Artwork Text Description: Digital illustration of an anthro-furry bevaal female cheetah warrior named Alpha Nika’maar on textured color background. Here she is pictured in light armor just for sparring. She is co-alpha with her mate Ra’maar, and together they rule the Cheetah Kingdom and sit on the Council of Ruling Alphas which rules the whole Wolf Alliance. Cheetahs are the highest social class of felines and quite high of the overall social ladder since they were one of the first allies of the Wolf Empire hundreds of years before. This means Nika’maar holds great power in the Alliance. She was known as a skilled and rather wild warrior before she was selected as alpha, but in later years she became more studious and calmer. She has numerous children including her eldest sons Paladin Ti’maar and Captain Lue’maar.
This drawing is paired with another of Lue’maar who she is sparring in this drawing. She wears her Alpha gorget and armor on her legs and arms as well as a traditional wrap-around bevaal loincloth. Typically, bevaal don’t wear any clothing when sparring, training, working, and exercising and it’s considered socially normal. She is also barefoot which bevaal usually are. She is holding a large two-handed training sword that is weighted at the tip to simulate the one she uses in battle that has a flared spiked tip.
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Another drawing with my character Alpha Nika’maar :D In my original world she is the Cheetah Alpha which means she is basically the queen of the cheetah territories in the Wolf Alliance. (Co-ruler with her mate Alpha Ra’maar). She also the mother of my twin characters Ti’maar and Lue’maar ^^
Been quite some time since I have drawn her in armor. So I figured she deserved an updated one XD This drawing is part one of a pair of drawings! The second one is an opposite view, showing her eldest son Lue’maar (also in some armor) sparring with her :P And after I post that one I will post a 3rd post with the both of these drawings side by side with some back and forth dialogue XD I thought it would a fun little pair of drawings to make with my characters that haven’t had their own images in ages.
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This drawing was originally supposed to be a sketch (of course), so there are multiple versions of it. I will likely post them separately on my social media sites. One has her in most of her full armor (minus the helmet, toe guards, padded armor sleeves, and some other pieces) and the other is a partial armor with loincloth version that is the “canon” one for the scene. That one she would actually be wearing in a friendly sparring session with her son :P
I also updated the overall design of her armor to bring it in line with the other Be’vaal Cheetah elite’s armor I have designed more recently. I’m really happy with the look it has here! BTW, Nika’s armor and Ti’s armor are not something the common or even mid-high rank Be’vaal soldier would have. It is basically the best human-made armor that the Be’vaal can get through trade with them (with the Be’vaal-specific design elements of course.) Only the more wealthy of the soldiers can afford it. All the members of house ‘Maar can afford similar ones, but the Alphas have pretty much the best ones XD
The sparring sword she has here is blunted, and is about the same size and weight as her usual two-handed sword! It has a small weight in the end actually because her normal sword (seen in the old image of her in armor) has a flare at the end with spikes. So this one needed a weight to replicate the feel of her usual sword, without being as dangerous, while sparring XD
I think that’s all I have to say about it XD I hope you all enjoy the updated design :) I’m no armor expert by any means, nor care to be, but I try to make them seem realistic at least haha. The cheets need protec :P -----
