There’s a fun meme going around that involves a simple line drawing of a cat’s head and four paws, captioned “Complete this cat for the laughs.” Well. I like cats, and laughing, so sure!
As a warm-up, I did this silly sketch of two cats dancing.
Then, I decided to play with colours and brushes, so I drew Jacoby in his parka.
Painting fur was fun, so I decided to paint some feathers. I also made the kitty a little happier. Silly, maybe…but any excuse to draw, right?
The other day, a friend posted an infomeme about dandelions. I think it has some very important things to know.
We are lucky that our område’s lawn is a natural mix of grass, moss, yarrow, clover, and many different flowers including dandelions. They don’t mow it super-short or super-often, so it gets really nice and natural. There’s also no sprinkler system. If it doesn’t rain, the grass turns brown…c’est la vie. It’s so much nicer than those perfect, manicured lawns in the States.
Dandelions are also wicked fun to gallop through. Just ask Izaak.
So, after the last two Wednesdays, there hasn’t been a whole lot to laugh about…but this meme resurrecting Smudge and the yelling woman, 2021-style, really did make me LOL. Just one thing bothered me about it…the crap Photoshopping. I knew I could do better.
Yep. I think that’s better. And, I learned a little bit more about painting realistic fur, touching up the “shaman’s” coyote-tail headdress.
On Thanksgiving, the current president held a bizarre press conference sitting behind an odd tiny desk. Naturally, #tinydesk trended on Twitter, and the photo launched a thousand memes.
So, of course I had to make one, too.
This is one of those ideas that seemed better in my head. I was going to work on my Dashiell as Hamilton piece, but the meme of Rudy Giuliani looking like villian Simon Bar Sinister from the old Underdog cartoons…and I had an idea.
I thought I’d try to draw Izaak as Simon, adding the whatever it was that was dripping down the side of Giuliani’s head last week…but meh. Not sure I like how it turned out. I think I need to go back to the late 1700’s.
Okay, so the US election happened, Biden won, Trump won’t accept it. Even so, the goofiest, quirkiest, most surreal news story of the past week is the press conference that Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, held in Philadelphia on Saturday at the Four Seasons…Total Landscaping. It’s the event that launched a thousand memes…
…So, yeah. I had to do this.
This morning I came across the above retweet from The Lincoln Project saying “We definitely shouldn’t Photoshop Don Jr” accompanied, conveniently, with a handy blank.
So I definitely didn’t spend the rest of the day Photoshopping Don Jr…
As you probably are aware, there was a Vice Presidential debate on Tuesday. The thing that has the media and the internet abuzz, though, is the fly that landed on Pence’s head and stayed there for two whole minutes. As you might imagine, the event inspired a swarm of memes. So I thought I’d wing it and make one, too…so here are Izaak and Lorelai doing what cats do when they see a flying insect.
(I posted this to the Facebook group This Cat Is PHOTOSHOPPED, and it’s already gotten over 900 reactions…and someone is now using it as their userpic! I feel so honoured!)
You know, say what you will about the internet and Facebook in particular, but sometimes it can be a very silly and hilarious place. Remember Jacoby’s manbun? The other day I found a Facebook group called This Cat is PHOTOSHOPPED.
Well, of course I had to join! By way of introduction, I posted the close-up photo of Jacoby with his manbun.
And it BLEW UP. I posted it on Wednesday, and as of this evening, my post has had 1,568 reactions and 98 comments. Wow.
Some of the comments on my post were awesomely hilarious:
“Khajiit has wares, if you have coin.”
“This cat has a 100% chance of stealing your girlfriend”
“This Cat is STEVEN SEAGAL”
“That’s one sexy cat! 🔥🐈
I am a little concerned about the fact that I think a cat is sexy though…”
“Jason Momoa in cat form?” “Jason MeowMeowa”
“He looks like he became a millionaire from Bitcoin but has since spent most of it on cocaine.”
And then, people started commenting with Photoshops they’d done including Jake and his Manbun.
Miroslav created a dating profile for Jake, with the caption “Unpopular opinion, Jacoby.” Someone else responded, “Nah, he vapes catnip in enclosed public spaces”
Micaela included Jake in a collage of celebrity manbuns.
Abigail had Smudge the cat confront Jake. Someone commented on her work, “I’m just here, trying to enjoy my salad, and I’m getting upstaged.”
Angela envisioned him as part of the cast of 90210.
But perhaps my favourite was the first photo comment, which started with Jessica asking me, “Can I use this photo for my religion? (ask me what my religion is). When I said, “Ohhhkay…what is your religion?, she responded with this:
I’m interested.
So, you may have noticed there’s a new social media challenge meme going around. Of course I had to do it…and of course, I had to do it with Jacoby. So…here you go: Jake’s profile photos on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and Tinder.
You’ve all seen it, I’m sure: the meme of a woman yelling at a cat. The woman is Taylor Anderson from Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, and the cat is Smudge.
