Cat Girl In Floophy Boots

Textbook Work

2012-01-27T19:41:00.002-07:00

These were for a textbook aimed at second graders, so they wanted BRIGHT SATURATED COLORS. Which is not… my area. But thankfully that’s what Photoshop is for! This story is about the Mound-builder peoples of the Mississippi basin. (I had no idea these people even existed before starting this project. Oops.)

Since this was work for hire, and since I don’t like the full images anyway, here are my favorite parts. Pretty much everything but the people. Sorry, people :c

Note: Painting leaf litter is a PAIN. LITERALLY.

And yes, I did go to the Greg Newbold school of noodling, how did you know? (Hi Greg)

Short Comics

2012-01-27T19:35:00.001-07:00

While I enjoyed the text book work… I’d so much rather be drawing comics! 8D
I got to do three short comics for the upcoming anthology “The Enchanted Toilet.” My friend Will Strong’s got two comics in there as well. Again, this was work for hire, so I don’t even own these characters anymore. Which is kinda a shame :’c
BUT I’M GETTING PUBLISHED OH MY GLOB

Plus! My editor was really great to work with! She really knew how to get my stories to come together, gave me great ideas, she was wonderful. She told me I could make potty jokes! How awesome is that?

You can tell I hit my stride with Miss Muffet. Took me long enough. Also all that lettering was hand done. STUPIDEST IDEA. Next project will be to make my own font. Hand lettering. Never again.

Southern Utah Trip

2012-01-16T23:20:00.003-07:00

'Bout time I uploaded these! Went on a trip to southern Utah in May and it was just FANTASTIC. We had rain, sun, wind, snow, hail, cloud cover, you name it. EVERY atmospheric condition. These here are just a small sampling of the 400+ photos I took.

Enjoy!

Ceres and her Parakeet

2011-12-30T20:10:00.002-07:00

Ceres and her Parakeet
A Christmas present for a friend.

My Neighbor Totoro

2011-12-16T09:27:00.001-07:00

Screencaps

Stitched together backgrounds and pans (LARGE files!)

NO NO NO NO NOOOOO

2011-12-08T12:13:00.002-07:00

I WAS EQUAL PARTS HORRIFIED AND TERRIBLY AMUSED. A freak-out similar to THIS.
SCREAMING AND LAUGHING AT THE SAME TIME WHAT IS GOING ON.

I’m such a good friend. I’ll just stand by, screaming, while a spider crawls all over your face.

Shercat and Watsdog

2011-12-08T09:04:00.004-07:00

Shercat and Watsdog!

If you have assessed that I am completely obsessed... then you'd be right.
BBC's Sherlock is fantastic, everyone should check it out! And it'll only cost you 4.5 hours of your life!

New Cards in the Online Store!

2011-12-03T10:49:00.004-07:00

The new set of cards are in at the Flat Cat Studio Online Store! :D

In the Holiday Set: Baby Fur Seal, Elephant Angel, Baby Polar Bear, Snuggling Penguins, and Strutter the Flaming Reindeer.
All four of the Retro Nerd Burds!
And of course, all the Original Flavor cards are still for sale.

Price Guide
Individual Cards: 1.25 USD each, envelope included
Pack of 12 Original Flavor: 13.25 USD (non-holiday non-nerd burd cards)
Pack of 5 Holiday Cards: 5.50 USD
Pack of 4 Retro Nerd Burds: 4.50 USD
Pack of 21: 23.50 USD One of every card!

International Shipping available! I take PayPal and Google Wallet (Checkout)
And remember, envelopes are always included.

Dorp a Dorp Beedog

2011-11-24T21:57:00.002-07:00

Oddly enough, I feel like I have more control over physical media. Digital still feels like drawing with gloves on with a disembodied hand. But I’m happy with this.

Laughing at the Disabled and Other Stories

2011-11-05T11:04:00.001-06:00

(I really ought to draw this as a comic journal but it’d be, like, 23985634857 inches tall.)

So the day started out well, driving to work I’m listening to “On Writing” on CD, written and read by Stephen King. I’ve just gotten to disk 4, which is the beginning of the actual “advice on writing” part. Up until now it’s been snippets of his life’s history, key moments which shaped him as a writer.

But now he’s talking about all these technical things, how writers like John Grisham write phonetically, how they write as if their characters were speaking, how there will and ought to be imperfections. His next line is “John’s second novel, “The Firm,” sold something like nine gajillion copies.” He said that, “gajillion.” I lost it.

Later I’m telling Carli, a coworker, about this experience. I start to tell her that I’m listening to a book on CD written and read by Stephen— “Hawking?” she interrupts. We laugh. “That’d be pretty funny, a book read by Stephen Hawking,” she says.

