Those frisky felines are at it again! This time one of them is dishing out advice on how to improve your working life by communicating and acting with others. Jorts the cat is a Twitter celebrity that helps students understand their rights and workers understand theirs too. The key thing
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cartoon life: Linocut cat
Downloaded some previous version Procreate Lino brush tools. Basically the shapes of the cutting edge, work over a sketch layer over a middle or dark tone background, make the marks. Select or mask the areas of intended separate colour, as though cutting separate registered tiles. Fill over with a textured
Continue readingcartoon life: Animations. Everybody does it.
Well once you have Procreate 5, you have to make an animation. Can’t be helped.
Continue readingThings Are Good: Cats do Care
Cats have got a reputation of being uncaring pets that are dumber than dogs. In some cases this reputation is well-earned; however, for most cats they do care and they want you around. It’s taken animal researchers some time to figure a simple approach to testing if cats care, but
Continue readingcartoon life: New books
I’ve set up a Square store for online book sales. All books are a limited edition run of 20. $25.00 covers all shipping, handling and other annoying stuff. Check out It’s a LondontLife #1, a collection of local-to-london–ontario-canada editorial cartoons, and the latest cat drawing book, At least 22 cats
Continue readingcartoon life: Shaggy mop nap
In Sketcha, using the ballpoint pen tool – far more scribbling than I usually do, but drawing her high highness’ shaggyness requires some different approaches.
Continue readingcartoon life: “At Least 22 Cats” book arrives
Seriously? Dude, I’m trying to take a nap here! The newest book arrived today, and it needs to go through numbering and signing of the 20 book limited edition run and mailing a copy to Libraries Canada. I want to save the release for TingFest, approaching fast from from April 17
Continue readingcartoon life: How I’m seeing nowadays
Seriously, the head cold and the cough rattle your eyeballs.
Continue readingcartoon life: Colour in a black cat
Still looking to find colour in a black cat, when I have the occasion. Filed under: art Tagged: Cat
Continue readingcartoon life: Settling in for nap
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Continue readingcartoon life: It’s a world of dots out there!
In the What do Cats See series. I’ve been playing with brushes in Procreate, and indulging my writers block, by just make a mark, any mark and see what happens mode, also. So there will be a string of unusual images over the next weeks. Filed under: art Tagged: Cat
Continue readingcartoon life: Zenbrush cat with engraving filter
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Continue readingcartoon life: Zenbrush cat
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Continue readingcartoon life: Miss High Haughty, Queen of all Tuxedos
Miss fuzzy cat. Every once in a while I look out for a new way to render her magnificent shagginess. Filed under: art, Cat Tagged: Cat, fuzzy
Continue readingcartoon life: Hello! Yes! Proceed! Oh, I don’t know. Goodnight.
I too could run the world if you would let me. Filed under: art Tagged: Cat
Continue readingcartoon life: Watching the world burn
An insane animal is in charge of the world Filed under: art, cartoon, illustration Tagged: Cat
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