Here's an interesting phenomenon, girls have no problem with this. 5 girls, one bed, underclothes only-who cares?
Males? Males would never do this, they would want spacesuits to sleep within 5 feet of one another.
I am so making this a favorite, it is beyond my powers to express it fully.

Great. Now I've got the image of a pile of straight male loepards all snuggled up in full space suits....:D

rofl, space suites... so true... i keep one in my closet in case such an event occurs.

Always happy to plague artists with new images.
Perhaps some future submission? ;)

Correction: STRAIGHT males would never do this. Gay males do this all the time, I personally call it "Saturday." *giggle*

Oh, silly me. Here I thought 'straight' was implied.
A good point, nonetheless, I suppose.

I only see three/four species there if you want to be technical =P Seeing black leopards are just melanistic (black fur) The black leopards do have spots you just have to be extremely close to see them. *late night ramble, forgive me ^v^;;)

Though over ll this piece is awesome, very well done.

Well, if you want to get technical there are only three true leopards in the pic. And one of them is a melanistic form but I'm going to say she's a Chinese Leopard so that makes three different ones:) In the paiting there are are African , Black (Chinese/Asian), Amur, Snow (not a true leopard) and Clouded (not a true leopard). I'll run into this problem when I do wolves too as I'll be throwing in Maned at the very least:)

I love clouded leopards, they aren't even considered big cats XD But they are so cute anyways.

Got to love technicalities in the taxonomy of animals ^v^.

So true. And it doesn't help that the common names of so many are completely and utterly misleading!

I.E. Star(fish) XD

But I love the subjects, felines have a special place in my heart, same with aves ^v^ *shakes his kitten butt and beak grins* But it is soooo not obvious.

You could throw a Tasmanian wolf in too, since even though they have no relationship at all to canines, they do look kinda like a canine and have the best stripes =)

Just a head's up of a very recent update. According to Wiki, taxonomists have concluded that snow leopards are not in fact more related to the cheetah, but as previously thought are of the genus panthera. A subspecies has been suggested, but currently they are thought of as a close relation to leopards. Same with clouded leopards.

Okay, so looking at their taxonomy, they're not leopards, but are considered in the same family enough to be thought of as such by the non-scientific folk :P

Resources come from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_leopard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clouded_leopard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard

P.S.
I really don't know why it seemed so important for me to look into this. I guess because I consider myself a bit of an expert with felines and was surprised that I wasn't even sure what snow leopards and clouded leopards were classified as *shrugs*

Hey Heather .. wow this is SO CUTE your artwork surpass's all expectation's in any class cutness,design,texture,color, and of course the shear beautiful look and feel of it and the backround .... you are really a winner with this one ... it screems slumber party but when i took a look at it i was think of the words "my cats" i have no idea why but thats the kind of thing that your art does to me it INSPIRES me to hights i dont even know or think about TRULY well done Heather Bruton!

I've died and gone to heaven. But errr, not the Islamic one, unless they are all virgins and there a lot more. O.o;
But still, wonderful stuff, you are the win. :P

*secretly cuddles them all*

leopards be mah favorite animal, mewf. :3

*watches* =O.O=
..... CUUUTEEE ! I like the black one! she's the beautiest, i think.
The others are just cute X)
Err... but .. where are the five species? I only see a white, a black one and three beige leopards.. Oo

The leopards are from top left and going clockwise... African Lepard, Melanistic (black) leopard (any leopard can be black but I'm choosing to see her as a Chinese/Asian Leopard), Amur Leopard, Snow Leopard (not a true leopard) and Clouded Leopard (again not a true leopard).

very hot. Not what I'd expect from a fivesome of frisky felines in the same bed. Perhaps a followup to what happens when they get bored and have a steamy good morning ::snicker:: Nah... that'd prolly take twice as much time as this took. I'd definitely buy it if I were at FC... hell. I'd rather be in the middle wif em!