I think about it for a beat, and then it hits me. I chuckled, then I start full-on laughing. Then I can’t stop laughing. I’m gasping for breath, tears coming out of my eyes. I try to let at least a few giggles get through so people know I’m not crying, dying, or having a fit. I retreat into my truck because I look like a fool I’m laughing so hard. After about 30 seconds, I can’t hide in there any longer, I have to come out to load my truck but I’m still laughing. “I’m going to hell!” I gasp, convulsing, “I’m laughing at a paralyzed man; I’m going to hell.”

After the laughter subsided some two minutes later, I felt pretty good for a damned soul.

Later, Cali and I talking again, and without preamble she says “you know, Kim,” our boss, “looks like Dobby the House Elf to me.” She wasn’t nearby, so we laughed as much as we wanted. The only danger now is not laughing at her when I see her next. Because Kim, all 5 feet and 90 pounds of her could probably kill me with her bare hands. Or run me over with her motorcycle.

At least if I’m going to hell, I’ll be sent there by Kim, which is a pretty awesome way to go.

Christmas Cards, post two

2011-10-30T17:22:00.004-06:00

“Hark the Herald Elephants sing~”
More Christmas/Holiday cards!
Did you know fur seals are actually a kind of sea lion?

Be sure to keep an eye on my online store, I’ll be putting these and more new card designs up for sale by Thanksgiving!

Christmas Cards, post one

2011-10-23T12:52:00.002-06:00

Three Christmas/Holiday cards I’m donating. Sketches here.
I’m kind of “eh” on the polar bear, but I’m really happy with the penguins and the reindeer. And why is it that everything looked like junk until I put the pencil lines on? Art mysteries!

Keep an eye on my store, I should have these cards and more up for sale by Thanksgiving!

Enviro-scape Painting: Inside Aperture

2011-10-15T16:55:00.004-06:00

I had to stop multiple times while playing Portal 2 to just stare at how beautiful it is. I just can't get over it!
Painted in Paintbrush

Retro Nerd Burds!

2011-10-15T08:35:00.000-06:00

Retro Nerd Burds!
From top to bottom they are: Parakeet, Kookaburra, Emperor Penguin and Bearded Tit.
This was the brain child of about three people together, and probably the most fun I've had with putting clothes on animals in a long time!

Flying Through Portals

2011-10-11T22:08:00.000-06:00

I certainly didn't "fly" through either Portal game I'll tell ya that. XD
But I enjoyed them all the same. Both were beautiful and fun and totally worth the time.

And I freaking love flying through portals, it's so much fun!

Aperture Science (part 1)

2011-10-10T16:48:00.002-06:00

Painted from screen-caps from Portal 2.
Gosh this game is stunningly pretty.

Frankenturret

2011-10-09T20:31:00.003-06:00

Don't know how many times I can tell y'alls: PLAY PORTAL 2, PLAY IT!
This adorable little guy is called a Frankenturret, two turrets combined like a hermit crab in a weighted storage cube. If you have no idea what I just wrote, again, go play this game!
Drawin in the mac version of ms Paint, Paintbrush, which is actually really fun to play around with, and because of the ability to adjust brush opacity, it's quite simple to mix colors.

WHAT IS GOING ON LOL

2011-10-02T01:03:00.003-06:00

GUESS WHAT I DO INSTEAD OF SLEEPING
HINT: DRAW THIS RIDICULOUSNESS 8U

I’m actually really happy with this, I hammered the lines out in like, three hours of totally fatigued work, and then finished it when I woke up.
These are all characters from this ~~dumb~~ amazing RP I'm in. Just. Just. Be gentle with me ok, I love this stupid thing to death.

Color to come… later… maybe.

Christmas/Holiday Card Sketches

2011-09-22T00:26:00.003-06:00

HAY LOOK PENGUINS
And some polar bear cubs and a reindeer.
Also Ceres and her fat parakeet.
These are all preparation sketches for Christmas/Holiday cards, so if there's anything you'd like to see on a card, let me know!

Penguins are ridiculous, they're still fluffy and chubby despite being also sleek, muscular and streamlined? And they're triangles. Chicks, which start their life exclusively walking, are triangles with the weight on the bottom △, and adults, which swim almost exclusively, are triangles with all the weight on the top ▽.
IT'S HILARIOUS.

Also to answer your question Jacob:
"Is it a play on the word "cervid," or did it just happen that way?"
It kinda happened that way? I'm aware of "cervid" and the term "cervine" and that may have had a subconscious effect on the choice, but I just really like the name Ceres.
Hooray happy accidents!

2011-09-10T11:55:00.003-06:00

Little goat-deer-taur and some parakeets.
What do y'alls think of the name Ceres for her? Maybe Seras. I can't decide which spelling I like better.

goat-deer-taur and budgie friend

2011-09-02T21:22:00.003-06:00

I was at a petting zoo a little while ago, and they had GOATS with the cutest little petite hooves. So I thought it’d be cute to design a little centauress with those petite goat hooves. I prefer the shape of a deer’s body, though, so now she’s a goat-deer-taur?

