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i had a very difficult time getting my medication. 😑😖 this is how my week started.

the doctor was super super super slow at refilling my medicine. I waited pretty much all afternoon for him to refill it. 🙃 but i am glad i finally got my medicine.

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i decided to redesign my fursona. 👩🏿‍🎨🦨

i feel live ive grown and changed since my first fursona design. so i decided to change it. 

 

i also decided to change the type of skunk my fursona is. zie went from being a striped skunk to being a pygmy spotted skunk. i really like this change.

i got to attend my first Sustaining International Sisters(SIS) meeting!

it was also SIS’s 6th birthday. i was invited by Ruth and Canaan to come. they are in charge of the group.

 

so what is SIS? SIS is a group of international women. they meet once a month to do interplay. interplay is kinda like improv except it doesn’t have to be funny. it is a lot of movement of the body, feeding off of each others emotions, and producing great energy for each other. there is also lots of dancing and movement of the soul.

 

it is super fun and i am so glad i got to attend. we had an amazing potluck afterwards. the food was so good! I met women from so many different cultures, mainly turkish women.

i realized quite a bit upon leaving my SIS meeting. 🤔

i grew up in an international household. because of this and because i ended up getting a large scar on my forehead due to a car wreck, i got bullied all the time in school. i often felt like i didn’t belong anywhere and that no one liked me.

 

there were several periods of my life where i had no idea who i was because i was constantly being told i didn’t belong there. no matter how hard i tried, i was always told i wasnt black enough to hangout with the black kids and i was too black to hangout with the white kids. this lead to me being very lonely and i completely shut down year after year in school.

 

SIS made me feel like i belonged because i was around other people from different countries. i felt very much alone as a kid. I eventually stopped talking to people due to the bullying i was constantly receiving. 

 

i internalized being told i dont belong in a black space. my response to it is to very seldom interact with the black community. it isnt the best response, but i always worry someone from the community will tell me i dont belong, so i keep my distance to defend zieself. instead, i interact more with multicultural groups. 

 

being at SIS has helped me to acknowledge several issues ive had growing up. it has made me want to embrace who i am. there is a difference between an african american and being a child of someone born in a country in africa. 

 

back in 2021, i decided to no longer reject my nigerian heritage. i proudly embrace it now. it felt great to be apart of people who accept me as i am and who dont stigmatize me because of the things i like or how i look. 

 

it felt like i found my people because people dont really understand what immigrants face when they enter the US. my lived experience is very different from someone with two parents born and raised in the US because one of my parents is an immigrant. 

 

there is nothing wrong with me. i belong in this world. i am allowed to take up space.

i got some presents during the SIS meeting! 🎊 🎁

i got a beautiful tote bag, some handmade soap that smells good, a membership bag to pass onto another sister, and beautiful pink bandana with the SIS logo on it. i feel so special. i am very happy i got to be apart of this event.

i did a lot of sketches while waiting for the doctor to refill my medication.

these are the sketches i made while waiting for the doctor. i also did a sketch or two while waiting for my therapist a few days later. ✏😍
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sooo…ive enjoyed reading the book, Really Free: The Radical Art of Nellie Mae Rowe 💚💚💚

it is a thick book. but it is so thick due to there being so many fotos of nellie’s artwork. the actual text parts of the book arent that longwinded. 📚

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i learned so much about the life of nellie mae rowe. i feel like we share a lot in common. 👩🏿‍🎨

nellie was born in fayetteville, ga on july 4, 1900. 🇺🇸 i lived in fayette county at one point in my life so i think it is so fascinating that is where she grew up.

 

she didn’t really start making art until her late 60s. her artistic voice was always there, but she was often discouraged from pursuing art because more pertinent things needed to be done.

she is completely self taught. 👩🏿‍🎨

what i find most inspiring is that she was always able to fully express her thoughts and emotions in such a beautiful way. she was not intimidated by her lack of knowledge of classic art fundamentals. she just drew what she saw in her head. 🖌

 

thats totally beautiful. i wanna draw how i see the world rather than what the world actually looks like or how others think the world should be.

she would often use found objects to create art. she enjoyed making art on flattened shoeboxes. 👠👠

she also created art with child like materials. she really enjoyed using markers, colored pencils, pencils, crayons, and pens. 🖍✏🖋🖊 when i looked at her art i liked picking out the different ballpoint pen marks she would make.

