cartoon cat – Beautiful Cuteness https://beautifulcuteness.com/beautifulcuteness The Story Behind the Art Work and Other Fun Stuff! Mon, 14 Nov 2016 23:51:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 The Story of…Astronaut Kitty Cat https://beautifulcuteness.com/beautifulcuteness/the-story-of-astronaut-kitty-cat/ https://beautifulcuteness.com/beautifulcuteness/the-story-of-astronaut-kitty-cat/#respond Mon, 14 Oct 2013 17:00:06 +0000 https://nicholaswaters.com/beautifulcuteness/?p=1129 Continue reading →]]> For those that don’t know, I live on what is known as Florida’s Space Coast. The reason Brevard County is called the Space Coast is because Kennedy Space Center is located here.

Now, my brain tends to lean more towards the creative side rather than the scientific. However, I feel very lucky to have the Kennedy Space Center near by. Not only is it a fun place to visit and truly has a little something for everyone, I’ve been able to see shuttles and rockets go off while sitting on my own front lawn!

A photograph of Final flight of Discovery February 2011

Final flight of Discovery February 2011
Photo Credits: ©Valerie Waters

In addition, I was lucky enough to be selected for the GRAIL tweetup at KSC. (If you ever have a chance to attend a NASA tweetup, do it!) At the tweetup I got a behind the scenes tour, to see a shuttle up close, to see old friends and meet new people and got to hear talks by people like Nichelle Nichols and Neil deGrasse Tyson! Plus, I also got to see the Grail launch.

iphone picture of sign at NASA Grail Tweet Up

Sign welcoming fellow tweetupers to the Grail Tweet Up
Photo credit: ©Valerie Waters

Also, for those of you that don’t know, I have two cats. One is a black and white one named Oreo and the other is a gray tabby named Olivia. For one reason or another, they tend to inspire a lot of my art work.

Around the time that Astronaut Kitty was born, there was a lot of talk about NASA’s budget, the shuttle program ending and various missions and such. Also, it’s impossible to live in Brevard County and not know someone who works at the space center. Even businesses that aren’t directly related to space are affected by what happens at Kennedy Space Center. So its safe, especially around that time, to say that a lot of people had space on the brains.

So in short, NASA and space on people’s minds + my cats as inspiration = Astronaut Kitty being created!

Did You Know:

  • Astronaut Kitty Cat was originally going to be called Catronaut
  •  Astronaut Kitty’s patches are as follows:

-one that says CATS
-A rocket ship
-Molecules
-Planets

  • I wore my Astronaut Kitty shirt to the Grail Tweetup
  • The cat part of Astronaut Cat is based on my gray tabby cat, Olivia
A photograph of a tabby cat perring down from a cat perch

Olivia the tabby peers down from her perch
Photo Credits: ©Valerie Waters

Have you ever been inspired by space, animals or current events? Let us know in the comments!

A huge thanks to Abundance Love Trip for giving my Five Orange Birds in a Tree Poster an awesome art award! Check out her blog Val Creates!

Another huge thanks to Bebops for featuring my Better in the Morning Tote Bag on the blog, The Daily Rainbow.

Astronaut Kitty Cat not your thing? That’s okay! Here’s some other space and cat art to inspire you:

Astronaut 5th Birthday card by Lori DeLeonardis-Aman

We’ve Adopted, Photo Card, Announcement, Pet, Cat card by
Sharon Fernleaf

Take Me To Your Birthday Cake Alien Spaceship card by Tamara Dawn Adams

It’s your birthday, cute Persian kitten illustration with red balloon. card by Micklyn Le Feuvre

Birthday Party Invitation with alien and rocket for boys custom text card by

© Cheryl M Hall
]]> https://beautifulcuteness.com/beautifulcuteness/the-story-of-astronaut-kitty-cat/feed/ 0 The Story of…Kitty Cat Kawaii Band https://beautifulcuteness.com/beautifulcuteness/the-story-of-kitty-cat-kawaii-band/ https://beautifulcuteness.com/beautifulcuteness/the-story-of-kitty-cat-kawaii-band/#comments Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:03:43 +0000 https://nicholaswaters.com/beautifulcuteness/?p=493 Continue reading →]]> My husband and I enjoy playing the video game, Rock Band.  We tend to alternate between two of my favorite bands, The Beatles and Green Day. Our cat Oreo, likes to hang out with us in the living room when we play.  We joke that she’s our groupie.photograph of a black and white cat named OreoSo, this got me thinking, what if Oreo really was in a band?  What would it be like? How many members would there be?  Do I have too much time on my hands?

But wait a minute, you may say, none of the cats in the Kitty Cat Kawaii Band are black and white!  When I originally started working on the piece, the lead singer was suppose to look more like Oreo.

Drawing of a cat singer

However, I didn’t like the way it was turning out.  Then I read a book about how to draw Kawaii style and that inspired the direction of the picture.

One of the pieces of advice in the book was to keep it simple and obviously it was simpler to keep the cats a single color.  I’m really happy with how it turned out.

Did you know?
  • This is one of my favorite pieces of art that I’ve done
  • I have made a Kitty Cat Kawaii Band animation.  You can see it here.
  • The Kitty Cat Kawaii guitar player’s outfit was inspired by Green Day during their American Idiot period.
  • Kitty Cat Kawaii band items are available at Valerie’s Gallery on Zazzle, RedBubble, Imagekind and Skreened

Have you been inspired by a pet or video game? Feel free to tell us in the comments!

Kitty Cat Kawaii Band not your style?  That’s okay!  Here’s some cat and music inspired work from other talented artist that you may like:

 

cat card by Sharon Fernleaf

Spa Treatments for Your Birthday, Cats Happy Birthday card by Sharon Fernleaf

DJ Wedding Reception Thank You Stick Figures card by Sandra Rose Designs

Cats Sharing Martini Anniversary (Bud & Tony) card by Betty Matsumoto-Schuch

And from our friends at RedBubble:

  • Kandy Kit by billyboy is adorable!  Candy and a kitten?  Yes please!
  • The coloring in this picture by Christine Purtle is beautiful!
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