Pfff, mythical creature, I do what I want.

Also she has a fluffy budgie buddy. Kinda like a kakapo. I don’t know if he’s flightless or not though, but definitely just as fluffly.

Huur derp, still working her character out, maybe I’ll do some color and markings experiments later.

Beedogs!

2011-08-27T20:17:00.000-06:00

They're bees, they're dogs, they're Beedogs!

...

Yeah.

All thank you cards! \.w./ Thank you all!

If you haven't played Portal 1 and 2 yet...

2011-08-23T09:49:00.001-06:00

Shame on you.
Do it now.

More book than you can shake a stick at!

2011-08-23T09:46:00.002-06:00

More book than you can shake a stick at!

Internet, meet Webster’s New International Dictionary, Second Edition, Unabridged (Display Copy, Not For Sale); an early birthday present.

Printed in 1960, it is in nearly perfect condition. It weighs 14 lbs (6.35 kilo), and is 5 7/8th inches from cover to cover (approx 15 cm). It smells faintly of grape from a distance of about 6 inches, but not up close. The main Vocabulary is 3194 pages, and the introduction and other preceding pages number 136. It was bought second-hand for 17.50$, marked down from 39.50$. Nowadays they run for more than 100$.

I cannot believe this book. I laugh almost every time I look at it because of how RIDICULOUS it is! It’s like a big, awkwardly square baby.
And it has taught me that I’ve been saying “Eberhardt” wrong this whole time:

Hey. Hey hey guys, hey, hey guys hey hey.
I'm a nerd.

Retirement Gift

2011-08-20T19:02:00.000-06:00

This is part of a super-sneaky retirement gift for my Illustration professor. Shhh-- don't tell him!
A bunch of us have contributed a page with our art on it, and the amazing Natalie Luehr has offered to bind together a book from these pages.

These paintings are a bit of an in-joke with my professor, they incorporate a few of the things that he thought were funny, characteristic, or infuriating about how I painted landscapes and in general:

I love big skies.

I like muted and limited palates. (Spoilers, I just hate color)

I love putting a row of trees along the horizon.

And I always paint small. Super small. These are 1.5" x 2". That's inches, not feet.

So I hope it makes him chuckle.

Two Lovers

2011-08-16T23:16:00.000-06:00

Well, the word's out, I love drawing stupid sappy pictures like this one! So have some cuddling.
Thank you all who helped me fix the problems in this painting, and who voted for it in the contest it was in!

Aslan Resurrected

2011-08-15T23:00:00.004-06:00

An image that popped into my head more or less fully formed, the only problem was actually doing it.
I started this painting in gouache, but grew frustrated and scanned it into the computer to finish it digitally. I am happy with how it turned out, especially the stone.
Thank you all who voted for it in the contest it was in!

Animals' Heads on Humans' Bodies

2011-07-11T18:22:00.003-06:00

Sketches for my next in the "Sir Series," Lord Neverfear and Deimia, characters created by Jonathan Olfert.

Also my online greeting-card store is now open!

ONLINE STORE IS NOW OPEN!

2011-07-07T00:04:00.006-06:00

MY ONLINE STORE IS NOW OPEN!
I'm just selling greeting cards for now, but if you'd like to see a print of something for sale, please let me know!
Both PayPal and Google Checkout are accepted.
:D
http://michellerweaverportfolio.blogspot.com/

My Cards Are Here!

2011-07-01T23:38:00.003-06:00

My cards and envelopes got back from the printers today!

And they look better than I imagined! Optimizing your images for print makes a HUGE difference folks.

I'm still getting my online store set up, but if you ABSOLUTELY CAN'T WAIT, you can contact me via e-mail: flat.cat.studio @ gmail.com. Each card will be no more than 1.25 USD, envelope included.

Teenage Mutant Kung Fu Platypus

2011-06-22T22:17:00.002-06:00

This is what happens when dad and I get silly.

Blue ColErase, Clicker Pencil, Tea, White Gouache

Moon Dream

2011-06-14T08:41:00.002-06:00

I had this weird dream the other day. I don't remember exactly what the symbol was, so I chose this one: 朧 "Obscure" or "Hazy" (source)

I had a lot of fun drawing that symbol, I miss calligraphy.

Card Printing: Beta Set One

2011-06-13T07:17:00.004-06:00

GUYS HELP

I'm getting together a set of cards I've given to people in the past, to print them and sell them to more people in the future.

Here I've got six of my best designs, so I would like to know:

A) Would you buy these and for how much each (USD)

&

B) Are there any designs of mine that you would like to see that are not shown here?

