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Post by Leonard on Apr 2, 2024 14:46:57 GMT -5
Well, I was looking for information about the second Bamboo Kingdom arc, which didn't prove too fruitful, but I've managed to find Chinese covers for A Starlass Clan, which I think weren't shown here before, so I thought I'd share, under this spoiler:
The promotional material also has shown a few of the comic pages from within, which you can see under this spoiler:
Not much I can say about them not knowing the language, but they look cool.
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Post by 𝕱𝖑𝖚𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖋𝖆𝖑𝖑 on Apr 2, 2024 14:54:22 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing these, Leonard ! Frostpaw looks adorable on that cover for River. Not sure who the cat on the cover for Sky is though, they do have a scar on their throat leading to their belly so my first thought was Squirrelstar but they got amber eyes instead of green so maybe Tigerstar II instead? Poor Nightheart on the cover for Shadow though, bro is hanging on for dear life. Hang in there, buddy! The comic pages look awesome, really neat/clean lines. I think it might be Blazefire on the first page because I can see a cat with tabby markings in the last panel that might be Sunbeam if one looks at the other comic pages, the second double page looks like the scene of Sunbeam and Lightleap when Lightleap fell down from the tree and injured Sunbeam. As for the third and final spread, if the cat from the second one really is Sunbeam then that is her again (same design) but this time with who I'm assuming to be Nightheart.
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Post by کیوان on Apr 2, 2024 15:36:51 GMT -5
I’m in love with these! Glad to see that the intermittent cartoons are still a thing. Berryheart talking about getting involved in RiverClan is interesting. What a good day to know Chinese.
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Post by lilythorn on Apr 2, 2024 20:12:25 GMT -5
Gosh these covers are wonderful! And I love those pages too. Its really, truly a shame that North America just gets... What we get. I'm sure Owen Richardson tries his best, but he very clearly doesn't shine with drawing cats.
Thank you for sharing these!
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Post by کیوان on Apr 2, 2024 20:20:34 GMT -5
Gosh these covers are wonderful! And I love those pages too. Its really, truly a shame that North America just gets... What we get. I'm sure Owen Richardson tries his best, but he very clearly doesn't shine with drawing cats. Thank you for sharing these! That's just a common Harper-Collins L. Let artists do their thing without strict deadlines, please.
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Post by Whispering Willow on Apr 2, 2024 20:21:52 GMT -5
That art is so pretty! I love seeing how the art style and quality differs between regions. So many of them are really unique and well-done, and I love seeing them.
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Post by lilythorn on Apr 2, 2024 20:32:15 GMT -5
Gosh these covers are wonderful! And I love those pages too. Its really, truly a shame that North America just gets... What we get. I'm sure Owen Richardson tries his best, but he very clearly doesn't shine with drawing cats. Thank you for sharing these! That's just a common Harper-Collins L. Let artists do their thing without strict deadlines, please. Definitely. I'm sure there's more going on behind the scenes than we actually know, too. Such as higher ups approving and disapproving designs for cover characters. I just find it way too weird that Frostpaw's design isn't consistent through each of the covers she's on. Especially when you would think the cover artist himself would be referencing his previous design when drawing a character again. Considering we've seen him trace/draw from previous covers, so clearly he looks off of covers he's done before.
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Post by Whispering Willow on Apr 2, 2024 20:44:48 GMT -5
That's just a common Harper-Collins L. Let artists do their thing without strict deadlines, please. Definitely. I'm sure there's more going on behind the scenes than we actually know, too. Such as higher ups approving and disapproving designs for cover characters. I just find it way too weird that Frostpaw's design isn't consistent through each of the covers she's on. Especially when you would think the cover artist himself would be referencing his previous design when drawing a character again. Considering we've seen him trace/draw from previous covers, so clearly he looks off of covers he's done before. Inconsistency is really common with the covers. They either don't match up with the in-text character descriptions or they don't match with each other. Even Firestar's design wasn't always consistent across the old covers (the old cover for TLH gave him a white muzzle and white rings around his eyes, which he isn't supposed to have).
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Post by wygolvillage on Apr 2, 2024 20:56:14 GMT -5
WOW these look amazing, I especially like the Shadow cover, it's so cute and expressive The Chinese covers are always excellent ^_^
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Post by 🍄🎶✨Brambleheart✨🎶🍄 on Apr 3, 2024 7:44:57 GMT -5
I’m in love with these! Glad to see that the intermittent cartoons are still a thing. Berryheart talking about getting involved in RiverClan is interesting. What a good day to know Chinese. What does the checkmark thing on the bottom mean?
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Post by کیوان on Apr 3, 2024 8:55:16 GMT -5
I’m in love with these! Glad to see that the intermittent cartoons are still a thing. Berryheart talking about getting involved in RiverClan is interesting. What a good day to know Chinese. What does the checkmark thing on the bottom mean? That’s just the logo for the publishing company, 中国少年儿童出版社 (roughly “China Children’s Publishing House”)
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Post by Rainfire on Apr 3, 2024 14:51:11 GMT -5
The Shadow cover is my fav. Nightheart looks sooo precious there. Love him! It's from the scene of him intentionally failing his final trail, right? I love when covers portray scenes from the actual book.
