Okay so... I'm really bad about keeping up with my Weasyl account!! I am still here! I'm also bad about keeping up with my tumblr, so it's all good, it balances out. This is art I drew at the end of 2022 and finished in the beginning of 2023. I was actually SUPER productive in 2023, so I have a nice backlog to upload here. Eventually!!
Sooo yeah!! Enjoy! A concept reference of my OC!

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION
OH man I love this little guy lol. """Introducing""" Nikita in the modern age of 2023.

This isn't really a fully realized ref, but it's a concept ref, and it's good enough for my purposes.
I've never really shared that much info about my OCs even when I did post full refs, so I might as well talk about him a smidge here.

Nikita (he/him) is a side character in my "Wisperia" project, belonging to the same arc as Anadari and Hunter (idk what to call it and the old title is sooo me when I was 14). He is a runaway prince turned traveler and adventurer. He never had interest in succeeding his parents as tribe leader and assuming the position with his mate of their choice. When he concedes that life in the mountains will forever be hostile to him, he deserts the tribe, leaving behind everything he has ever really known.

He meets Anadari on the tiger's journey to the taiga and gives him some information about what lies west of the forests of ice and snow. They depart for a while, much to Nikita's disappointment, but the two soon cross paths again and become traveling companions. Anadari brings Nikita to the tropical forest he was raised in, and when Nikita realizes Anadari's heart has lie there the whole time, he decides to continue his mission to see as much of the world as possible, walking away perhaps more heartbroken than he would like to lead on.

Transcription of notes:

• ears curl toward each other
• 4 dark spots around eyes
• spot patterns wrap around ankles
• 3 big rosettes on tail
• collar + earring not optional

I also made him a playlist uhhh enjoy!!
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6uu9rcXGggUAEGVKOXBqKl?si=566c3733bf3c432e