All Card Designs © Michelle R. Weaver

Red Panda Hug

2011-05-11T21:24:00.003-06:00

This was only meant to be a series of warm-up sketches, but 2 hours later I had a key-frame animated gif.
I'm THE BEST at procrastinating.

Butterflies, Boxes and Melancholy

2011-05-04T23:50:00.007-06:00

Hello blogger! It's been a while. Have some Tegaki-e.

The common blue butterfly.

Mochi! I love it, but it doesn't love me.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! D:

Buh buh buh...

TETRIS MASTA

Portal 2: Lab Rat

2011-04-16T08:03:00.003-06:00

Portal 2: Lab Rat

READ IT

READ IT NOW

Tegaki Doodles

2011-03-21T17:32:00.001-06:00

I don't know why I like Tegaki so much. Maybe because it severely limits my options and makes me focus.

News Flash: I love lace and lingerie. Also My aloe plant.

A Backlog of Comic Journals

2011-03-21T07:40:00.000-06:00

Oh yeah.

And then it snowed forever.

And then I was at work.

And then I was at work some more.

And then I rode on the back of a snowmobile.

And then I was a Stage Manager for "Annie."

Story of my life.

Another story of my life.

At least I have this comfort food.

And then nothing changed.

THE END

JUST IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW

2011-03-19T00:10:00.004-06:00

I AM A HUGE NERD FOR TRON.
Now all I have to do is FIND Flynn's Arcade, go there, and use THIS COIN to get into the computer.
SIMPLE!
Thanks for getting me this Tybs~

Violent Little Girls

2011-03-11T01:21:00.000-07:00

This is what Jake wanted for his birthday card.
Ah the joys of traditional media. Despite the difficulty with ink, I'm quite pleased with how this turned out.

I was actually really happy to get to re-draw this scene, it's rather key in the comic, and I feel like I didn't do it very well last time. Thanks for the second chance Jake-n-bake.

Claud

2011-03-08T22:13:00.007-07:00

Genderbent Gladys.
Oh did you see what I did there.

Illustrate an Obscure Nursery Rhyme Day!

2011-03-07T23:33:00.002-07:00

"Higgledy Piggledy,
My black hen,
She lays eggs For gentlemen;
Sometimes nine,
And sometimes ten,
Higgledy Piggledy,
My black hen!"

It's "Illustrate an Obscure Nursery Rhyme Day!"
OK not really, but Tybs came up with this idea and I thought it'd be pretty neat to do too.
Y'alls should join in!

I am really digging the digital screentone.

Digital Screens Adventures

2011-03-05T19:24:00.001-07:00

Messin' around with digital screentone and doodlin in Photoshop:

I don't even know anymore.

The next Dr. Sketchie's

2011-02-25T18:59:00.002-07:00

The next Dr. Sketchie's drawing event is going to be March 28th.

THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW:
• It will be hosted in a bar, so you need to be 21+
• The door fee is 10$ for 3 hours
• The models will be some form of pole/burlesque dancers
• It's really not very different from drawing bikini-clad models at BYU. Actually they are wearing more. If you count corsets, high heels, and fishnet as "more."

You can't say you weren't warned. Or informed.
More information here: http://www.drsketchy.com/branch/saltlakecity

Arms are my Fave

2011-02-24T00:06:00.002-07:00

Went to Dr. Sketchie's Figure Drawing in SLC.

I drew a lady.

CATS

2011-02-21T23:23:00.002-07:00

New thing: thank you bookmarks. Everyone loves bookmarks, right?
Made for a girl who bought me two cute shirts.

I'm really enjoying my acrylic ink again.

Firefoxes

2011-02-20T23:19:00.003-07:00

Fact: Red Pandas are also known as "Firefox."
Fact: they are so delicious and fat.

Just some cards I did for Single's Awareness Day. Took the bitter edge off the loneliness.

JAKE YOU HAVE A TWIN

2011-02-10T21:28:00.002-07:00

You have a twin. You have a very gay, fabulous, fierce, Italian twin named Gio AND YOU TWO DRAW ON THE SAME WAVELENGTH.

It's freakish and amusing.

B*tches, we are going DRAWING

2011-02-02T20:28:00.003-07:00

At Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School

MON, FEBRUARY 21, 2011 • 8-11 pm
Bar Deluxe, 666 South State

$10 at the door, bring your own art supplies

CLICK FOR MORE DETAILS

FanArt Whenever

2011-02-02T15:51:00.004-07:00

I'm never going to remember FanArt Friday ON Friday... so here's my submission for... whenever.

I think this part of ‘The Great Mouse Detective’ was what started my love for lacy lingerie, showgirl costumes, etc. Hey, I just thought she was pretty when I was a little kid.
Also Xerox Disney is my favorite Disney.

