lauragill

Trying out new techniques for my first ever digital artwork. I've always wanted to do a reboot image of the title character from the 1981 cartoon Blackstar. Yes, I gave John actual clothing, a different eye color, and more importantly, a functional Starsword that he won't impale himself on.

Joseph was a stray who briefly visited in the spring of 2013.  Affectionate, boisterous, and eager to have a loving home and cat friends, he was a charmer.  Unfortunately, adopting him would have placed undue stress on Molly and Ru, so after trying to locate his human family without success, I surrendered him to a local no-kill shelter.  I really hope that he found a forever home.  Sometimes I still think about him.  Never has a local stray wanted more to love and be loved. No, I am not crying.  That's just something in my eye.

My collection of cats I've had over the years includes some strays that have I fed or who have occasionally passed through.  These two lovely black TNR males are brothers Patch and Scratch; the tabby is their little half-sister Baby Kat.  The one sibling I don't have a picture to work from is another male, the sweet but intensely shy Sniff. I wasn't happy with the original quilt image I did of Patch, as it was based on a photograph taken in his last days.  Highlights and shadows are hard to do on a black cat, but I think this combination of light plum and charcoal on black works well. If you look carefully to the left, you can see Molly's b