice does not #meanwhile ginger edison has less distinct stripes that break up into spots at times but he has a dark ruddy dorsal band! #and can look like sand or wood toned or golden or red depending on lighting hah #the black cat was super rusted toned and glowed in the sunlight #i love them all #i have more planned to sketch