His Face All Red

2011-01-31T00:37:00.005-07:00

So all of you have probably already read this short comic by Emily Carroll a million times over, but I am linking it here for great profit.

Probably one of the best things I've read in a while.

HIS FACE ALL RED

Go. Read. Get the chills.
...
SERIOUSLY GO READ IT RIGHT NOW.

What is this...

2011-01-17T20:52:00.003-07:00

I've seen TRON: Legacy twice now. I... really love that movie ok.
Here have some comic journals and fanarts. (I'll never remember Fanart Friday you guys...)
:B

I want to make this hoodie so bad you have no idea. I think it will involve iron-on reflective tape, because I can't justify buying electroluminescent wire at 5$ a meter. Especially when I got the hoodie at DI for 4 bucks.

Bee Girl Screen-tone Test

2011-01-08T08:21:00.000-07:00

Crappy image due to laziness. Thank you Photobooth.
Screen-tones are awesome, but Chartpak markers are trés stinky. Hooray India ink!

Jake once used the comic web-cam filter on a drawing he did, and I've always wanted to do it too.
So.
Tadaa~

You missed a spot...

2011-01-07T18:35:00.004-07:00

I finally remembered Fanart Friday!
>8U

Here have some Daft Punk in my speed-paint style.
A sad moment from "Electroma."
I love them. So much.
;___;

DeDraMo Tegaki-E Comment Edition #17–39

2011-01-07T12:00:00.006-07:00

Tegaki-E comments turn into semi storyboard-type-comics. These are mine for the month of December:

22 total

DreDraMo #17

2011-01-06T18:00:00.000-07:00

The page with the bees is the last page I drew in my sketchbook in December.
Unfortunately it took me a little more time to finish the book off.
See the title page of shame? Yeah.
.__.

Those French guys are pretty great at this music thing

2011-01-06T13:11:00.003-07:00

After listening to the soundtrack upwards of ten times for free online, I decided I should buy the CD. Which I did. And all was well in the land.

Also I got me some sweet workboots. Details to follow.

Babby

2011-01-05T13:38:00.000-07:00

Babby Painting Commission

Tea, White Gouache, Graphite Pencil

Bee Girl

2011-01-03T13:39:00.003-07:00

Bee Girl

A thank you card for my Grandparents

Red ColErase
Tria Marker
Graphite

DeDraMo #16

2011-01-03T12:00:00.000-07:00

Guess what movie I want to see again 12,983,445,090 more times.
8U

DeDraMo #15

2010-12-31T06:59:00.005-07:00

Wasn't wow'd by the newest movie. Hope it makes people go read the book.
Because "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" is my favorite.

The Return of 'Her Majesty's Courier'

2010-12-27T10:00:00.000-07:00

AKA Bee Lady

I recently had to make a 10"x15" print of this image, so I resized it and re-painted it a little (to reduce the pixelation).
The lady who bought it was just IN LOVE with this image, I was so happy to sell her a copy.

Contact me if you want to buy a print!

I'm still working on story ideas and character development for a Bee Lady Comic or Illustrated Novel or I don't know what.

Ink and watercolor?

Flash?

Ink and Screentone?

Must... do... test drawings...

DeDraMo #12-14

2010-12-26T08:00:00.000-07:00

"Dick's Grocery Store" is right up there with "Ralph's" for giggle factor.

Here have some Gladys durp durp.

Also some Pyro.

LOOKIT ALL THAT EFFORT!

(lies)

DeDraMo #11

2010-12-17T17:22:00.003-07:00

Sketchbook. Finally.

Bee Lady needs her own comic. And that comic needs a story.

Lets Hope My Ears Don't Fall Off

2010-12-15T17:00:00.000-07:00

Hay lookit what I did thar.
Finally.
Early Christmas present. •w•

DeDraMo #6–10

2010-12-14T16:08:00.003-07:00

I don't know if it's cheating to count some of these as four (because there are four little sketches in some), but I'm also doing a comic from DeDraMo, so I think I can be a little flexible with my numbers.
Tegaki-E is just so useful for sketching in. Meanwhile my actual sketchbook gathers dust. (No not really, I just haven't scanned them yet.)

Glowsticks = Insta-happy. No lie.

YES CHILD I AM A PATHETIC ADULT SITTING IN FRONT OF MY COMPUTER GO AWAY.

Nothing to see here, nothing to see...

Bla bla bla emo, bla bla bla random anatomical sketch idk idk

I wish I could draw as well as Regina Spektor sings.

Making Awesome out of a Crappy Situation

2010-12-09T23:18:00.003-07:00

Just thought I'd share this...
So today I printed my portfolio and a sheet of business cards to cut apart. I must have miscommunicated with the printer or something, because everything ended up on light-weight color-printer paper, rather than the heavier, card stock-like paper I would have liked. The images in the portfolio still look ok, but the cards weren't on the heavier paper I thought they would be. Which posed a problem. You can't hand someone a 2"x3" piece of paper. That's just not cool.
SO...

