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19 hrs agoLiked by Jenny Lawson (thebloggess)

I’m still trying to wrap my head around medieval cat with penis and i cannot 😳

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19 hrs ago·edited 19 hrs ago

So many questions but I'm not sure I want to know the answers 🤣

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Yes like

Where’s the blood? Did the cat remove it or find it? Do i gear screaming in the background? etc…

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If you find the larger print it's from, you find out that there is a nun with a penis replacing the cross on her rosary trying to bribe it away from the cat with a fish, all of which is being watched by a jester leaning in a window. So... the context doesn't really help answer any questions here, basically.

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19 hrs agoLiked by Jenny Lawson (thebloggess)

He has a human name, of course he looks human 🤣

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19 hrs agoLiked by Jenny Lawson (thebloggess)

Whenever I look at those illuminated scripts where there's a cat, I imagine it's there because the scribe loves cats and was thinking "this needs Mr. Meowmeow" and then I imagine the little noises he makes while drawing it. "awwwww there he is, now lets add your little pawpaws. he's a fierce baby, isn't he. mrrrrwwwwarw." and it makes them so much better.

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19 hrs agoLiked by Jenny Lawson (thebloggess)

I think those color combinations are lovely. I like tertiary pastels.

Like all cats, your lovely Hunter doesn’t present a linear outline, because, like all cats, he has fur, which makes his outline softer. Cats with sleek, shiny fur are somewhat different, but not if you look closely. This isn’t a criticism, because I’m not an artist like you (I sing and knit, sometimes at the same time 😉). I’m just telling you what I see, as someone who has lived with cats since I was a child. Your technique is an expression of what you see. Carry on!

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18 hrs agoLiked by Jenny Lawson (thebloggess)

Hahahha yup cats. Guess they bite off weeners too!! lol lol every dude who saw that pic is cringing and crossing legs. 🤪🤪🤪🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆

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19 hrs agoLiked by Jenny Lawson (thebloggess)

What you need is the Ugly Medieval Cats calendar, 2025.

I bought the 2024 one, and am about to buy this one too! I can't add a link, but you can see it for yourself on Amazon.co.uk....

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19 hrs agoLiked by Jenny Lawson (thebloggess)

I still cackling 🤣

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17 hrs ago·edited 17 hrs agoLiked by Jenny Lawson (thebloggess)

Try this Jenny, I think it’s a great confidence builder for color palette s. I spent four years in art school and still struggle, but trying to start drawing again too. https://sarahrenaeclark.com/colorcube/

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18 hrs agoLiked by Jenny Lawson (thebloggess)

The medieval cat carrying a dismembered penis made me laugh out loud. I'm in total agreement that cats are hard to draw!

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18 hrs agoLiked by Jenny Lawson (thebloggess)

So glad you clarified about the dismembered penis because I kept looking, really hoping it wasn't just me. Btw, love the colors!

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18 hrs agoLiked by Jenny Lawson (thebloggess)

Laughing out loud! Thanks for this, Jenny.

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19 hrs agoLiked by Jenny Lawson (thebloggess)

💜💚💙😻

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19 hrs agoLiked by Jenny Lawson (thebloggess)

This is exactly the thing I needed to see now.

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19 hrs agoLiked by Jenny Lawson (thebloggess)

Unbelievably Great! Thanks for influencing me into cat-fandom. Never was one before but your work has got me looking for Pom poms. Did you just google “weirdly drawn and painted cats 🐈 “?? 😆

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Hunter S is delightful wrapped in flowers! Who doesn't love a ginger boy?

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I’m here for cats fucking up art

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