 

when i was in highschool, i remember making a drawing out of ballpoint pen. It was so relaxing. 

 

i really like how she uses all these mediums in one drawing. each one of her pieces expresses her luv for every medium. she also has this ability to emphasize certain objects based on what medium she is using.

 

i find it quite refreshing.

a lotta of her artwork displays her "praise hands" and other motifs.

she was a christian, so whenever she created pieces that show her hands, they were always praising something. 🙌🏿 one of my favorite pieces by her is called Untitled (Peace) plate 111. in it, her black hands with red nailpolish fingers are praising the blue lamb of God. 🙌🏿🐑

 

that drawing makes me so happy.
her name is a stylized part of her artwork. ✏

instead of just writing her name tiny in the corner, nellie makes it apart of the composition. this is genius! i never did my name that way because i was always taught that wasnt allowed.

 

this truly inspired me because it shows she is taking personal pride in her work.

nellie's artwork helped her work through dreams and heavy emotions she was having 💚💚💚

she said a lotta of her artwork came from dreams she was having. she often imagined herself creating these different creatures with her fingers. 💭🤲🏿

 

she didn’t create depictions of slavery or the racial struggles of being black. “I have no energy to draw pictures about slavery times. It makes me feel sad. You must not think about those times because these are new days. (pg 32)” 

 

while she didn’t like drawing the experiences of the jim crow south, she did use her artistic talents to create works about the missing children in atlanta between 1979 – 1981.

nellie luved her "play house" 🏡

her house became a staple to everyone in georgia. it was decorated from top to bottom with her art. she would often take bottles and other pieces of trash people threw her way and make them into art. 🍾

 

her house was her sanctuary. she got so many visitors that she eventually bought a guestbook for them to sign. lots of people from all over came to see her art.

during the height of her career, nellie got to exhibit her work in new york

she was so escited! she was happy to pose in front of lady liberty. the pieces she made during this time were all about her time in new york and how esciting it was.

 

she also created smaller drawings in her sketchbook. my favorite are the ones of her playing the organ as she would play and sing at church.

she died in 1982

she died from having multiple myeloma. she obtained a lot of notoriety and awards for her art. 

 

her grave is often decorated with art. and her legacy where her house used to be is still acknowledged to this day.

i am so thankful i got to learn about nellie mae rowe

whenever it comes to art education, i have found it always center around white european male artists. the only reason i learned about artists from latin america was because of the spanish classes i was taking.

 

i remember asking one of my teachers if we would learn about artists from africa at some point. she said, “no. our curriculum doesn’t revolve around those artists.” 

 

why not? 🤔

 

nellie may not be from the global south, but she was a dark skinned black woman living in georgia. i cannot imagine how scared she was when she outlived her second husband. but her artistic voice grew stronger.

 

i just feel there is an entire group of voices that are often overlooked in favor of the “old masters”. there is more than just their way to create art. people have compelling pieces out there and i wish museums and galleries would shine a light on them.

i brought out the oil paints

i wanted to create a painting inspired by nellie mae rowe.

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nellie often would use the color black for black people instead of the actual brown skin tone. in fact, she would often depict herself as several different skin tones.

 

i personally like using the color black as a skin tone. i use it to take the power back that was taken from us due to racist depictions of black people. i want this color to be used in beautiful depictions of people like me. i feel nellie felt the same way.

 

she has a halo around her because nellie would often put a halo around herself. 😇 the chevron pattern is to represent her luv of patterns.

 

i luv the nail polish because nellie always made sure to put fingernail polish on her hand drawings. 💅🏿💅🏿 the figure is in a green dress because nellie almost always put herself in a green outfit. 💚💚💚

i made a sketch of a zombie girl sleeping

i was further inspired by nellie’s artwork of interiors and portraits within those interiors. 

 

but it didn’t feel creepy enough. so i created a second sketch.

luv the colors and how i truly embraced nellie’s ability to flatten a composition and create perspective in a simplistic way. daniel says it reminds them of “the prisoner” with patrick mcgoohan. the plants show growth with the dichotomy of a dead zombie that no longer grows

i used prismacolor scholar and verithin colored pencils (not an affiliate link) on top of the painting.

