Cat Battle with Luna and BabyCat (AKA Little Ricky)

Thanks for reading this dramatic true story! Don't worry- they play fight like this all the time and are actually very good cat-buddies. This takes place on my drawing desk almost daily.

I meant to have a big Skadi post up by now, but Luke's computer died twice in a row and I haven't been able to get his files. But I should have it up pretty soon! I hope you'll come back to check it out...

cats and dragons

It's 4 in the morning but I can't sleep, so I'm making a blog post.

Did you guys see "How to Train Your Dragon"? I really liked it. I'm partial to anything with Norse mythology, but the reason I liked this movie was because it was very sweet and straightforward. No obnoxious pop culture references...way less snarky dialogue than your average CG movie...also, it's fun to watch just for the pretty designs and colors. I'm too tired to write a whole review, so here is some fan art:




It's amazing I've drawn anything at all in the last few weeks. The only time I have time to draw is when I'm eating.



I should add that this movie had really funny/cute hair and boot designs. I feel a bit like a kid again lately. I went a long time without truly enjoying feature animation...but watching this movie, UP, and Fantastic Mr. Fox were all real fun for me. Actually I cried all the way through UP, but at least it got an emotional response.

I also liked HTTYD because the main dragon looks like BabyCat.




Lately I don't leave my house much because of work and other crap, so the cats have been a constant source of amusement. Here are some more Babycat and Luna drawings. They make a lot of weird faces. Luna's face seems to change constantly.




Here's Luna and Baby wearing cat-body-suits. I'd never actually wish an outfit this awful on an animal, but the idea is funny.



One more weird drawing that doesn't look like I drew it




Yarrr...I'm sleepy finally. Ok I'm gonna go to bed and proofread later

zzzzzzzz

Sketchbook stuff

Nothin' too special! I don't like to go too long without posting, so here's some sketchbook pages from around Thanksgiving.


My Aunt Ruth as a little girl...but the likeness isn't very good. I tried drawing like how I did as a younger kid, when I had more focus and patience to get good a likenesses. It turns out I no longer have that attention span. :)



weird


Some Rose McGowan types and Dakota Fanning types.





OK!!!! Time for some retarded stuff. Drawings of cats!! I have a soap opera in my mind about the cats in the neighborhood. Here are the players.


Try to find Luna!





Ok, that's it! I'm in a rut agian, but hopefully I'll have new stuff soon.

How to make a Luna trap...

...or a "noonytrap", as I like to call them.

Click to see better! This is me and Luna's morning ritual.


Cheesy! My newest favorite thing is making little stories on post-its. I hope you like this one because I will be making more. Here are some more cat doodles...

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♥I really like this one actually!♥




This drawing looks like how I drew 6 years ago! Weird.

I did some vanity post-its too...



I'm going on a vacation to the other side of the US in 2 weeks, and this is my exploring outfit! I am wearing pants for once!



More vanity...I cut my bangs and drew a weird little self portrait.


While we are on the subject of cats and vanity, check out these cards I got for my birthday last month, featuring my two kitties!! Tara did this first one, which incorporates my two favorite things...kitties and hillbillies! Soooo rad...





And here's one from Nico! I like that he caricatured my weird looking cats, and designed an outfit for me that I would really wear in real life.




Ben made this super gorgeous card for me too, and I was lucky enough to receive it in person! It's HUGE!!! Huge and pretty and I love it!



I'm super busy with work and Skadi and preparing for my trip, but I'll definitely be back to post some more crap before I leave. Thanks everyone!

***P.S.
This Wednesday starts a special 5-part Halloween Skadi story on Dumm Comics, so check it out!

kitty komick and other crap

People seemed to like the comic I did about Luna and Ricky last month, so I made another one. You'll probably have to click it to make it look ok. This happened the other day:




I did some more profile doodles from my current favorite reference book, "Least Wanted". If you have any interest in scary and bizarre looking people, you need this book!




I also took a break from work and drew some pretty faces off of Facebook. These are all talented and funny girls, some of which I'm lucky to have met in person, and others I hope to someday.

Emmy

Some Taras, a Lindsay, some Mollys, a Becky, and another Emmy. These aren't very accurate- I was kind of in a work induced daze when I did these.


and a spatula wielding Christine!

Thanks for looking! (UuU)

Happy times with Luna and Ricky

I have two little friends at home now- Ricky, and now Baby Luna.


Luna, (aka Squeak, aka the Demon Fox, aka Fartbomb), and her brother Ricky (aka Dragon Face, aka Little Fish, aka BabyCat). I was worried about bringing a new kitten into the house since I know how territorial cats can be, but it only took a couple days for them to accept one another. Luna is super little though, so she has to live in the kitchen when we aren't home to supervise their playing together. Even though kittens are fun, I want her to grow up a little bigger soon so she can play with Ricky a little more!



What kind of animal is this?? Kitten? Fox? Squirrel? She has a funny look, this one. She's very pretty, but sometimes she looks like other animals. Ricky has the same trait- sometimes he looks like a werewolf, sometimes a bat...right now he looks like a seal pup.

Luke and I decided to name her Luna after a fictional character that I really like, although there are other reasons "Luna" is a good name for her...it's a pretty name, there's the cute kitty from Sailor Moon named Luna, and also, her little grey crescent shaped head looks like the moon. But here is the Luna she's named after:

I hope there's pudding...

Not a very good likeness, but Luna Lovegood is hard to draw! If you aren't a Harry Potter nerd like me, you won't know who I'm talking about. Luna is a lovely character. She's an oddball loner type who is happy to be the way she is, regardless of what others think. In the movies, she's played by Evanna Lynch, who does a wonderful job playing her.


She has a really wonderful dreamy personality. Her sort of weird but pleasant nature reminds me of my own Luna, who is curled up on my desk as I write this. In a little while she'll wake up and make some tribble noises until I pat her between her too far apart ears.



These are the first Luna sketches...her face is really hard to capture! Has anyone else out there tried to draw her?



I love at the end of the 5th movie when she gets all beat up. She's so pale though...the blood looks creepy! I didn't really get this look right either. Sometimes I have to do like 50 drawings before I can sort of figure out how to draw someone.



Some more weird kitty doodles. I gotta practice drawing animals more.

Something dumb!


I'll end this with cuteness...Luna and her funny little squirrel knuckles:



P.S. Things are really happy right now. I'm hoping to get lots of drawings done soon, so come back soon! :)

P.P.S. Luke says I should include this photoshop doodle, even though it looks weird.