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Post by moongloweevee on Apr 3, 2024 18:14:23 GMT -5
The Shadow cover is my fav. Nightheart looks sooo precious there. Love him! It's from the scene of him intentionally failing his final trail, right? I love when covers portray scenes from the actual book. Looking at it, yes! You can see a destroyed birds nest underneath him.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2024 4:15:58 GMT -5
Cool covers! I like that they show events that actually happened in the books.
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Post by ❅Maplefrost❅ on Apr 4, 2024 11:46:44 GMT -5
Cool covers, and the comics are such a nice art style!
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Post by Saint Ambrosef on Apr 4, 2024 12:06:24 GMT -5
Definitely. I'm sure there's more going on behind the scenes than we actually know, too. Such as higher ups approving and disapproving designs for cover characters. I just find it way too weird that Frostpaw's design isn't consistent through each of the covers she's on. Especially when you would think the cover artist himself would be referencing his previous design when drawing a character again. Considering we've seen him trace/draw from previous covers, so clearly he looks off of covers he's done before. Inconsistency is really common with the covers. They either don't match up with the in-text character descriptions or they don't match with each other. Even Firestar's design wasn't always consistent across the old covers (the old cover for TLH gave him a white muzzle and white rings around his eyes, which he isn't supposed to have). I've said it before, but I would not be surprised if nobody is telling Owen these are the same characters he's drawn before. If he's not reading the books himself, he might just get instructions from the publishing house for a cover with "a gray cat", in which case, no wonder character designs keep changing.
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Post by Whispering Willow on Apr 4, 2024 15:45:21 GMT -5
Inconsistency is really common with the covers. They either don't match up with the in-text character descriptions or they don't match with each other. Even Firestar's design wasn't always consistent across the old covers (the old cover for TLH gave him a white muzzle and white rings around his eyes, which he isn't supposed to have). I've said it before, but I would not be surprised if nobody is telling Owen these are the same characters he's drawn before. If he's not reading the books himself, he might just get instructions from the publishing house for a cover with "a gray cat", in which case, no wonder character designs keep changing. That's true, I thought of that but I don't know exactly how the process works.
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Post by Tigerfur on Apr 5, 2024 11:19:46 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing these, Leonard ! Frostpaw looks adorable on that cover for River. Not sure who the cat on the cover for Sky is though, they do have a scar on their throat leading to their belly so my first thought was Squirrelstar but they got amber eyes instead of green so maybe Tigerstar II instead? Poor Nightheart on the cover for Shadow though, bro is hanging on for dear life. Hang in there, buddy! The comic pages look awesome, really neat/clean lines. I think it might be Blazefire on the first page because I can see a cat with tabby markings in the last panel that might be Sunbeam if one looks at the other comic pages, the second double page looks like the scene of Sunbeam and Lightleap when Lightleap fell down from the tree and injured Sunbeam. As for the third and final spread, if the cat from the second one really is Sunbeam then that is her again (same design) but this time with who I'm assuming to be Nightheart. Leafstar is on the cover of Sky.
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Post by 𝕱𝖑𝖚𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖋𝖆𝖑𝖑 on Apr 5, 2024 11:28:28 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing these, Leonard ! Frostpaw looks adorable on that cover for River. Not sure who the cat on the cover for Sky is though, they do have a scar on their throat leading to their belly so my first thought was Squirrelstar but they got amber eyes instead of green so maybe Tigerstar II instead? Poor Nightheart on the cover for Shadow though, bro is hanging on for dear life. Hang in there, buddy! The comic pages look awesome, really neat/clean lines. I think it might be Blazefire on the first page because I can see a cat with tabby markings in the last panel that might be Sunbeam if one looks at the other comic pages, the second double page looks like the scene of Sunbeam and Lightleap when Lightleap fell down from the tree and injured Sunbeam. As for the third and final spread, if the cat from the second one really is Sunbeam then that is her again (same design) but this time with who I'm assuming to be Nightheart. Leafstar is on the cover of Sky. I didn't even think of her even though it makes perfect sense considering the book is literally named after her Clan, so thank you for clarifying!
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Post by 🍄🎶✨Brambleheart✨🎶🍄 on Apr 5, 2024 12:20:09 GMT -5
Sky looks like is could be Lightleap????
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Post by sunnyleaf on Apr 5, 2024 20:47:01 GMT -5
Love these Chinese covers, thanks for sharing!
The cover art is gorgeous, with Frostpaw looking at the curled feather and Nightheart intentionally failing his last shadowclan trial.
I especially love the Chinese book titles, they sound so artistic and convey more meanings than the English titles! River = "The tumbling river with waves gushing out", Sky = "The sky is about to fall", Shadow = "the unpleasant shadows charm/decieve the heart".
(I'm a Chinese warriors cats fan, I actually read several Chinese books from the new prophecy and power of three arcs. The translation quality is quite good in general.)
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Post by *Ravenpaw* on Apr 5, 2024 21:24:34 GMT -5
Beautiful art!
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