Once, a long, long time ago, a friend of my was telling me of this colossal story he was writing about space etc.. He was asking his friends to suggest some characters for the story, and I insisted on the absurd notion of a person who becomes injured, and to save his life, they transplant his consciousness into a cat's body. To give him mobility and usefulness, they also give him a body to control... Which just so happens to resemble Frankenstein.
I think we actually came up with a plausible way to pull of this insane idea, but it escapes me at the moment.
cat,frankenstein,monster,sci fi,cartoon
[cat-frankenstein-robot.php]
I was walking home one night with some Vegan Chinese Food leftovers, and came across this very friendly cat that is usually always out.
This cat is so friendly that it starts purring and will start kneading your knee while it stands on it's hind legs.
After my poor knee had as much as I could take, I started back home but I noticed someone walking up towards me, obviously seeing me petting this cat, and I wondered to myself what it looks like or what they think.
And this picture idea popped into my mind.
cat,me,food
[leftover-cat.php]
Just like building a house, a drawing needs a foundation based in proportions, movement, character, etc...
Sometimes I find myself just 'practicing' with poses, moods, concepts I haven't tried before and this page represents a good bunch of 'homework' so to speak.
Even cats need to be practiced.
cat,people,proportion
[gestures.php]
Here is a quick that I did in a sketchbook about six years old.
I added just a little to it before scanning it right now.
I think the monster design came primarily from the Bone Comic series by Jeff Smith. I probably saw an advert for it, and drew it out asap.
monster, halloween,cat
[monster-and-kitten.php]
I did this quick sketch of an idea for a milk ad in the very early days of painted advertising in Paris and France. It appears an eager cat has pounced it's way onto the shoulder of it's child-owner with a big saucer of fresh milk for the cat.
people,animal,retro,cat
[old-milk-poster.php]
Sometimes doodles get very strange, like this one of a cardboard cut-out cat, pearched oddly in the branch of a tree in an odd landscape.
landscape,animal,cat
[cat-cutout.php]