I mounted them to some arches-type heavy-weight paper (thank you elmer's glue-stick!), and the end product is really neat, it gives the back a nice texture. Plus they're really weighty, feels nice too hold.

DUR DURP the end.

DeDraMo #2-4

2010-12-04T18:00:00.000-07:00

For a good laugh: look up a video of Platypuses swimming: it looks like a cross between a fat kid with swimmy-wings and a seizure.

I forgot to say—my goal is to draw 50 drawdings. The original parameters were one drawing a day for a total of 31, but if a picture is worth 1,000 words, and the writers had to write 50,000 words for NaNoWriMo, then I'm not gonna cop-out.

Platypuses are a lot more weird than I ever imagined.

For one thing, they don't lay eggs like birds, they lay eggs like LIZARDS. In fact their bodies are structured more like reptiles, and they still try to swim like a reptile or fish would, even though their tails are flattened on the AP axis (as opposed to the DV axis, as with crocodilians).

The males are venomous, with a venom strong enough to cripple a human with pain, or kill a dog.

They have 10 sex chromosomes. A human male is XY, a platypus male is XYXYXYXYXY.

The females lay eggs and suckle their young with milk, but only the left ovary is functional.

These creatures are just an amalgam of non-sequitur factoids.

WHAT!?

Monotremes Oviparous, Ovum Meroblastic
Which is to say: Monotremes (the type of mammal Platypuses are, lay eggs, and the eggs are similar in development to reptile eggs in that part of the ovum does not divide.
I'm (not so) secretly a nerd you guys.

More pining for my fish, Narcissus.
How appropriate, a self portrait.
Also I have a headset for my Stage Manager job. I think it's cool.

DeDraMo #1

2010-12-01T14:41:00.000-07:00

Since I don't write, I'm participating in December Drawing Month. Which is great, because I have a dummy-book I need to do.

But have some Gladys and Tea in the mean time.

DOUBLE ENTENDRE ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE SKYYYYY

Don't trust me with your children or pets

2010-11-30T14:38:00.000-07:00

Last day of November and I kill my fish.
Go me.

Chickens

2010-11-26T14:46:00.003-07:00

Sorry for the radio silence (inb4 no one actually reads my blog anymore) it's been a busy week with dress rehearsals and last-minute disasters. And Thanksgiving.

I am currently working on a moderately large piece for an art trade due at the end of the month. And yet all I can think of or draw is chickens. I want to raise chickens you guys, you don't even know.

But here, have some gap-toothed dudes each with a chicken on their head.

This was really hard to explain to on-lookers.

Gladys n' Tessa De Los Muertos

2010-11-08T09:15:00.000-07:00

Gladys and Tessa with their face-paint on for Day of the Dead in this Tegaki-E thread.

Just a sketch I thought was worth cleaning up and sharing.
This was really fun to draw, thank you Di for making such a cool thread!

Red and Blue ColErase on Mole Skine paper, white done in Painter

Comic Journal, RP funtimes and Crack

2010-11-06T09:00:00.001-06:00

A wild Tegaki-E Dump appeared! It used random!

It's super effective!

Comic Journal

Pretty much the most serendipitous thing that's ever happened to me. Pretty much.

Recently I acquired 100 stalkers—I mean watchers—on Tegaki. :B

This is really stupid, and probably won't be funny to most of you, but it's a parody of this Kate Beaton comic. Go read the comic, it's actually funny, not just pretend funny.

This is retarded.

Sir Tiger With Fur Slicked Back

2010-11-02T12:44:00.005-06:00

Gouache on Arches Paper

6"x8"

Approx 10 hours or less

This is probably the most fun commission I've done so far!
Commission Policy Here.
Open Commission Slots Here.

When I showed Jacob (the client) the color and value comp this is what he said:
"Imagine a three year old.
Now imagine that this three year old has just been given a giant robot unicorn that shoots lasers and candy.
I am doing that same happy dance over Sir Tiger.
Take it away Maestro! I am ecstatic about the way it is going!"

;3; That is the nicest thing for any artist to hear, seriously. There is no better way to ensure that I'll do my best and try my hardest.
So much so, that I entirely re-painted the arm on the left because the underdrawing was bad and left the painting looking goofy. And this is re-activating paint so it was no small task! But I'm glad I did it. (Post Secret: I would have done this anyway. But I really wanted to do my best.)

And I just got the best idea for the next painting in this series. (There's three, it's gotta be a series now) "Monocle Jack"—a Kangaroo... with a monocle.
>:3

Happy Halloween!