Well…you know I had to do this! I knew that at least one of the professional photos of Izaak we had taken at the show in Örebro last year would be perfect for my own version of this meme.
Actually, there were two photos of Zak that were perfect, and I couldn’t decide which one I liked better. So, I made them both.
Regardless of which Zak-face is better, I knew the perfect argument for them to be having!
There’s a meme going around with three cats at different levels, with the highest level cat being designated “Boss Chonk.” Well, we’re going to a cat show this weekend, and I bathed Izaak and Lorelai. I also bathed Alfred, to help get him used to bathing (something I should have started doing when he was younger). Whilst bathing these three, this meme inexplicably came to mind.
So…I made a thing.
The other day, watching TV, a commercial for small loans came on, featuring “typical Swedes.” The man in the advert is meant to be Lars Johansson (the Swedish version of “Joe Average”), complete with manbun. I laughed and said, “Jeez…And of course he has a manbun! Manbuns are so 2016!”
Which reminded me of the time I Photoshopped a manbun on Jacoby. I’m still pretty proud of this one.
Sad news. Tardar Sauce, known worldwide as Grumpy Cat and possibly the most famous cat on the planet, died on Tuesday from complications from a urinary tract infection. She was seven years old.
She was an inspiration to all cats who wanted to become a meme, and if it wasn’t for her, Boston may never have had Strollercat. I was pleasantly surprised by her Lifetime show, Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever and I love the Grumpy Cat Weather App. I can’t believe she died so young.
I drew her, once, in a cartoon about the “Aby smile.” She was surprisingly difficult ti draw!
May StarClan light your path, and you find good hunting, swift running, and shelter when you sleep, Tardar.
In the late morning and early afternoon in spring and early summer, we get some wicked awesome sunshine coming in on the kitchen and balcony side of the house.
Any given morning, you will find an assortment of cats sprawled across the dining room table. The other morning, it was Angel, Jacoby and Izaak. Despite being a hard uncomfortable place to nap, it’s extremely popular.
“My sunshine brings all the cats to my table“…or something.
So I have been an avid fan and follower of LOLcats since they first appeared on the internet in 2007 (Yeah. Think about that. They’ve been around for 12 years already). I love them. So, when I got the most recent professional photos of Lorelai and Izaak (taken by Madelene Jonsson at the Örebro show in January), I couldn’t help but notice that some of them were infinitely LOLcat-able.
Rory had two photos that fell into two classic meme categories.
But Izaak had the best shots of all. Taking two shots together, it made a classic “I Love to Sing-a” meme, only made stronger by the fact that it stars an actual Singa!
Last week, we went to the South Boston Animal Hospital’s grand opening party at their new 9 West Broadway location…the building I used to live in.
After Jacoby and I toured the medical facilities, we went to check out the new exam rooms. At the old location, there were only two rooms…I don’t remember how many are at the new place, but it’s at least double that.
One room was set up as a photo room, with decorations and props, and guests were invited to use them and take photos. As you can see, there was a luau theme. So we started with the lei, and shot a few poses…
…before adding the grass skirt.
Jake wasn’t sure about that bit.
Okay, Jake, we’ll take it off and move on.
In the new location, there were exam rooms specifically for cats! No dogs allowed.
In one exam room, there was a rocking cardboard scratcher.
I didn’t think Jake would go for it at all, but he surprised me. He ROCKED that thing!
Then he noticed the mechanical mouse-in-the-cheese toy.
The yellow plastic mouse would pop out of the white plastic cheese wedge at random.
Apparently not randomly enough for our Jake.
“When the bloody hell is this sodding thing going to pop out?”
And then, finally…
“Well, that wasn’t worth all the excitement, now was it?” No, Jake…and welcome to about half the TV shows I watch.
Next we encountered a good, old-fashioned scratching post.
Finally, a toy I can relate to! Thought Jake.
“Oh, scratching post…you understand me.”
In another exam room, there was a catch-the-string machine.
Despite having a similar toy at home that has, the entire length of its career, been completely and utterly ignored.
Oh, but downstairs, it’s the Best. Toy. Ever.
And you know when we went back upstairs the toy we have? Totally ignored.
But no playtesting session of the exam rooms would be complete without a bit of a schmooze with the vet.
Jake and Dr. Natalie really did have a connection.
I know I miss her…I wonder if Jake does, too?
At the snacks table, there was, of course, ham…and Jake did get a bit.
He handled it extremely awkwardly, but he got some ham.
Finally, I just have to share this lovely painting of a white cat and a martini. It reminded me of Kylie.
This photo came up in my Facebook memories today, and I realised that I haven’t posted about what may be the most famous Singapura on the internet…but I reckon only a very few of you know his name.
Picky Chicken was the companion of Wendy Gosselin. He lost his battle with oral cancer at the age of 12 on 28 May 2014. But he will live forever as one of the winners of the greatest photoshop battles ever.
(Photoshop by Dominyka Jurkštaitė)
There are even more Photoshop battles involving Picky Chicken on Reddit.
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