Rainbow Cat Explores Space

Here we see Rainbow Cat, excited by all the current happenings in space research wanting to get in on the action. I'm assuming Rainbow Cat has like a secret jet pack on its back we can't see and some sort of oxygen supply (Does Rainbow Cat even need oxygen?...) or else Rainbow Cat isn't going...

Lil’ Linds the Soccer Gal

When I was in second grade I started playing soccer. I think I did those little classes when I was littler but this was my first time on a team. This was back before soccer was huge for girls where I grew up so there weren't very many teams available. There was no rec league...

Rainbow Cat’s House +Instagram Update!

As I was playing around with ideas for Rainbow Cat, I stated wondering where Rainbow Cat lives. I found out that Rainbow Cat lives in a fun tree house. Oh, and Rainbow Cat also has wings and can fly home. Here's a picture of Rainbow Cat seeing his new home for the first time. In...

Rainbow Cats

Here's another installment of me playing with watercolors! Here are some rainbow cats. The one on the bottom right is just starting to turn fancy (hence the goofy look of uncertainty and surprise) and the other two have already turned over from plain old cats into beautiful rainbow felines. I like how they turned out...

The Little Princess

So I just got some watercolors and started to play around with them. I made this inspired by the book, The Little Prince. Ok, I'll be honest - if I ever read that I can't entirely remember the actual story except that there's like a little prince on some small planet. Was there a fox...

Chocolate Milk

This picture comes with a little story, in case you were looking at it and felt really confused. So we were out to breakfast with some friends (shout out to Mar and Sar and their respective crews) and Hazel got a chocolate milk. This is by far the best drink and therefore, Hazel guzzled it...

Zip Line

I got a doodling book to give me some inspiration and practice and yesterday I did this little zip line drawing. I like to think this is a businessman who drove out to the woods to what he thought was a meeting, then whomever he met there that was forcing him to climb a ladder...

Cat Cat returns with new gadgets!

Cat Cat returns! This time with new and improved gadgetry, since he doesn't have too many skills otherwise and needs some technologic support. This adventure features Cat Cat's newest gizmo, the Hairball-SpectroScope TM. Side note: I think Cat Cat has some sort of sidekick, yet to be determined, who is the brains behind the operation,...

Better than GPS

Have you ever wondered where your pet was in the house? It's pretty certain Smudge will be on the bed, back of the couch, or in a sun spot near a window. Duncan, however, is a little harder to track down. Therefore, after careful observations and data collection, I can assuredly determine that...I really can't...

Down By The Bay

You know that song? "Down by the baaaaay, where the watermelons grooooooow, back to my hooooome, I dare not gooooooo. For if I dooooo, my mother will saaaaaaay, 'Have you ever seen a bear combing its hair?' Down by the bay!" Well Hazel thinks it's hilarious and loved when I said,  "Have you ever seen...

Waves and Their Doors

We were in the car and Hazel and I were talking about going to the beach. She was telling me how the ocean waves take sand away and I said how they can leave sand there, too. She then told me that ocean waves open a door and the sand comes out. So here you...

Yoga Clothes Matter

Adam was doing yoga upstairs and Hazel really wanted to join in. Before that could happen, she had to change her outfit. This included: a Hello Kitty swim suit; a purple tulle tutu; and a pair of purple and pink goggles. Because...obviously. So the next time you feel the call to exercise, remember how important...

Josep

Hazel is now a little over 2.5. She's funny and imaginative and I'm feeling inspired to draw based on her toddler creativity! She's really into Diego and calls herself that all the time, and insists we do, too. I get to be Alicia and her dad is "Baby Jaguar." So Diego just started going to...

Trudith does NOT do summer

So, summer is here pretty much and I'm off school. To really mix things up, we don't really have internet right now so I've almost finished three books in the last week (and no, not just picture books for Hazel!). Well go figure, the batteries died on my phone and my Kindle was nowhere to...

Catnip Farms

So I decided to draw a little about what Duncan would do if he won that Powerball lottery. He definitely would start his own catnip farm and since he's such a down-to-earth kind of cat he would work this farm. Now, being as it's a catnip farm he would also most definitely not really work...

Purple Elephants

  So life got busy and rich cats fell by the wayside, but tonight my daughter said this gem on the car ride to play at gym class. Out of nowhere, I hear, "I really like elephants. I want a purple one to ride on as a friend." Needless to say, I will begin the...

