Flagship Nepeta Cataria, Copics with Digital Background
And so it was at Monday Artday that the bi-weekly word was “Flood”. I thought I would do a ship prepared for a flood. And then I started murmuring “cat ship” under my breath. And it sounded like catsup (also ketchup), but I did not care. I was going to put a crew of dogs on the cat ship, but in the end of course it was a cat ship. For cats, man.
It started with a cat.
Cat Sketch for Cat Ship
I did look at many cat and ship photos, but used no particular photo extensively. Along the way, these happened:
Cat Ship Sketches 2 & 3
Cat Ship Inked, Cat Ship Frisket
Cat Ship Progress, 3 & 4
Cat Ship Progress, 5 & 6
I could have stopped here. I thought about it. I’m not sure I have a handle yet on when to stop adding stuff. I think this is a common problem among artists, even ones much more experienced than me (of which there are many)! This may suggest I need to do some minimalist type beasts. (Perhaps a platypus, as suggested by Gay McKinnon!) Who knows what might happen!
Cat Ship Color, 7 & 8
I messed around with a lot of backgrounds before settling on, uh, more digital clouds. I need a new bag of tricks! Or maybe just one new trick. No, actually I am really pleased with the texture and color of the clouds in the final version. But I am a tad irritated they are digital and not Copic. Alas! I hope you enjoyed your tidbit of ancient cat history. Thank you so much for taking a peek!
Totally Ingenious, super creative and simply fantastic!
I love this sooooooo much!! All the wonderful details are inviting to look at! I even love the little ropes that attach the sails to the poles, Cindy! This is just wonderful. I can’t stop looking at it!
Thank you both so much! I have a real fondness for this thing, maybe because I spent longer on the sketching phase, and the inking phases, than most of my other recent illustrations. (And then I sort of fouled the grammar in the description but I wanted it to have a bit of museum-y old time feel. And silliness.)
Really adorable, and great story. You could really go places with that!
I commented on this on Monday Artday, but it’s always so fun to see your process! Nice work, again. (as always!)
Nice work Cindy…the shape of the cat is perfect…A brave cat as they are often scared of water! It is a pity the top of the mast and sail isn’t visible..I can imagine a big black crow in the crows nest!
A wonderful image and great to see the creative process1 Simply magic stuff
Hi Cindy D. thanks for stopping by and leaving me your kind comments, I await your visit forever from now. :)
This cat-boat, I love
And I love how you show step by step!
congratulations!
Good week for you
I both bowed AND wept! This is fantastic! Love the details in the architecture. And sooooooo appropriate, too, for the anniversary of the Titanic.
Wow wonderful imagination I really love how you give the step by step process, I’m always interested in other artists work process. Thanks for your comments on my IF contribution.
I love the contrast between the linework and the colours, this is a lovely image.
Wow, this is fun! I looked first sketch and the last piece over and over. What an imagination!
What is that strange purring sound deep within the hull? To this day unexplained.
Great story and I like the illustration. Avast, it be a cat ship off the starboard bow.
Love the work in progress:)The final is wonderful:)
Fantastic ship!
Love this!!
What a great tutorial! I love, love, love to see your work in progress. Such inspiration to go with the fun and whimsical!
Hugs,
Marie
Oh so clever you are! Such delightful details!
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