sleeping kitty

My cat is always sleeping on a box next to my computer desk. So I took advantage of the 'life drawing model' and sketched my sleeping kitty.

yawning kitty

Just a little staggered animation cycle.

sketching a moving cat...updated

My cat, Diesel, was sleeping on my scanner next to my computer. I was compelled by his cuteness to sketch him. During the drawing he moved his outstretched arm and tucked it in, achieving uber-cuteness, as seen in the top sketch. One of the advantages of drawing from a live model, human or feline, as opposed to a photo, is that a live model will shift and move a bit, it's a much better way to learn movement, anatomy, and motion.

updated with the very top pose

black and white cats

Vectorized!

late night cat sketch

Not sure what I am going to do with this sketch yet; make it cartoony? graphic? minimal? colored? line art? or maybe just leave it as this sketch and move on to something else?

another cat drawing

yawning cat vectorized

This is as minimal as I could go with this pose.

Yawning cat

It's getting there.
I am trying to simplify this drawing. I'm working toward fewer lines, more suggestion of form, a streamlined minimal drawing.

I like this pose...

...so I did another drawing with the brush pen, and then some simple photoshop coloring.

lazy cat

That's my lazy Diesel, waiting for his belly to be rubbed.

brush work

Uncontrolled splatter is always a nice touch.

I like the boldness of brush work, the loose quality of the line. I'll color this later, probably with a loose water color wash, nothing digital on this piece.

My fat cat, DIESEL

I'll do the same thing to this as I did with my previous cat sketch, make it cartoony. I find my cat is the easiest thing to draw, so I'll probably be posting a lot of cat drawings in the next few weeks, to keep my "post every day" promise.

lounging cat colored

Just a quick color job to make sure I have a post for today, keeping my promise of a post everyday for the rest of the month.

Poetic Lounging...updated

Here's a cartoony version of the sketch below. In both sketches he's laying on my girlfriend's pillow, hence the smug expression. He LOVES laying all over her stuff, anything, a boot, a shirt, a purse, a book; if she puts it down, he's instantly on top of it.

My cat, DIESEL. He likes to sleep a lot. My girlfriend refers to his many resting positions as "POETIC LOUNGING." Here's one of them.

RAZOR

Not the striped pattern of fur that my cat Razor has, but I captured Razor's attitude pretty good.

Cartoony Cat Sketches

This is the result of being bored at work. I was waiting for some character designs to be approved, so I sketched a few cats.

DIESEL

This is a sketch I did a couple of years ago of my cat, DIESEL. He was in a playful mood by my feet while I was drawing, rolling on his back. I managed to pull off a decent sketch, even though he didn't stay still for more than a few seconds.