✨ Life Letters (Kiss Me/ Tseluy Menya) || Squirrelflight PMV ✨

` On average a person can lie up to two hundred thousand times a day...
Here I lie now`



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I FINALLY FINISHED THIS ONE WOOOHOOOOOOOO

I’ve been working on this PMV since February, and I’m so glad that I ended up finishing it. I’ve been working on it on-and-off mostly (also a reason why it took me so long to finish), and I did most of it during my last school year. I’m actually pretty happy that I’m posting it today, since today’s my first day in art school. And no, not art school as in college. I’m too young for college lmao

I could go on and on on how much this video means to me and my growth as a person, and I’m very thankful that I was able to do it. Hopefully there will be more projects like this in the future!

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✨STORY (for those who don’t read Warrior Cats):


This video is mainly focused on Squirrelflight and her adoptive children - Hollyleaf, Jayfeather and Lionblaze.

Her sister, Leafpool, begged her to adopt her kits due to her not being able to raise them. Leafpool is a medicine cat, and she cannot raise kits nor have a mate. Squirrelflight was very conflicted about it, until she eventually gave in. She raised the kits as her own with her mate, Brambleclaw, and never told anyone the truth about their heritage. Her kits grew up into great warriors, and Squirrelflight couldn’t have been more proud. Tragedy struck when there was a forest fire, and Hollyleaf, Jayfeather and Lionblaze got trapped in the fire. Ashfur (Squirrelflight’s obsessive ex) made a pathway for them, but got in the middle of them and Squirrelflight in intentions of letting them burn. Squirrelflight revealed their heritage right then and there, in hopes of saving them. After they were let go by Ashfur and escaped, her daughter (Hollyleaf) killed Ashfur and then revealed the secret to all the clans during a gathering. Squirrelflight was happy that her kits were safe - and even with the secret out, she felt no different. Sadly, Hollyleaf was murdered in the great battle, and Squirrelflight was there to comfort her and spend the last moments with her dear daughter. In the end, she was still their mother, and sacrificed her whole life for her children.




💫Symbolism:

Flower sym.
Coreopsis - Squirrel’s back (dissapears as a symbolism to her “sacrifice”)
Azalea - Leapool’s hip (inspired by a beautiful azalea art piece made by my friend @klarbohydrate on ig!)
Marigold - Squirrelflight’s tears, symbolizing fire during “the fire scene”
Jasmine - in symbolism to Squirrel and Bramble’s family
Anemone - Leafpool’s jealousy (of not being able to raise her kits)
Begonia - Hollyleaf
Sweetbrier - field; Hollyleaf, Jayfeather, Lionblaze (as kits wrapped in jasmine flowers)
Rosemary - Hollyleaf’s death

Other sym.
Noise effect - Ashfur
Purple lineart with no colouring - Prophecy, Squirrelflight’s inner feelings
Flat colour without any markings - simplicity (aka. “the fire scene + Ashfur’s death + Hollyleaf’s revelation” shown in a less complicated way and Squirrelflight’s perceptions about them)
Squirrelflight glowing - her finally getting the burden of keeping the secret off her chest


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Art, designs, editing, storyboards (c) me
Story, characters (c) Warrior Cats; Erin Hunter/ Harper Collins

Please don’t use any of my work without my permission first ❤️

Song: Tseluy Menya - Mariya Chaykovskaya / Never Get Used to People

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