*is one of the boys spying on the slumber party from outside* :D

Any plans to do one with mustelids? XD

Hmm not a bad thought. Do you mean a general Mustelind one or with a variety? I have thought of doing genets though my blood runs cold at the thought of all those spots again:)

With a variety, like, say, an ermine, a long-tailed weasel, some sort of otter, some sort of skunk, a marten, a mink, a ferret, maybe a badger or wolverine...XD

Okay, more general than the two I've done so far:) That would be fun! I'll have to add it to the list. Ooh I'd have to add in a Stone Martin. I love them!

Genets!!!! :D I have a genet character, and drawing her spots is my favorite part :> (Although I can see how drawing a genet pile would be kind of nerve-wracking!)

Beautiful job! The details are simply gorgeous!

Eeeee! soooo cute *wants to jump in*

I second that. :)

This is a great piece, those kitties are cute, and very sexy. Well, that can be understood as something against racism also...

More females scenes like that... and even completely nude.

I think "puurrrrrr" when I see this

big giant awwwww.

That would be a noisy room of purrs until they fell asleep :P

*opens the things to do before I die notebook*

#48: Get invited to slumber party with 5 female leopards.

"So close this time, someday... someday I'll get to check this one off"

Ummm, I definitely have to agree with De'Leon on this one...
...as for praising the artwork, any thing I could say would at this point be redundant, so I'll just shut up.
*makes zipping motion across lips*

That picture is just adorable! :D

Dito.

=^.^=

I love the one in pink i think she's a little cutie, what with grabbing on the the other's tail like it where a little blankie... so adorable !

Lovely! I like it alot!

beautiful piece, they all look so snuggly! ^.^

Ooo....that is beautiful *snugs*

I thought I was too old to go >SQUEEEE!!!< any more... ;)

adorible!

I will see you at FC to buy a print of this. Count on it... lol.

This made me go "Aweee" and miss highschool when my girlfriends and I would get together and have slumber parties.

Cute, displays alot of unspoken emotions, and cute jammies. :3

That so reminds me of my family of snowleopards/panthers, amazing work

Aww, adorable. I love the circular design of this. :D

Sleeping pics with pretty ladies - one of the best rare subjects out there ^_^ Nicely done! Great diversity in poses and neat choices in the different breeds.

Amazing!
So cute snow leopard girl.
hehehe..
I'd like to sleep into the circle.

hee, cuteness :D

Wish I could say more, but it's an awesome picture

*mumbles about how she sucks at making comments*

Your snow leopards are probably my favorite animal you draw.

They're certainly close to the top of my fav animals to draw:)

:D Then I suppose that means I'll be seeing many more of these wondeful animals in the future.

*Wulph invites them all to his bed and snuggles into the pile of purring ladies*
You did it again Heather, Your spotted ladies are gorgeous as always, Especially the snowmeow ;)

aaww that is sooo cute. really well done, gotta love the circle effect going on there.

What a wonderful pic! five beautiful leopard ladies, each more adorable than the next. They are each just so adorable and innocent looking, and you can see their individual personalities, even as they sleep. I couldn't pick a favorite, even if I tried. :3

KITTENS!!!!
*grins innocently*
*runs and hides*

Wow, they're so cute and sexy! I love the markings, they're beautiful!

*goes over to pet them*

OMGZ! I absolutely adore this picture! <3 All you are missing is a cheetah girl and you'd have all the large spotted felines. great job <3

Drawing this must've been a great way to kill an hour ;)

In-freakin' credible piece!

All the huggable lepards! This picture is so great!.. So great that I am putting it as my wallpaper so I can look it longer. Hehe

S'incredible piece, absolutely love it :>

Aww~ Pretty, very cute! I love it. ^.=.^

...Imagination overload...


Whoa, I would love to be there, and not so much as a sexual thing, (though that is there)due to how SOFT all that fur must feel...

Very cool. *nodnod*