Ah, my brain's just wired that way, I pay close attention to descriptions of creatures, because that's what I draw, and I just hate it when it seems like the cover artist hasn't read the guidelines. Even if I don't intend drawing the creature.
Calling something a treecat will naturally predispose people to think cat shaped, but that's how we tend to name stuff, to try and make it familiar and understandable. I think mini-bintarong or treefisher or arboreal weaselbadger just doesn't have the same ring somehow. :-)
I will have to re-read the series (oh what a hardship) but I seem to recall that the ears are rounded.
This head bearing a striking resemblance to a Terran cat doesn't really wash with me, though. Sea Lions' head bear striking resemblance to labrador dogs, and lamas, of all things, are remarkably similar head wise to kangaroos!
Re: Why do *none* of these artists read the description of treecats?
Calling something a treecat will naturally predispose people to think cat shaped, but that's how we tend to name stuff, to try and make it familiar and understandable. I think mini-bintarong or treefisher or arboreal weaselbadger just doesn't have the same ring somehow. :-)
First paragraph...http://honorverse.wikia.com/wiki/Treecat
I will have to re-read the series (oh what a hardship) but I seem to recall that the ears are rounded.
This head bearing a striking resemblance to a Terran cat doesn't really wash with me, though. Sea Lions' head bear striking resemblance to labrador dogs, and lamas, of all things, are remarkably similar head wise to kangaroos!