I watched two videos on how to ship larger paintings

knowing how to ship larger paintings empowers me. now i can ship paintings regardless of size.

i was further inspired by nellie that i created a second zombie girl portrait

this painting is called “Pretty Thing”. it is named after the song “Pretty Thing” by The Broods. 

 

the painting is not about the song. it is of a zombie in the bathtub surrounded by pretty things. 🛁 🐚

i luv how the bubbles turned out. they’re so lively. the flashe paint i used dries matte which ive been preferring over gloss.

 

the geode is something that is very vaginal and sexual. i feel my most sexy when im in the bathtub. so that is why the geode is there. 

 

i created a frame for my work within my work because nellie would often do that in her art. i also added small red dragonfruits. i dont often see dragonfruits in art so i decided to add them because im kinda obsessed with them. i think they’re beautiful.

my package from blick art supplies arrived 🤩

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i really hope you enjoyed learning about nellie mae rowe with me. the book is amazing. i really wish i couldve met her when she was alive. i hope to discover more artists like her in the future. I do plan to buy a copy of Really Free (not an affiliate link) for zieself someday.

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i turned 30 and went to the world of coke

my birthday was back in may. daniel took me to the world of coke as a birthday present.

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i had fun at the world of coke

my art funk had been very persistent. it was weighing me down. but i was determined to have fun on my birthday.  

 

going to the world of coke was something i truly needed.

 

it was so inspiring seeing how something as simple as a beverage grew into a mega empire. it started as humble beginnings. i was amazed at everything the brand has done and created throughout its history.

 

it was truly eye opening.
where have i been?

it is not easy for me to talk about this. i suffer from cptsd, anxiety disorder, major severe depression, and possibly other stuff we are still trying to figure out. im a disabled artist.

 

i dont normally bring up my disability because i still feel shame from being disabled. i am in and out of the hospital from time to time. i have days where i cant get out of bed at all. 

 

everything came to a head over the last few months. from the ending of april until mid july, i was out of it. i mentally fell apart, so i left the internet.

 

i was in a toxic relationship. this impacted my art because i felt like nothing i did was right. this relationship made me feel like i was so stupid and incapable of doing anything. without going into much detail, i basically felt so terrible about zieself. 

 

i broke up with her at the end of june. but the aftermath was equally terrifying.

 

my former relationship wasnt the only reason why i left the internet. i was experiencing an art funk and couldnt battle my way out of it. the funk got worse as time went on.

 

in july, i was hospitalized. my mental illness got so bad to where i didn’t want to live anymore. i didn’t see a point to living. i felt discouraged and trapped. the little light i have within me was snuffed out. so off to the hospital i went.

 

my meds were changed. i think they are working. i left the hospital feeling a lot better. my mind was clear and i wanted to live again.

 

i forgot to mention that we also moved from winder to tucker. it took forever to move but im glad we are closer to church. moving took a lot of energy out of me too.

im here now and hopefully i will be okay in the future

i wanna make more videos. i wanna make more art. i feel so escited about my future. i cannot wait to share more stuff with you doves.

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holy week and lots of wonders

holy week is a special time because it means its almost Easter. i had an amazing holy week.

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lets finish this bookcase

i painted the other side of the bookcase. my theme was trees in a forest because books make you wander into all sorts of places. i think the paintings turned out well.
maundy thursday

the maundy thursday service went really well. it started in the fellowship hall. we ate food and broke bread together. 

 

then we walked into the sanctuary which was only lit by candlelight. after each time we spoke, we blew out a candle. we did this until it was completely dark.

 

i like the dramatic tonal shift of the service. it really made me think about my own mortality. i cannot imagine knowing someone would betray me and who that is while still keeping a straight face. 

 

i wish i had Jesus’ strength.

Easter, He is Risen

i didn’t go to church for Good Friday because i was at The Yarn Winder for a business meeting. we were discussing hanging my art up to sell. so very important stuff.

 

but i did go to church for Easter. we even had Doc be our Easter bunny.

the kids enjoyed their Easter egg hunt. they got so much candy. i even picked up a few eggs and got candy. i mainly did drawings of people who came because everybody decides to dress in their sunday best.
Community dinner

monthly community dinners are an important thingy the church does because it allows us to feed the community and help people out.

