Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Oh The Humanity...Or Lack There Of!

"9 Deaths of a Cat - Shot"

 "9 Deaths of a Cat - Frozen"

"9 Deaths of a Cat - Electrocuted"

"9 Deaths of a Cat - LTF (Learning to Fly)"





COMING SOON!!!!!

"9 Deaths of a Cat - Run Over"



"9 Deaths of a Cat - Buried Alive"

 "9 Deaths of a Cat - Drowned"

"9 Deaths of a Cat - Poisoned"

"9 Deaths of a Cat - Burned"

All 11x14 - Ink

I always hear about a cat having nine lives, but you never really hear about the nine deaths that go with those nine lives.  Here I wanted to show those deaths, only have them be perpetrated by the angels of its previous lives.  The deaths are those that afflict cats in everyday life, taken to a more nonsensical notion and some are from how people die in the news that plays at my desk for eight hours a day.  Actually, that would explain quite a bit of how ideas pop into my head.  And as I have to tell many people, remember, they are just cartoons. No actual cats were harmed in the making of these drawings.


Whitechapel Night Out


"Catnap"
9x12 - Ink

This came to mind while I was at the last Fan Expo comic book convention where I kept overhearing someone go on and on about how she wishes she could have a cat nap.  After an hour of constant droning on about it , which I would have done anything to shut her up, I drew this to silently convey to my friend next to me that this girl should have a better grasp of the saying “Careful what you wish for.”!

Soon to be in color.

Beware the Kingpin!



"Stan Lee - Kingpin"
8x10 - Watercolor

This was a picture I did during art school.  We were supposed to make a caricature of someone and since I was in an art program for comic book illustration, what better person to do than Stan Lee.  Of course, given his past with Marvel and many of its creative staff, I made him into the King Pin.  This was done in watercolor over a 3 hour period.

Single HA...Seeking Threesome.



"HA"
6x8 - Digital Color

I did this as a semi commission for a standup comedian friend of mine. She was given a plaque with “HA” on it and wanted to collect three different ones to hang on her wall to make “HA HA HA”. This was my vision and everything about it says something about her as a person. The colors I did in a traditional comic book villain colour scheme, not because she is a villain or a bad person, but she is sometimes underestimated and one day she is going to rule the world of comedy.



The Dawg Sled Cometh!


"The Dawg Sled"
8.5x11 - Digital Color

This was a commission for a friend of mine that lives in Seattle, Washington, home of the University of Washington Huskies….GO HUSKIES.  He and his wife are big football tailgaters and bought an old ambulance and turned it into the ultimate tailgating vehicle.  He wanted the ambulance decorated like he had it in some reference pictures and with a husky hanging out the window looking like he was just peeling out.  What you see is my interpretation of what he wanted. He had these printed on shirts, hats and cups.  PARTY ON!

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

I Only Have Eyes for YOU!



Well Valentines Day has come and gone, and although my boyfriend and I don't celebrate Valentines (love is for everyday of the year) I decided to draw him a card this year.  This is what I came up with to show how much I love him.  If anyone was wondering, he loved it...LOTS. Yay me.

Drawn and inked, then colored digitally

Monday, February 6, 2012

Kitty Christ Has Risen!


"Kitty Christ"
11x17 - Color Pencil on Marker Paper

This was the image for my Christmas card this year.  Now, I am not a religious person, but the thought of Christ as a cat made me laugh.  Why a cat?  Well since "Bunny Sushi", I have slowly migrated to drawing cats in strange situations (I find cats very entertaining and let's face it, easy to draw).  I decided to do something religious oriented because, although like I said before...not religious, but I do like to read and know about all different religions and I think stained glass windows are very cool.  With Kitty Christ, I wanted to do something with a stained glass look and include some funny elements by making plays on Christ's miracles.  All the pictures in the green circle of the "window" are his many miracles...some slightly modified to better fit with a cat based theme (water to milk, loaves and fishes, raising the dead, walking on water...because we all know how much cat's hate water HAHA).  Anyway, enjoy and if you are looking for a print of this, see below.  Thank you.

Print - 11"x17" cardstock - $15 (plus shipping & handling)