Cartoonery; Hairy Life Raft

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The Bold Banana – Show me Your Kitties T-Shirt

But seriously, LOL.

Reasons I do not have a social life – Valentinery

NONSENSE: Valentines Day is around the corner y’all!* And why does this preclude me from having a social life?…because every year I hand make valentines to send to the people I love. This sounds simple, I know. Slap some hearts on some red construction paper and call it good. Right?…WRONG!

As a cardist?..hmm…artard? (card + artist…please comment with better title suggestions) I have to spend hours crafting every card. Well, not EVERY card…just the ones for boys I have crushes on.** This leads to a lack of free time to you know, date said boys. On second thought, I may be doing it wrong…

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Nova likes to think she is helping.

IMPORTANT STUFF: Anyway, this means some seriously snappy card tutorials and whatnottery for you guys. Stay tuned.

*Think Britney Spears….the Timberlake years

**Does that reek of desperation?…LOVE ME DAMMIT!!

Paper Artistry: Dragon Card

I own a lot of paper and I’m generally incapable of giving people store-bought cards because of it. So, I’ll try to post entertaining card construction projects from time to time.

How exactly do you top a birthday card of your cat with fluffy underbelly exposed for maximum petting? The short story; you don’t. Instead you try to create something that is soooooo badass they are in completely different categories, defying comparison.

DRAGON = Strong, firey-fury breathing mythical creature!

*Metal riff and pyrotechnics E X PLOSI O N ! = Bad Ass

Dragon Sketch

Napkin, Felis catus  fat-assicus = Cute, fat-furry belly having house cat!

*fart noise and Meow-Mix rain! = Fat Ass

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Look at that fluffy belly!

Though both are types of ‘ass’ they are not on a similar scale for comparision. Like Apples and tribbles. Please excuse my crappy cell phone pictures. Next time I’ll shoot some pretty one…but there are no promises…I am an arteest*!!

Okay, not so impressive here...
toothless!…not a pretty stage in construction
he's watching me cut out his teeth
dynamic eyes are crucial
He looks angry that he still doesn't have any teeth
adding some scales for texture..I feel like he’s judging me
pleated and crinkled paper for dragon frill
Just look at those chompers!
Just look at those chompers!

But every story has to a handsome, brave….orange…hero

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Sir Napkin the Dragon Slayer

Yes yes, he is quite handsome until he eats my houseplant and barfs it up on my kitchen rug. LOVE YOU NAPKIN!

You can see a short video of the completed card here! More to come…

*Artist; I am an artist like ketchup is a vegetable. <-it’s not. Trust me, I’m a biologist.