Begin Dream Sequence

Well, unfortunately for the cats (and me, and nearly everyone else)......they didn't win the big Powerball lottery. However, I feel like Duncan and Smudge would want to explore what would happen if they became billionaires. Because, really, why not? Didn't everyone have a plan in their heads if when they win? I know I did....

Powerball anyone?

So the cats are really interested in becoming billionaires. Can you call it being a billionaire if it's only 1.5 billion? Well, regardless, the cats are searching the coin jar to get a ticket they can share. They said that if they win they'd share the winnings and give me a small cut. I thought...

Hey, Baby Hazel! Go away now.

So just about 2 months ago little baby Hazel came to play! Big excitement for all of us and a definite chaos element to her arrival, but for the cats the excitement tended to seem just like chaos. So here is baby Hazel if she were a kitten, haha, and my representation of the cats'...

Caption this.

Duncan is often seen in this pose. But what could he be doing?? Here are a few apropos captions that could very well describe what he's doing. 1. Duncan is dipping his paw into his water dish to test the waters. Yes, there's water in there, you can drink like a regular cat now. 2....

Marker Moustache

I'm not exactly sure how it transpired but it was magnificent. I was grading papers with a marker and somehow Adam got silly and tried to harass me. So in self-defense only, I gave him half of a (washable!) marker moustache. And I even gave it a little flair with a curl. He looked wonderful...

Adam’s a tortoise

I thought it was just a college guy thing when we first started dating. Adam would always be dancing the line of being late and being really late. I figured, eh, whatever. We'll this has not changed and I end up turning into a nag because I hate being late. Likes sweaty palms anxiety hate....

Everyone’s invited!

Firstly, I was planning on this just being a quick sketch I might try to improve upon later but it looked too funny to do anything more with. Haha Adam was playing with Smudge but Duncan kept meowing. Move forward a minute or so and I see this - Adam carrying a soothed Duncan while...

New Views

We decided to "catify" the house a little by giving the cats a few more places to explore. We took off some things from the top of a bookshelf so the cat-os can see the room from a different view. Duncan was instantly drawn to the mirror on the wall and started taking in the...

Just a Fish

Just a fun fish I was playing around and made! Glib, glub.

King of the Cat Climber

Duncan has been exploring several of Smudge's spots in the house. Yes, I know that cats are territorial and have their own spaces, but Smudge has been quite rude about it all. Duncan will hang out on the cat bed or up on the top level of the cat climber, minding his own business, when...

I’m coming door to door to bring you an incredible offer!

Here's a door to door salesman I cooked up. He's out of his element, though...as I would assume most door to door sales jobs might make anyone feel.

Kiss From A Rose

There was this ridiculous video I found on Reddit of a drunk guy serenading his cat to the Seal song "Kiss From A Rose." The guy was honestly pretty good....and I about died laughing, or rather trying not to laugh. I was watching it on my phone in bed and Adam was sleeping, haha. So...

Why are you so weird?, Part Deux

The story continues.... Shortly after I posted yesterday's cartoon, I walked into the kitchen to this. Was Duncan emulating his smudged brother? Did he feel left out? Did he find some flour or powdered sugar? No. Duncan, in his quest for claiming/loving everything he loves, found the paint on the wall or paint tray that...

Why are you so weird?

I finished off a bag of delicious baby carrots and had the bag sitting on the coffee table...lazy, I know. Anyway, Duncan comes along and begins his ritual display of affection for inanimate objects. Actually as I am typing this he's doing it again. He schmears his head on the object repeatedly and profusely for...

What is it with boxes?

So I got something in the mail and it came in a nicely sized box. So obviously, the cats were immediately interested. Duncan jumps in....and sits. Just sits. For like 5 minutes. Now I know that's probably not a cat record but it was weird all the same. He didn't lay down, he didn't do...

Holidays are for family

So I got a pretty cool gift this holiday season - an iPad! I am going to try and draw on it more since I've been a big slacker and haven't done a lot in a long time. Here are a few I made with the Paper app, which is really nice. Plus a fun...

What.

I titled this "What." This was intentionally not a question but a rhetorical statement (can you even do that?).  Duncan KNOWS he is not supposed to march on countertops or tables but he is also stubborn, too smart for his own good, and stubborn.  And a jerk.  We'll snap and "chuch" him (say the word,...

I think I’m in a “fat cat” stage.