2010-10-31T21:47:00.004-06:00

I went to a Halloween party for about ten minutes. I'm not even exaggerating. Then I went home and played on the Halloween themed TF2 maps with Rachel and it was amazing. Made my night so much better. And you can't say I didn't try.

My girls as they appear in their Halloween threads: Gladys the fail!Vampire, and Tessa, on team survivor.

I think my one year anniversary in this RP was... a month ago or something :U

Halloween! It is probably my favorite holiday.

Please don't ask me to rationalize that lighting. <:c

Tessa and Gladys © Me

TF2RP © RoboJing and Zoroko

Give me a money and I'll give you an Art

2010-10-21T23:02:00.002-06:00

Yes, I am taking Internet Commissions!

Click HERE to see if there are slots still open!

Click HERE to read my Commission Policy.

Please note that Icons & Avatars are on sale for 7USD until December.

If you would like to employ me commercially as a Freelance Artist, please send me an e-mail at: FLAT.CAT.STUDIO(a)GMAIL.COM

Lady Owl

2010-10-10T10:00:00.007-06:00

No, this is not in reference to "Lady Hawk." Oops, I didn't even think of that until I wrote that title.
Anyway.
Not the sweeping success I hoped it would be, but a passable companion piece to Sir Owl.

Lady Owl
Gouache
approx. 5" x 7"

This is probably the first painting where I consciously tried to make planar definition with color and value changes. AND SUCCEEDED.
So. To all my teachers—I DID LEARN SOMETHING FROM YOU AFTER ALL.
I'm just a late bloomer I guess, I'm sorry.

BEFORE I FORGET

2010-09-28T15:00:00.000-06:00

24 Hour Comic Book Day is October 2nd this year.

Cool Story.

WOAH it's FANART

2010-09-20T13:50:00.001-06:00

WOAH IT'S WARRIOR'S FANART GUYS
Now that I look at it again, there is A LOT hat bothers me about this but...! Oh well.

Before you unleash your 12-year-old wrath on me, I've never read the books, this is a gift for a friend, so please don't fill pages with whatever inconsistencies you might see.

FROM THE TEXT:
A misty light was already filling the warriors' den; the dawn patrol would have to leave right away.

"Okay," Brambleclaw meowed. "I'll lead the dawn patrol. Squirrelflight, will you come with me? Cloudtail, we'll take you as well, and Rainwhisker."

Cloudtail stretched his jaws in a huge yawn, mumbled, "Right with you," and woke the younger warrior by tickling his nose with the tip of his tail. Rainwisker sat bolt upright, staring around as if he wan't sure what had disturbed him.

Warriors © Erin Hunter

More thank you cards, this time with fish

2010-09-10T13:45:00.002-06:00

My boys, the fish.

Narcissus, the stupid one.

Fernando, the fierce one.

...

I need human friends.

One More Time~

2010-09-07T21:37:00.007-06:00

Thank you, Blogger, for being such a butt when it comes to uploading very tall, thin images.
So here is sketch dump 2.0, divided and re-uploaded for your viewing pleasure.

People from church

and various characters

and Gladys screaming into a pillow idk

Sketches of random stuff laying around

and a Pyro

Some Gladys and Tessa

Zoo sketches

More people from church

A Gnoll for an art-trade with Icefoxer.

A sekrit Lloyd, who belongs to Luna.

Good Bye Hairs

2010-08-23T23:26:00.003-06:00

BEST PHOTO EVER.
In lieu of comic-journal, have a photo.
I gots'd mah hairs cut.

Oh yeah, and I moved in with my parents to Bountiful, and my car immediately broke and needed 400 dollars of repair work, and a storm hit our yard and knocked a million apricots all over the ground and...

A Consuming Fire

2010-08-10T11:00:00.000-06:00

My new sketchbook cover, some landscapes I sketched out on a recent excursion with Richard Hull and Dave McClellan, and some typography.

I really like typography (mostly inspired by Jake Wyatt and the way he writes in his sketchbooks), and I'm finally experimenting with it more. I'm starting to think I ought to hand-letter a comic to see how I like it. Because I think I'd like it.

The scripture with reference:
Heb. 12: 29 For our God is a consuming fire.

Other choices were:
Deut. 4: 24 For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
^ I really liked this one, but it was kinda long, and a lot of people misinterpret "jealous"

Acts 2: 19 And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
^ COOL but long, and also violent.

( Scripture taken from the KJV )

NOT COOL FRED

2010-08-09T22:45:00.005-06:00

So I'm taking commissions through my DeviantArt account and this was MY FIRST ONE.

...

And as you can see... my only one.

"Get that wrench out of my face."

"It's not in your face it's in my hand."

"Get what's in your hand out of my face."

Needless to say I had A LOT MORE FUN doing this than that small illustration job I took a while ago.