 

i love attending community dinners because i enjoy getting to know the decatur community. there is always a need, so i ask God to help me fill it.

 

we had grilled burgers and hot dogs with macaroni salad and cookies.

creating art even in the hard times

i had a tough few weeks during this time. life got hard and so it was difficult for me to create art.

 

but i pushed through it and managed to make a beautiful tiger sketch that i would like to turn into a real painting at some point.

 

sometimes even during the toughest times, flowers can still bloom.

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how i spent my Christmas back in 2023

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i went to two services and walked through a labyrinth

Daniel is the associate pastor of first Christian church of Decatur. so this means i get to do a lotta church type of stuff. First Christian church of Decatur (FCC) is an open queer affirming church which is beautiful and is one big reason why i go there.

the Christmas tree sale

FCC does a Christmas tree sale every year right after thanksgiving. i got to help with it this year by greeting people and explaining to them the process of buying a tree or trees from our lot. i did my best to smile and use my telephone voice.

walking through a labyrinth made up of real Christmas tree needles

on the longest night of the year, i had the opportunity to walk through a labyrinth. Britty, daniel, and zieself were invited to a lady’s home to walk through her labyrinth to honor and remember those whom have passed. 

 

each of us lit a candle and placed it within the labyrinth. i remembered my friend Norma.

Christmas Eve brunch

omg this was like the best Christmas Eve morning ever! a member suggested we celebrate Christmas by having brunch together. so we got to work on decorating and cooking for the congregation. 

 

i made sure the centerpiece candles were centered and looked nice. 

 

during the service, i got to read aloud and light the advent wreath. it was so special and fun. i felt honored to be the wreath lighter person.

the second service was later in the evening. this time it was in the sanctuary.

we lit up so many candles. there were candles by every pew. we even got new candles for the advent wreath. it was a much bigger wreath than the one we used at brunch. everything was decorated so prettyful. 

 

we sang silent night and lit each others candles. the church grew dark to where only our candles lit the way. 

 

the sermon was about us being fearfully and wonderfully made. it also talked about how we shouldn’t worry about what gifts we get for Christmas because we have the greatest gift of all.
Christmas Day

so daniel had a third service to preach at for Christmas Eve. this one was around midnight, so the rest of us went home. 

 

Christmas Day was great. we exchanged gifts and had Chinese food for dinner. i got to videochat with my mumzie. she is doing well. 

 

Daniel made me a bag using the xenogender pride colors. it looks so prettyful and great on me.

Visiting Jackson, ga

a few days after Christmas but before the new year, we got to visit Jackson, ga. TW, britty, daniel, and zieself went to the famous Jackson doughnut shop. 

 

omg the doughnuts were delicious! 🍩🍩🍩 they literally melt in your mouth. they were nice and warm and full of flavor. i luv me a good doughnut. 

 

we then filmed in piggly wiggly for brittys documentary. a nice employee told me she lived the fact that i dress as a purple skunk on the regular. 

 

“My daughter does cosplay so it is beautiful to see people dress up. It makes me happy and if anyone has a problem with it, send them to me!” she proudly declared to me. 

 

this truly made my day. 

 

then we went to high falls! it was so pretty. Daniel and TW shared with us the story of how TW proposed to her at high falls. it was magical. 

 

we then went to where daniel and TW took their engagement fotos. it was so pretty. 

 

i had a very fun Christmas and few days afterwards. i know this all happened months ago but writing it all down now brings happy tears to my face. i was going through a lot mentally during all of this, but it feels good to look back on the good things that happened now.
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i attended a trans day of remembrance service for the first time

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first christian church of decatur decided to host it. it was eye opening.

this day of remembrance was filmed last november. After a long time away from the internet, i am posting my experience now.

what can i say? it was very sad to listen to all the names being called out of the victims who have passed. i am not trans, but i do have trans friends, so this whole service rings different bells in my head.

I just feel the world would be so much better if we stopped hating people who are different from us.

people shouldnt be killed for being trans. im nonbinary, so i dont conform to typical gender norms. we shouldnt have to live in fear of our lives just because we dont live according to how society says we should live.

i took a long break from the internet after this service.

this service really got me thinking about my own life. i left the internet because my mental illnesses became too much to bear. i also got overwhelmed with the holidays.