I'm in a fat cat phase...but it has NOTHING to do with Duncan's and Smudge's weight.  (Now that I've covered myself and they have no idea for my inspiration...).  I found this fat cat luxuriating in some overalls.  I don't think I quite captured the stuffed sausage look, but it's pretty close 🙂

Here’s a sad fat cat. But she’s cute!

I found this funny picture of a sad fat cat and felt inspired.  But it's been a while and it shows, haha.  🙂

Duncan, you’re simply incorrigible.

So we got these plastic snack balls where you put dry food in and it's supposed be hours minutes seconds of fun where they push it around and little food bits fall out to their delight.  Needless to say, Smudge ended up sitting and watching Duncan enjoy the food ball thing.  I tried to tell...

Just a man and his dog.

Oh my gosh, I've been busy.  Literally sitting at my computer from the time I come home to when I go to bed getting ready for work and doing college coursework.  Sorry!  I know it's been excuse city around here, and I hope this summer to have some more time to get back to drawing....

“One Day at the Beach”

So I found this picture on Reddit and felt inspired to draw it.  'Cause it's funny.  And cute.  And I liked the color of the sky.  Enjoy!  

Oh, I’m sorry. Were you trying to use this?

As I sit trying to finish up some college class stuff, of course Duncan just decides to lay pretty much on the keyboard of my laptop.  He's done it enough that we have a thing now where I move the laptop to my knees and he gets to lay close to me.  It's not that...

Call the police…I’ve been robbed

The other day, Adam came home, walked in the door, and before I could even see him I hear him say in a nonchalant voice, "Call the police...I've been robbed." It turns out that when he was talking on the phone with me when he was at the grocery store, and when he got to...

Duncan loves what he loves

So Adam came home today and put his keys and wallet on the floor.  As he was taking off his boots, Duncan decided to just lay down and rub his little cat head all over the wallet and keys.  I wasn't sure if the message was that he loved the wallet and keys or he...

A little pun never hurt anyone…

So I've gotten Adam hooked onto Star Trek the Next Generation.  We love it.  And we have a love-hate relationship with goofy old Geordi La Forge (which I found out today is this strange spelling...look it up!).  His awful humor and one-liners kill me but his Coco No-Nos on the beach (and I want to...

Smudge is Scared of Sandy

As I'm sitting here at my pal's house (who has power) finishing this drawing from yesterday, I think I should have been more scared of the wind like poor ol' Smudge here.  I hope the power comes back on soon or it might be a sleep over for a few days!

rawr. do your work.

So I've started to bring my drawing tablet to school.  It's awesome to make my projector kind of into an interactive-type thing.  I've been able to emphasize things, draw images, and take notes with the kids.  But I've also used it for a bit of fun.  At the end of the day I have a...

Rate this:

Hi, friends.  Adam sent me a hilarious picture of a little dog.   We like funny looking animals.  So I was playing on my phone and adjusted it a bit.   Enjoy!

Oodles of Doodles

Ok, so I have been in a bit of a creative funk lately but it's starting to come back!  Starting with these doodles.  As I was mindlessly watching Dropdead Diva I doodled these doodles, which I figured I would share since it's about all the drawing I've been doing.  BUT....it got the rust off the...

Adam: “Did you trace that or freehand it…because I’ve never seen you draw anything that well before.” Um….thanks?

So I've been working at a day camp and during free time a kid and I started drawing and she asked me to draw her something.  So, I did and she liked it and asked for Hello Kitty.  I told her I can't do it from memory and needed a picture so we got a...

Some cats just want to choose their own names.

So my friends Emily and Brett have a pretend pet cat.  Pretend pet cat, you ask?  Well, it's just that he comes around and is super friendly.  His real name is Dakota, but they've given him a new name...and he has accepted it. I honestly don't know how the name change started, but I'd like...

“The Change” is beginning…

So I've begun to let myself go and the URL of this blog is becoming more misleading.  I realize lately that I totally go places (work included) with cat fur on my clothes and am not specifically aware of it....nor do I really care - until I realize I have stupid cat fur all over...

Hello, again!

Oooooooooook.  I'm back.  Yes, I am here and moved in to our newly fixed up little house.  So hello, again! Firstly, we've been working super hard on getting our house all fixed up....like 3-5 days a week after work and almost all weekend every weekend since January.  I know, right?  I totally didn't imagine that...