Also got paid less but DEMS TH' BREAKS.

Well it's been a quiet week ...

2010-08-02T15:57:00.002-06:00

No, actually, it hasn't. Not for the last few weeks, in fact.

Here's some comic journal recounting the events:

So I decided I wanted to start looking like a girl.

So this happened.

Thanks Kwisten.

July 24th! Pioneer Day!

AKA MORE FIREWORKS!

The day before my birthday.

Thanks guys.

If you give a butterfly a cabbage...

2010-07-29T21:59:00.004-06:00

It will lay eggs on it that will hatch and eat it and then tun into more CABBAGE BUTTERFLIES!

The news from Lake Wobegone

2010-07-23T02:36:00.002-06:00

Where all the women are strong...

Nerd Points: Over 9000

2010-07-16T01:05:00.007-06:00

So Stebar called me and asked, "D'ya wanna be painted up like a Na'vi!?"
To which I, of course, said YES.
... I'm still picking off the white-out dots. X3

Thank you, Stebar, for probably one of the best afternoons of this summer.

Model: me
Makeup: Stebar (go to her blog!)

Before!

After!

...

And slightly 'shopped. Hurf.

Don't know how I feel about this

2010-07-15T01:08:00.002-06:00

Well. Looks like I'll be staying in Utah for a little while longer...

Cuz my parents are moving out here, and I'm moving in.

A lucky day!

2010-07-08T15:40:00.006-06:00

I got paid today!
It is good day to be Illustrator!

Also, I've been doodling a lot in Tegaki-E lately, I really like the canvas size and it's convenient for quick doodles while I'm surfing. I always get random ideas while I'm doing stuff on the computer, and as many of you know, sitting there with a pad of paper or sketchbook often gets cumbersome. So I just tab over to a blank Tegaki-E entry and doodle something out.

.3.

Quite useful.

How else would you re-phrase "Gotta' catch 'em all!" to sound REALLY SQUARE?

So far we've got something along the lines of "It is imperative that you collect the set!"
MokéPOWN! (Brittany, am I spelling that right?)

Raise it up!

2010-07-07T23:02:00.003-06:00

I didn't even think to post this here until Chelsea commented on it in an irrelevant post.

ILU Chelsea. X3

This is a character I designed about a year ago. It's my zodiac animal: I was born in the year of the fire-rabbit, during the hour of the snake, and I'm a Leo. I decided to stream-line the design more. Head over to Ninja Weasels where Rachel's done the same thing. Except hers is more awesome.

Lines taken from the song "Rabbit Heart" by Florence and the Machine. It's pretty much excellent. Recommended to me by Bali.

DERP.

Yes. I really said that.

2010-07-07T02:01:00.001-06:00

Yep. I said that. On campus. Sick of listening to your conversation about contraceptives for well over half an hour.

Elephant

2010-07-03T17:06:00.002-06:00

I got to go to the zoo on Friday with Stebar and my friend Aubrey. I sat and drew the elephants for... I don't know, a good half-hour. This is what I painted from my mental notes and sketches as a thank-you card for my grandma. She's been very kind to me. It's the least I can do.

Gouache Tea and Pencil

Funny story...

2010-07-02T10:02:00.003-06:00

So I thought it was Hannah's birthday last week for some reason, so I made this for her, and she's like "It's not my birthday."

So.

Happy half-birthday Hannah. I'm glad you liked it anyway.

Secretly I just wanted to draw a giraffe.

UUUWAAAHHH

2010-06-28T21:31:00.004-06:00

Heavy_yell2_Uwaaaaaaah.wav

Sketchbook I conquer yoooouuu~!

FINALLY finished off this sketchbook. FINALLY.

And with any luck, and more zoo trips, I will get to work on another one. And not take upwards of SIX MONTHS on it.

:facepalm:

THE LAST PAGE OF MY SKETCHBOOK.

An Okapi. Not at the zoo. From zoo-books!

Giraffe, Black Swan and Kangaroo, from life.

Red Thread of Destiny

2010-06-23T18:40:00.003-06:00

Better than this entry itself, is the conversation that it spurred. Click the image to see people's (hilarious) drawn responses.
:)

June 21st

2010-06-21T23:59:00.000-06:00

First Day of Summer.
Longest day.
They only get shorter from here...

Another Gold Fish

2010-06-19T04:42:00.000-06:00

I like fish.

A lot.

Cap't Picard Day

2010-06-16T19:40:00.003-06:00

Well... that's not exactly true. I worked. And fed myself.

...

That's it.

HERE IS LINK TO VIDEO: FUNNY TIMES.

While I'm working on other things...

2010-06-15T16:13:00.002-06:00

Here, have some more CAWMIK JOUNAL:

Tru fax folks.

...

Yeah, kinda anti-climactic for post #222. Sorry.