 

everything just kept piling up around me and inside me.

 

it felt like i was drowning. so i walked away.

 

these victims are unable to walk away. their loved ones will mourn and mourn. i dunno what to say to that. 

 

i just want peace. i just want happiness. i want to live without fear of being persecuted.

 

when will those wishes come true?

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i like going on little field trips. Especially when its doing thingies ive never done before.

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tada! I finished the wooden panel painting of a fish swimming over coral for leigh.

it was a long process but i am glad i finished this painting. it is a fish with a long tail similar to a mermaid. he is swimming over coral. It is very peaceful and relaxing.

we went to oktoberfest at jug tavern park. It was so fun!

i saw a pink police cop car. Also willy wonka was walking around making everybody laugh. 

 

it was also the first time i ate a philly cheese dog. i got it from love at wurst sight. i also ate a unicorn cone from sweet chimney bakery.  all the food was delicious.

we went to an art event at charis bookstore. I love this bookstore so super much.

apparantely, once a month charis books & more has an art event where queer and disabled artists come together to create their own art. I luv being around other queer people and artists in general. I havent been around other artists in such a long time.

 

i did an ink and watercolor drawing of a violin surrounded by eyes and wings. it has a lotta abstract shapes going on. I like how surreal it looks.
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the best thing about fall? Corn mazes and hayrides!

after the fun arting at charis, we went to pharr farms. they are ready for halloween because their whole farm is decorated with handmade halloween stuff. It was so cool.

 

i havent been on a hayride in years. I truly enjoyed zieself. the farm is really big.

 

afterwards, we went through a corn maze. it was nice seeing corn in their stalks. reminds me of the corn painting i made a few years ago. There was a scavenger hunt within the maze; it was fun hunting for the different items.

 

we ate boiled peanuts afterwards. it was my first time trying them. they tasted so good!
The finished wooden panel painting

after going through a lot of “ugly” stages, i finalmente finished the wooden panel painting. i think its bonita. What do yall think?

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My aquarium video inspired me to paint jellyfish. They looked so peaceful in the tanks that i wanted them in my sketchbook

i painted two jellyfish! one i used the positive painting technique. the other i used the negative painting technique where i paint around the subject.

 

i like both but for different reasons. I like the expressionist feel of the orange jellyfish. I like how abstract the smaller jellyfish looks.

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A fun time at Charis book store in Decatur

my roomate, daniel, and i went to Charis book store after church this past sunday. i’ve never been there before. it was amazing. 

 

i was personally impressed with their sci fi as well as sapphic & queer romance sections. i bought a luvly pair of earrings there.

i know why the caged bird sings is a banned book for some reason. i think that is very upsetting because it is by Maya Angelou.

when i saw it at the banned book mobile, i just had to have it. so it became the book i chose. i’ve got to read it. if there’s anyone who can capture my heart, it’s Maya Angelou.

 

what almost brought me to tears was seeing my highschool world literature teacher. i recognized her face but wasnt 100% sure it was her until she spoke to me. 

 

“Didn’t i teach you before?” she asked

“omg you remember me?” i exclaimed

 

we both hugged. it was fabulous.
My inktober progress

i am following the dralloween prompts but using inks for inktober. i am going strong by drawing everyday. here are the supplies i’m using. *not affiliate links

thus far, it is hard drawing with a walnut stick. but it is very freeing. i feel i can be super duper expressive with my sketches. i wanna make more dynamic drawings.
Eating chinese food at Green Ginger

omg it was so delicious. i had never eaten at Green Ginger before. i ate sweet and sour chicken with rice. i had a lotta leftovers.
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I got some great memorable presents Daniel got me a journal that is in the style of a traveler's notebook

I guess it is called a “fauxdori” because it isn’t an official one or anything. But i still luv it. I can say i have used it to this day.

 

i like decorating the blank notebook inserts and putting them inside. I’ll have to blog about that in the future.

 

i went to work with daniel. We did that so that daniel wouldnt have to make an extra trip coming to get me.

Oh and here’s the link to the Color Choices book by stephen quiller. not an affiliate link or anything like that.

Dinner: pizza really good pizza. 🍕🍕🍕

we ate at marcos! it is one of my favorite pizza places. the place did look kinda rundown though.

 

maybe they were remodeling? 🤔

On the road to aqua road 🐠🐟🐬

we then started the next part of my epic day: the trip to the aquarium! It was such a wonderful visit.

 

we came a few hours before they closed and went to all the exhibits.

 

my personal favorite was the exhibit with the manta ray and the whale shark. There used to be more whale sharks but they keep passing away.

 

i felt like a true artist because i was able to tune out the noise and simply draw. I couldnt draw the jellyfish because it was almost time to close, so i filmed them instead. 

 

they reopened the gift shop because there were girls having a sleepover at the aquarium. Can you imagine sleeping there? Now thats a party!

 

If you’re an artist, i encourage you to try drawing animals from life like this. It was really fun. ☺
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My 'Lil sis's luv of cats inspired this cat fantasy artwork

her birthday was this past week so I thought I would make a birthday painting artwork for her

She's a big fan of Pusheen and Nyan cat, so I did a few sketches to make this cat art cute

Ever since my sister was a kid, she luved cats. When Nyan cat took off, she always sang the catchy song! 🥳Then she discovered Pusheen, and her inner girly girl went rampant. 💘💗💗💗

She was once an amazing cat mama

She had a cat named Milky which was short for Milky Way. 🐱She called him that because he was a white cat with black spots that we adopted. 🌌✨✨✨

 

He was so smart. He talked to us all the time and he knew several human words. His favorite was “eat” which is what my mama would say when she finished cooking dinner.🤣

He sadly passed away many years ago, which took a toll on all of us. 

 

However my sister’s luv of cats never dwindled. While she doesn’t feel comfortable adopting another one at this point in time, she still obsesses over them. She also has an obsession with fish but we’re talkin’ about cats right now. 😅🐠🐠🐠

I painted this colorful abstract cat art to celebrate her birthday because she really deserves something special 🥳🎂🎂🎂

2020 was especially hard for her. I called her on her birthday and she just needed a listening ear while she shared the good, the bad, and the ugly. 

 

It is weird hearing about 2020 through the eyes of someone else. Its otherworldy for me. It was for her too. 

 

So I made a painting that tapped into my ever growing fantasy side while paying an homage to three cats that brought her happiness and continue to do so to this day. 😻💗

how did I combine three cats into one abstract cat wall art?😺🎨👩🏿‍🎨

One of the talents I discovered that I have is taking inspiration from multiple elements to create something new.

 

I mention this because I wanted to create a unique cat design for my sister. 🥰🤩This was also inspired by a different cat character idea I have in my head that I’ve been meaning to sketch out as well. 🤔

 

I felt my sister would prefer this cat design because it takes the poptart from Nyan cat, it’s a bit chubby like Pusheen, and has black spots like Milky. 🧁🐱🖤🖤🖤I gave him three eyes because I am obsessed with three eyed creatures and one eyed creatures. 👁👁👁My luv of aliens and the fascination with the all seeing eye played a role here.👁👽

Taking inspiration and executing it in as abstract cat painting on canvas

I haven’t painted with acrylics in a hot minute! 😅 Acrylics are my favorite painting medium, but I have been using gouache as of late because I like how portable it is. 💝

 

The colors and brands of paint I used (not an affiliate):

My painting is done on a 12in by 12in canvas by artist loft.I gessoed it with Blick Master gesso before painting on top of it as Blick Master gesso is my favorite gesso. 😍✨✨✨

 

I made the kitty fly through the city because I haven’t done a cityscape in a while.🌃🏙🌉 I also didn’t want to just stick the cat in outer space. 

 

The buildings are tilted because I thought it would add an extra layer of disorentation as I always feel that way when I’m flying on an airplane. ✈

 

The poptart part of the cat is modeled after the confetti cupcake flavor of poptarts as that is one of my sister’s favorite flavors. 🧁🧁🧁

The city is a bluish purple to contrast the warm colors of the background. 💜💙💜💙 I normally paint with cool colors mostly because green and purple are my favorite colors. 💜💚 The kitty breaks the overall composition with a lively flight!🐱✈

 

I will have my sister name the kitty when I give her the painting. 🎨👩🏿‍🎨 I do hope she likes it and that it makes this year brighter. 🥰🥰🥰

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